Someone has an idea to find what camera he used? I tried to find it on flickr and google.image but there is nothing. I really like how it captured the colors and the light.
Illegally climbing the Golden Gate bridge at dawn (2011)
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Re: Illegally climbing the Golden Gate bridge at dawn (2011)
#82If you like this sort of thing, you might appreciate Vitaly Raskalov [0]. 0: http://englishrussia.com/2013/03/22/on-top-of-the-pyramide/#...
I was offered the chance to do this in Egypt. I was told that it was totally safe as long as I brought along enough bride money in the event that we got caught.
how much?
Re: Illegally climbing the Golden Gate bridge at dawn (2011)
#83In railfanning we don't look kindly on people who trespass to great the 'perfect shot' because they just end up screwing things up for everyone else with ever increasing rules, surveillance and fences. Please think about the consequences of your actions when doing something like this.
I explore places like this tons (known as UE) and the rule is never post public photos that could give away entrances/increase security ruining it for future adventurers.
Re: Illegally climbing the Golden Gate bridge at dawn (2011)
#84Mesmerizing. Apart of the glitz, I think of living in a city, is exploring.
When I was young with friends in SF (we were around 12), I remember the most adrenaline pumping thing we did was walk in the muni tunnel off I think Duboce (back in 01', so I'm not sure of the right names) and we'd always climb to roof access in the condo where they lived.
Re: Illegally climbing the Golden Gate bridge at dawn (2011)
#85I'm really not sure how I feel about these things. On one hand, these are great escapades, and they result in fantastic pictures. I do like seeing "forbidden and forgotten areas". On the other hand, I would never want to encourage anyone to do something like this. It's illegal for a reason. The reason is not just your own safety. If he had fallen on to the road side of the bridge, not only would he die, but he would…
I personally climb bridges (in fact suspensions just like this) and other structures for photography now and then, and i would never do what they did without a harness and safety system preventing me, or any of my gear, from falling. Unfortunately not everyone is safe about it,
things from his post: > A slip of the foot could result in certain death. But We rolled the dice – flipped the coin. > Needing to get above the streetlights and not having time for fall protection I reminded myself to fall to the left should I slip. > https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5209/5315871803_95f74f1027_b...
Scream "this is some young kid who probably should not be doing this". Safety should always be the most important thing when doing anything like that.
Re: Illegally climbing the Golden Gate bridge at dawn (2011)
#86I'm really not sure how I feel about these things. On one hand, these are great escapades, and they result in fantastic pictures. I do like seeing "forbidden and forgotten areas". On the other hand, I would never want to encourage anyone to do something like this. It's illegal for a reason. The reason is not just your own safety. If he had fallen on to the road side of the bridge, not only would he die, but he would…
I personally climb bridges (in fact suspensions just like this) and other structures for photography now and then, and i would never do what they did without a harness and safety system preventing me, or any of my gear, from falling. Unfortunately not everyone is safe about it, things from his post: > A slip of the foot could result in certain death. But We rolled the dice – flipped the coin. > Needing to get above t…
Did you read onwards? He clipped himself in with safety lanyards once he was above the level of the streetlights...
Re: Illegally climbing the Golden Gate bridge at dawn (2011)
#87Awful choice of font colour.
I will be the contrarian and say it was a great choice of font color for at least 2 reasons.
The first is purpose: those dark images really stand out on the dark page, and the text is easily ignored, creating lots of attention on the photos and their extraordinary qualities (location, location, location, not to mention some pretty colors and compositions). Face it, the text is for people who want to know how it was done, which is one tenth the importance of "pics, or it... never mind."
The second is aesthetic. The article title "Mr Strauss' masterpiece" is even darker than the text, and the blog title "No Promise of Safety" is so dark as to be almost invisible. Hence, you have to assume that all choice of dark colors was intentional, thus serving some intent of the author. The idea of hiding in the shadows and having secrets revealed is strengthened by the text color.
Thus, I feel the dark text contributed to the impact of the page and its content. Not everything has to be perfectly readable or follow all rules of design.
Re: Illegally climbing the Golden Gate bridge at dawn (2011)
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
People committing suicide would tend to jump off the bridge into the water? There are, very roughly, one person committing suicide per fortnight from the Goldengate Bridge. One idea to slow down that number o fdeaths is to install a big net. It'll hurt when people land on it, and that might be enough to snap them out of the impulsive decision to end their lives. The net would cost about $45m. Some people might feel t…
not sure what this had to do the parent comment, but if there's a net, people will find other ways. It's like making prostitution illegal, did it really cut down on the number of people having sex? Of course not.
As said by Scott, suicide is very rarely a well thought-out action. It's something that is decided on a whim and often passes just as quickly.
Drug companies in Britain experimented by putting pills in blister packs instead of bottles and found out that suicide rates dropped dramatically. Apparently, the amount of time it took to pull each individual pill out of the blister pack was enough to make people think about what they're doing.
The same thing applies with bridges. There have been many efforts to put signs up and obstructive railings in place. They won't deter a really determined person, but they do the next best thing - the people who aren't sure are shown that it's a decision rather than a done deal. And that's what they need at that moment in time.
Re: Illegally climbing the Golden Gate bridge at dawn (2011)
#89If you like this sort of thing, you might appreciate Vitaly Raskalov [0]. 0: http://englishrussia.com/2013/03/22/on-top-of-the-pyramide/#...
I was offered the chance to do this in Egypt. I was told that it was totally safe as long as I brought along enough bride money in the event that we got caught.
bride money you say? sounds like an even more dangerous adventure.
Re: Illegally climbing the Golden Gate bridge at dawn (2011)
#90There's a lovely little book by John Law which includes climbing this bridge, back in the 70s: http://www.furnacepress.com/publications/law.html