The Pedestrian Bridge

This is 'The Pedestrian Bridge', submitted in my Fine Art portfolio, but

also labeled 'street'. It seems self-explanatory, and is found near the

Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, County. Your ratings

and critiques are invited and most welcome. If you rate harshly or very

critically, please submit a helpful and constructive comment; please

share your superior photographic knowledge to help improve my

photography. Thanks! Enjoy! John

I like the boy at the carnival just posted. I like the bat man less but it is a statement of the times. This I do not like. If you purposely underexposed it is not to my taste. A normal exposure with yellow filter for the sky might work for me but that is not your intent. I see from the ratings that raters are not in agreement with me.

John, I love shots like this. I like that the silhouette effect puts all the attention on the bodies - and I can see how different they all are from one another. Wonderful documentary.

Did you ever see the title shot from a Fellini film (I forgot the title), in which on a hilltop there is a line of peasant types in silhouette, all followed by the grim reaper with his scythe?

 

I was reminded of that as I shot this. (I sometimes shoot quickly and with allegories in mind. I also think very very quickly when I shoot, as you might imagine.)

 

In this case, I saw the pedestrian (and maybe auto) bridge, and the wheelchair and attendant and started firing, and then saw the whole lineup of people foll lowing and waited until they were evenly divided 3/3 between those in front of and behind the support center and beneath, which made for balance and emphasized that all were engaged in forward motion.

 

I swear I actually composed this shot and each shot got better and better until this one. I cropped out a little, some extraneous bodies, but even if I didn't, it still would be good enough to show.

 

Remember Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau (a cartoon strip for foreign viewers). Often the third of four strips is done in silhouette). I owe my ability to 'see' in silhouette partly to following Trudeau's Doonesbury (off and on) for most of my adult life (it's great and insightful -- I deeply admire Gary Trudeau's cynicism and how he expresses it in his 'art' -- which he doesn't draw -- he only writes and another draws the strip.

 

You are always welcome here,Liz.

 

John (Crosley)