The Breezeway

[Darren Bradley]

I finished work early today and was bored (I asked Chris if he wanted to go shooting, but he was up in Orange County all day - OC is the wealthy suburbia between San Diego and Los Angeles). So instead I wandered around the university campus next to my house with my camera, looking for things to shoot. Here's a shot of a pedestrian bridge that I like:



I took another shot of it back in 2010, from a different angle:

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Sorry I couldn't make it DB - didn't end up getting home till after 7:30

Like the current shot with all that swirly texture in the foreground grass

 

[Brian Moore]

I love it when architects take care to design for esthetic appeal as well as utility. The people and the Smart Car in #1 give this a sense of scale and I love how the light is reflecting off the ceilings. #2 gives a better overall sense of the shape, however, and how it fits in context with buildings it connects. I really like #2. (Is that vignetting in the right corners in that 2nd one, Darren?)

 

[Darren Bradley]

No worries, Chris. Sorry you were stuck up there so late! We'll find a time soon, I'm sure.

Brian- thanks! I think that is vignetting. Not sure why there was so much. I could have eliminated it, but I like the effect.

 

[Pete Askew]

I really like that first shot Darren with the contrast of the swirly grass and the structure of the 'bridge'. What lens were these shot with? Is the vignette related to the amount of movement applied if it was a T/S?