High-rise in the fog #1 by goodoleboy
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Captured 11/4/07 around 6:45 AM, in beautiful downtown Los Angeles.
So, what was I doing in downtown LA at that ungodly hour? Well, I was there to participate in the Alzheimer's Association's annual Memory Walk held each year, a fund raising event participated in by literally thousands who have either lost loved ones to the dreaded disease or who just want to stamp this ailment out of existence with their support, or both. Having lost no one to this illness, I fall into the category of giving support.
That said, it was foggy driving all the way from my place, with about a quarter of a mile visibility and fortunately very little traffic, to the beautiful California Plaza along Grand Avenue where this event was being held.
I won't get into the parking headache at this juncture, but as I walked out onto Hope Street on the way to the Plaza, I looked up and was stunned by the veritable apparition of these elegant and modern high-rise buildings soaring way up into the heavens and disappearing into the fog.
So, never one to miss an opportunity to photograph the unique and unusual, I meandered about, shooting shot after shot of building after building in any way affected by this atmospheric phenomena. There were plenty of other people around with cameras, but none of them that I could see even bothered to look up and capture this transient effect.
Incidentally, the fog had all but dissipated about two hours later, leaving hazy and partly cloudy skies.
Oh, and for the cynics and skeptics out there who think that this is the product of one of my whimsical postwork efforts, think again...I swear on Ansel Adams' grave that, other than some minor cropping, this is a raw frame, no special filters, unadulterated, straight-out-of-the-box, untouched-by-human-hands, original photograph.
Have a humongous hump day.
Comments (15)
jocko500
wow I move the image up and down and it moves cool. I like this effect that nature give you
marybelgium
Excellent !
MrsLubner
An Alzheimer's Memory Walk? Good grief. I can't seem to put "Alzheimers" and "Memory" together in one sentence and make any sense of it. And its not that I'm not sensitive to the disease - for 4 years I worked in an adult day care center where 80% of our daily clients had Alzheimer's. And I spent 2 days being tested in an alzheimer's clinic when I lost my memory several years ago (thankfully it was not alzheimers - it was a total depletion of folic acid and 90% curable with 6 months of massive doses of folic acid suppliments!) You amaze me with your community participation, Harry. Oh, heck...I almost forgot... ...This shot is really good. It reminds me of the saying "walking around with his head in the clouds..." I'm surprised your didn't have trouble keeping your lense dry with this much humidity. Congrats on a really fantastic photo.
erskogly
It can pay off to look up once in a while - excellent capture:)
mbz2662
Having driven in the fog, probably that same week if not same day, I believe you! lol. Great shot! (Kinda Stephen Kingish...)
artaddict2
Wow! Stairway to ?????? Great shot. And its good to hear that there are a lot of good people out there that are prepared to give some of their time to worthy causes. nice one!
babuci
Wow Harry, I love this shot a lot! Very fine attitude to be a part of this organization and this tall huge skyscraper dissapear in a mist might just a symbolizm to one day this illness will be beaten. Well done!
Dianthus
Cool image. Hope you had a good walk. Worthy cause. Still waiting for a dianthus flower from you:)
odie
That is a marvelous capture. I find it almost uncanny that perhaps the tower represents the memory of one with Alzheimer's as it slowly fades into nothingness. Thank you for your support in this walk, Harry. My father spent 10 long years with Alzheimer's before he died. God Bless my mother too, for caring for him until she could not at the very end.
sharky_
Most Spectacular shot..... Aloha
auntietk
What a fascinating capture, my friend! It's impossible to tell exactly where the building disappears. I keep staring, but it keeps eluding me. Wonderful shot!
tallpindo
In 1965 I used to go on Fridays to the original TGIF in a high rise on the beach. Before rollers under the floor pans LA buildings were barely taller than the Douglas 9 story tower. I have been working now on exhibitions of the human memory for over 25 years but folks prefer to think it is volatile and has left right preference. May they always be with medicos. Don't lose sight of the goal even when it is shrouded in fog.
Biffowitz
Fabulous shot ol boy, this I really like!
witch_1612
Wonderful!!!!
Liam.
Heh! Great photo!