So I got up at 5.30 this morning in an attempt to shoot the City when everything was quiet. Sunrise was at 7.30, but I wanted to be in early to capture blue hour. By the time I was in the City, it was 6.30, but there was not a parking space in sight. Every bay was filled with some kind of white work vehicle, probably since there is no charge to park between 7.30pm and 7.30am the next morning, and then you get another one or two hours depending on where you parked. And not only were cars parked everywhere, but there was a steady stream of cars driving through. This was not the bleak and empty scenario I had envisioned.
After driving for a hour (!) I drove up to park at Docklands. It's usually quiet up that way, anyway. When I arrived at the boardwalk by the water, with all the boats moored in the dock, I was surprised at how many people were out walking. And at least half of them coughed or sneezed as they went past. As per social distancing, I kept a wide berth from everyone, made extra wide by their sputterings.
I managed to shoot some vaguely useful images and footage, then just packed it in and went home. I don't know, but this whole situation has me feeling unsafe. You never know if the person with a cough just has a tickly throat, or if they harbour a mutated death bringer. At the least, the fever, coughing diarrhea and fatigue would be really inconvenient. Not to mention the possibility of infecting others. So I think that's it for my attempts to shoot the City for now. I'll have to be content with macros of flowers, butterflies and bees in the back yard.
