The Old Wheel
Night is a great time to photograph. The results can be stunning and surprising. Finding the correct exposure has become a lot simpler with the advent of the digital camera. With film you had no idea what the results would be until days later when you got the film back from the lab, but now we instantly know if the image is acceptable.
I like the way this photographer has placed the vertical column in the frame giving the composition a sense of place while acting as a graphic that leads the view up to the heights of the Farris wheel. Without this element it could have been just a record shot of the wheel structure.
It would have been nice if this photo could have been taken a little earlier so we could have had some light in the sky for texture. The photo-artist may wish to burn the left hand corner to lessen some of the intensity of the lower portion of the column.
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September 18th, 2008 at 10:19 am
This old wheel is gone from the SM Pier and a new one is in it’s place. This old wheel turned to magic when the sun went down, it was a thrill to shoot. Data: 1/4 sec F5.6 iso 500 Tri pods are not allowed on the pier so I found a very steady post to lean on.