Monday, August 06, 2007
I-91 & I-15 Overpass
From a new series about the Southern California Landscapes (and I know that the horizon is tilted)
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The link of the curve into the mirror must have only occurred for fraction of a second (as I guess you were moving) so that was well caught. I find that feature of the image the most captivating.
The impression of your car speeding along the overpass (hope I'm on the right road) is very well done and accentuated by the positioning of the mirror. All in all a great shot both for composition and what it says about the landscape. That shadow from the overpass points up the man-made element. You were lucky with that lorry, which I particularly like! You'll be hard pushed to do better than this in your series!
Excellent -- the impression of driving in So. California is strong and the scene is interesting and well composed. I wonder if anything like this coud have been taken in any other part of the world. The mirror, as mentioned, really makes it work.
The truck is interestingly important - a demonstration of how sometimes small components can change a photo a lot. Without the truck the balance changes and one of the major lines is lost.
It looks like you were moving and that the camera is in the driver's window. I haven't dared do this - my rear view mirror set were all taken whilst stationary. If I'm right, then I'm glad you weren't checking out the levelness of the horizon!
I had driven this overpass (e.g. flyover) a number of times and was captivated by the expansive view. This day I had noticed that traffic was backed up and bumper to bumper, we would be going over very slowly. I had enough time to pull my camera out of my kit and position it for a series of images, this one I liked the most. The position of the semi truck (lorry) was luck. I like what the mirror brings into the photograph, as I had earlier enjoyed Colin's rear-view mirror pictures.
Thanks for all of your comments, as I feel that this is a keeper for my new series.
I don't know if it's motion blur or hazy skies, but there's an odd softness to this. It's not an unpleasant effect. I'd enjoy seeing more from this series.
Wow. I note matt's softness but there is so much geometry at work in this shot. The mirror curving well in to the curving slip road; the front wall with a road in the background with the ridge and with the mountain; the top of the mirror with the slip road behind it; you get the picture. There's also plenty of interest filling the roads: Colin mentions the importance of the truck which I would like to add to with the single car on the slip way even though the traffic beneath is quite dense. Good work.
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It looks like you were moving and that the camera is in the driver's window. I haven't dared do this - my rear view mirror set were all taken whilst stationary. If I'm right, then I'm glad you weren't checking out the levelness of the horizon!
Thanks for all of your comments, as I feel that this is a keeper for my new series.