Basingstoke Canal
The Basingstoke Canal is located southwest of London. It was created in 1787 by an act of Parliament to serve as a waterway to connect the area of North East Hampshire with the London markets. The tow-path was originally used by draft horses to pull the barges to and from market. Now it serves as a walking and biking trail. When I stopped to frame up the shot, I saw a bike coming down the path, and was hopeful that I could capture him in the frame. Henri Cartier Bresson's term “decisive moment” best describes shots that come together like this. Often, success in photography is finding a good setup and waiting for the decisive moment. He said, "To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms that give that event its proper expression."