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San Francisco traffic lights

May 02, 2016 by Alain Le Kim

Traffic light and no cars on the Embarcadero. The Bay Bridge bending towards Oakland through Yerba Buena Island. It all seems quiet. I don't remember what time it is. I am probably walking back from a dinner in Delancey street with an old friend. Actually the lights appear white when they should be red. Digital can't cope with such a contrast yet and the lights are overexposed beyond fixing on post. That's too bad. I could have tried a trick to color the white in red, but it would have lost authenticity. What I like here is that the lights seem more important than the bridge, but would have lost any interest without this huge metallic structure in the background. Now I am asking myself if I wanted the bridge or the lights, knowing perfectly well that it wouldn't have been worth a shot without them both.

May 02, 2016 /Alain Le Kim
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