Golden Gate Bridge Closure
Jan 14, 2015 18:28:23 #
captxmas
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
Enjoyed Sunday night seeing the GG Bridge closed for the first time since the 89' quake. It was closed ofr two days while they installed a "zipper barrier" and plugged 15,000 holes where the old movable "plug" cones were placed and moved for commute traffic every day.
It was open for walking and bikes on the east sidewalk only.
It was open for walking and bikes on the east sidewalk only.
No Traffic
opprtunity for long exposure practive
First time use of the zipper mobile
Jan 14, 2015 18:31:14 #
Super shots. Great you could take advantage of the opportunity.
Jan 14, 2015 18:53:56 #
Technically, the GG Bridge has also been closed briefly for the Tour of California bike race over the bridge, which I photographed in May, 2013.
I like the first shot a lot, and I have a couple of images nearly identical to your 2nd one, which I also love - that's a nice angle/composition.
I like the first shot a lot, and I have a couple of images nearly identical to your 2nd one, which I also love - that's a nice angle/composition.
Jan 14, 2015 19:07:31 #
captxmas
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
Thanks Allen. I have enjoyed a lot of your work. A role model.
Wish I had taken photos of the 50th anniversary when the pedestrian load exceed the limits of the bridge weight capabilities. If you remember the bow of the road deck went flat and officials sweated the fact that the bridge may have been "broken".
Luckily for us amateurs, there really is no way to take a bad image of the GG Bridge.
Wish I had taken photos of the 50th anniversary when the pedestrian load exceed the limits of the bridge weight capabilities. If you remember the bow of the road deck went flat and officials sweated the fact that the bridge may have been "broken".
Luckily for us amateurs, there really is no way to take a bad image of the GG Bridge.
Jan 14, 2015 19:10:45 #
captxmas wrote:
Thanks Allen. I have enjoyed a lot of your work. A role model.
Wish I had taken photos of the 50th anniversary when the pedestrian load exceed the limits of the bridge weight capabilities. If you remember the bow of the road deck went flat and officials sweated the fact that the bridge may have been "broken".
Luckily for us amateurs, there really is no way to take a bad image of the GG Bridge.
Wish I had taken photos of the 50th anniversary when the pedestrian load exceed the limits of the bridge weight capabilities. If you remember the bow of the road deck went flat and officials sweated the fact that the bridge may have been "broken".
Luckily for us amateurs, there really is no way to take a bad image of the GG Bridge.
Thanks, Captxmas, that's very nice of you to say.
I too wish I had done the 50th anniversary walk for the unique images, but I didn't want to get caught in a crowd of that size, so I stayed away.
Jan 14, 2015 19:17:56 #
Jan 14, 2015 19:38:40 #
Love the view angle of the first one. I've never seen that before. Where were you? Merchant Road?
Jan 14, 2015 19:43:31 #
captxmas
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
Thank You all for your comments.
Photoninny - If you walk under the bridge from the usual viewing areas on the south end, a walking/biking trail leads up hill towards the old gun emplacements that guarded the bay during WW II. anywhere along this west side of the bridge trail offers this head on view. Also possible from the viewing area on the North end of the bridge.
Good luck getting your shot.
Photoninny - If you walk under the bridge from the usual viewing areas on the south end, a walking/biking trail leads up hill towards the old gun emplacements that guarded the bay during WW II. anywhere along this west side of the bridge trail offers this head on view. Also possible from the viewing area on the North end of the bridge.
Good luck getting your shot.
Jan 14, 2015 20:58:34 #
Thanks captxmas. I'll give it a try next time I'm in town. Hope the weather is clear.
Jan 15, 2015 11:05:08 #
captxmas wrote:
Enjoyed Sunday night seeing the GG Bridge closed for the first time since the 89' quake. It was closed ofr two days while they installed a "zipper barrier" and plugged 15,000 holes where the old movable "plug" cones were placed and moved for commute traffic every day.
It was open for walking and bikes on the east sidewalk only.
It was open for walking and bikes on the east sidewalk only.
wonderful shots...great opportunity for a fun photo shoot!
Jan 15, 2015 15:59:01 #
Great empty bridge shots. I had to Google the zipper mobile. Looks like a damn expensive way to do things. In Canada, we do it with lights and arrows. :D
Jan 15, 2015 16:05:24 #
RicknJude wrote:
Great empty bridge shots. I had to Google the zipper mobile. Looks like a damn expensive way to do things. In Canada, we do it with lights and arrows. :D
More opportunity to favor contractors, add in a little graft, etc. - sort of the political American Way. ;)
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