Going Up, Sir?

craig_d

This was taken on the Saturday afternoon just after Thanksgiving on the western shore of the San Francisco Bay with a fisheye lens. The title relates to the sort of upward-arrow shape of the wooden object (which is actually an informational display seen on edge), which I imagine to be offering a lift, so to speak, to the passing bicyclist.

C&C welcome as always.

The one thing that kind of bugs me about this shot is that I want the vanishing point of the road and the rocky shoreline to be centered behind the informational display, but unfortunately they just don't line up that way. I decided it was more important to keep the wooden structure symmetrical to strengthen the suggestion of something pointing upward.



Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
1/400 sec. at f/8, ISO 100

kdog

Cool! Please post some more with that camera/lens combo!!

Cheers,
-joel

Jack'll do

I want the vanishing point of the road and the rocky shoreline to be centered behind the informational display, but unfortunately they just don't line up that way. I decided it was more important to keep the wooden structure symmetrical to strengthen the suggestion of something pointing upward.

I think you made the right choice... very cool image!

BradfordBenn

Very striking, I agree with keeping the structure centered instead of a central vanishing point. Really starting to think about a wide angle lens.

craig_d

Thanks for the comments, all.

kdog, there are a couple more shots that I took recently with the same camera/lens here:

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=152647

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=151704