This is a terrific shot and I knew it was your before I saw who posted it. I love how you use geometry in architecture and this shot is a great example.
Thanks for all of the nice comments. It's actually, believe it or not, a pedestrian overpass in downtown Houston, Texas. I've been trying for several weeks to get just the right shot of it. I had to use my 12mm lens and put the camera on the ground to get the frame I wanted.
Oh yeah, and I had to shoot from the the middle of a street. The reason it took me so long to get the shot right was that I could really only shoot it on a Sunday without getting run over.
When I saw the assignment I knew that this shot would work out for it. I just needed to get there at a time (and with cooperative weather) when I could get it. I got lucky and it worked out this morning with no casualties to report.
The pedestrians don't walk in straight lines. They walk around the circle. It's a triumph of form over function.
It's actually a two-level walkway. The first is the outermost circle (you can just see the railings at the four corners of the shot) and there is a second one floor above it. I think it's supposed to be a shopping/eating experience kind of thing. Hey, it's Houston. Pedestrians are a new thing here.
Thanks for the nice comments, Bill and Endre. I do appreciate them.
Great shot. Framing, colours, subject, light. Simply awesome. If I may be allowed to nit-pick, the fact that the triangles at the corners are not the same size bugs me a little.
Thanks, Yakim. The framing was tricky because I had to go out into the street, position the camera, and take the shot during breaks in the traffic. Hence the triangles.
It's not perfect but I had to choose between that and cutting off part of the circle. In my mind that was a worse sin.
I shot a lot of shots between the cars and buses and this was the best of the bunch. Remember, I was not looking through the viewfinder when I shot this. I only had my rather limited digital preview to look at after the fact.
Every shot has its compromises. The triangles were mine.
I can't quite visualize how this works for pedestrians, but it's perfect for the WA!
