Photograph: Woman Walking Past Wall

Woman Walking Past Wall

Posted on 14 March 2010

Woman Walking Past Wall

Woman with coffee cup walks past a wall and behind a fire hydrant and tree, San Francisco, California.

While waiting for a table at a restaurant on a Saturday morning in San Francisco, I grabbed a few photographs of this interesting (to me, anyway!) juxtaposition of yellow wall, tree trunk, fire hydrant, and passing pedestrian from across the street. I first just thought that the light on the plain yellow/tan wall and the white window frames was interesting, and then I thought about how tree trunk and the cluster of leaves framed the central window. As I thought about this and started shooting the woman walked through the frame and, I think, added some balance to the elements in the scene.

This photograph is not in the public domain and may not be used on websites, blogs, or in other media without advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

Technical Data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8
ISO 100, f/8, 1/250 second

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Category: Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: People, Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Urban/Street
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2 comments to Woman Walking Past Wall

Germaine

says:

March 14, 2010 at 8:58 am

Pretty amazing. Her body (especially her right leg), mimics the tree. It’s an interesting shot on it’s own, but she really adds to it.

G Dan Mitchell says:

March 14, 2010 at 9:02 am

Thanks for sharing that observation, Germaine. Also, good comment about the shot working “on it’s own, but she really adds to it.” That is in line with how I shot it. I first saw the scene of the yellow-ish sunlit wall, the leaning tree, and the white-framed window and was wondering how to shoot that when she walked by and crystallized the scene for me.

Dan

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