Exercise: Busy Traffic.

Exercise: Busy traffic.

Deal High Street seemed the obvious place to set up this shot.  It is a pedestrianized area bisected by a busy road.  At this junction is a pelican crossing.  I was hoping that the crossing would bunch up the pedestrians and as they surged across give a sense of direction and purpose.  Unfortunately the road traffic was so light the pedestrians were crossing at will and not waiting for the lights.  This led to a series of muddled crowd shots that lacked what I was after; a sense of purpose.

Canon G1-X. 60.4mm. f5.8. 1/250sec.

For the second attempt I went to Deal Station to capture the evening commuters as they arrived back from London.  These passengers arrive at the far platform and have to exit by a gate after crossing over a foot bridge.  This I hoped would give me the sense of direction and purpose I was after.  The sun came out to give some please back lighting and lift the colours quite nicely.  

Olympus E3. 50-200 @ 72mm. f5-6. 1/200sec.