Hey All!
Over the years, I've enjoyed urban/street shooting, but I got quite busy doing that!
Back in 2012 I was doing a lot of shooting both in my "home town" of Vancouver, WA (USA) and also in the center of our metropolitan area, Portland, Oregon. Some of my Vancouver shooting was as a volunteer photographer for two "associations", and it got me busy in various ways!
Well, one day in August of 2012, I had been exploring urban "art" in the form or urban murals covering a broad stretch of a building. I had friends who helped to "pioneer" this artwork when we lived in Seattle, WA -- in the '70s they put up cool artwork that could be seen throughout the city at a time when it wasn't so common...
Anyway, on that day in August I took some shots of an interesting mural in downtown Vancouver:
Here's a wide shot Showing the mural:
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Now some background: This depicts a Russian pilot named Valery Chkalov who took it upon himself in 1937 to be the first pilot to fly across the North Pole and land in the USA non-stop. He landed in an air-field called Pearson's Landing here in Vancouver. The airfield was at that time being managed by the US government military as we were gearing up for World War II. There was also some military ship building going on here!
Now a challenge. I was standing across the street, and didn't make it over to get closer shots. So, in the "digital darkroom" I cropped to get views of the text. Here's one:
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That shows all the text, but not so easy to read, especially for those of us who don't have sharp vision, but it's a start!
More to come in my next post (I'm Attaching)!
