The canal ran green today

[River Dog]

Behind Paddington Station in London, the Grand Union Canal is covered in algae. Alien, a bit surreal but very photogenic.

X100 processed in SnapSeed on the iPad

 

[flip]

cool. looks cross processed.

 

[River Dog]

cool. looks cross processed.

Yeah, it does. I added a little 'glamour' with SnapSeed but this is what it looks like... pea soup.

 

[Nikon Bob]

What was the cause, algae bloom?

Bob

 

[River Dog]

What was the cause, algae bloom?

Bob

Yep, with little current and the early autumn sunshine we are having.

 

[Nikon Bob]

Photographic as all get out but no fun when you have a swamp instead of a river.

Bob