TEXERE: fabric of life
Middle of the road i: 6:21:44 a.m.
Posted by Ron (Saint Louis, United States) on 27 March 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
The traffic light matches the sky where our eye is led to enjoy the drama of light, texture and color. A fabulous image, Ron.
27 Mar 2008 6:34am
Vikram from Chandler, United States
Great light! It does all the magic here. Nice peach colour and very well captured!
27 Mar 2008 8:37am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Sensational, this photos has movement, what a great compo!!!
27 Mar 2008 9:25am
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
Hi Ron - yet another great shot. What intrigues me here is where did you take the photo from? I presume from out of your auto's windows while waiting at the traffic lights? This is also a very difficult time of day to capture the detail you have here.
27 Mar 2008 11:19am
@dobbino: Rob, actually, I had driven through the traffic signal you see here (on my way to work) and the light was just too beautiful to pass on. So I made a u-turn in the road, drove to the point where I thought I'd have the best perspective, parked the car, and, quite literally, stood in the middle of the road to take several shots of this scene. In the distance you can see a portion of downtown St. Louis and the Arch.
Bonj from Jefferson City, United States
I read the title and think of The Pretenders song, Middle of the Road.
Nice early morning light shot.
27 Mar 2008 11:21am
@Bonj: Just a couple weeks ago I downloaded a bunch of Pretenders (remastered) music from iTunes. I've been listening to it almost non-stop since then. That song (which I absolutely love) is exactly what prompted this shot, and several more since then. I wondered if anyone would make the connection...
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Just love how the emerging early morning light washes over the little details here . . this image has such a sense of being there waiting for the light!
27 Mar 2008 11:33am
Melissa from Warsaw, Indiana, United States
I LOVE that song...in fact, I just listened to it last night. Weird.
This is beautiful, Ron. The sky is just a gorgeous color...I especially love how the pavement looks in this light. Really beautiful.
27 Mar 2008 12:43pm
Tracey from Baltimore, United States
I love how the traffic light mimics the sun in the background. Don't you wonder what people think about us crazy photographers doing crazy things like being in the middle of the road during morning commute time? They've gotta be thinking, "What the heck is he taking a picture of?" They just don't "see" the same as us.
27 Mar 2008 12:49pm
rain girl from Delhi, India
i don't why but this picture makes me wann ago home.. it's so sad n so beautiful..all the softness and warmth of a sunset captured so beautifully.. :)
27 Mar 2008 1:37pm
Chris from South Jersey, United States
Great shot - the composition is so interesting and the sunrise just beautiful. Well done!!
27 Mar 2008 1:45pm
Rhys from Darlington, United Kingdom
This looks a dangerous activity! However, the sunset makes it worth while. nice one.
27 Mar 2008 3:27pm
danthro from Suburbia, United States
great sunrise shot. beautiful sky. but what're you doing out at 6:21am?! ;)
27 Mar 2008 5:05pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Fantastic shot, great lighting, it pays to be up early.
27 Mar 2008 7:52pm
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
A really beautiful sunrise, the colours are so magical, it looks like it was heralding a glorious day. A wonderful image Ron.
27 Mar 2008 8:31pm
skynet from Glasgow, United Kingdom
great reward for the early bird...I always wanted to get up early to take some pictures but just so difficult to drag myself out of the comfy bed...
27 Mar 2008 9:50pm
Wysterior from Kloten, Switzerland
Great photo. What I loke the most is that your work tells me a story about an early morning situation. I can feel me "inside", I hope you know what I mean...
Wys
27 Mar 2008 10:05pm
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
I love the picture, and the story of how you got it. That's wonderful. This is a great piece of "Americana" to me. Very well seen. Glad you didn't get flattened taking it.
28 Mar 2008 3:06am
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
A great early morning shot with the arch in the background against the sunrise... very good.
28 Mar 2008 11:09am
pedro alexandre from loures, Portugal
you where standing in the middle of the road?!?!, nice framing.
29 Mar 2008 12:15am
Canon EOS 40D
1/125 second
F/11.0
ISO 640
30 mm