Cranes Over San Pedro

[Brian Moore]

Inspired by Pete's "Cranes Over Potsdam" I decided to post this image showing several cranes at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro California.

There is a majesty about the cranes. The bigger the better for me. There are many of them in San Pedro and on Terminal Island and I hope to shoot more. I think this image gives a good idea of the business the Port of Los Angeles does.

Canon 7d and Tamron 18-270.

 

[Darren Bradley]

I've been wanting to come up there to shoot one day for a while. Hopefully soon. Nice shot!

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks, Darren!

 

[Dave Moss]

Great shot think I might have to go up to Liverpool soon to try the same

 

[Pete Askew]

Wonderful Brian. I like the symmetry with the cranes in the top half all pointing the same way and almost monochrome and the colour confined to the lower half and the containers. The tones and the angles give the picture a kind of waiting mood - industry is about to happen.

 

[Brian Moore]

Dave and Pete,...thank you. These cranes spring into action when a ship pulls up. You can't see it for all the containers in the way but there is a waterway on the other side. Each of the cranes in the background is adjacent to a waterway also. In the area where I took this picture there are dozens of other giant cranes. There are big white ones I haven't shot yet, and big red ones that, at night when they are lit, are a stunning photo yet to be shot. Only problem is there is a lot of security, so you can't just walk up close and start snapping. Anyway, thanks again.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Very nice - love the perfect symmetry!

Is that a fog bank in the distance, or mountains?

didn't spot it at first, as the eye is drawn to the cranes - but then the lovely natural waveform comes through

 

[Brian Moore]

Is that a fog bank in the distance, or mountains?

That's the ubiquitous haze of the Los Angeles basin, Chris.

And thank you.