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Photo of a red warning sign

Warning
f/22.0 – 1/125 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

Photo of the bouys and train bridge across Tempe Town Lake

Across the Lake
f/10.0 – 1/100 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

The Tempe Town Lake was created by damming two ends of a dry river bed and filling it with water.  The point was to create a public space near Tempe’s downtown district.  There are often complaints, some valid, of wasting water on something like this in the Arizona desert.  But based on the number of people who use the lake and the surrounding parks the complaints aren’t too loud.  That is until the rubber dam that holds the water in the lake burst after baking in the Arizona sun for several years.  Millions of gallons of water rushed down the dry Salt River emptying the lake.  The dam was fixed, the water filled back up and the fish restocked.  And then a bridge was built over the dam to shade it from the brutal sun.  Whatever your position is on building a lake like this in the middle of the desert, the bridge is a very cool design (and functional) element crossing over the west end of the lake.

Photograph of the Tempe Town Lake pedestrian bridge

f/18.0 – 1/125 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

Image of the Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge

f/14.0 – 1/200 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

Photo of the Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge

f/14.0 – 1/100 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

Distance view of the Tempe Town Lake pedestrian bridge.

f/14.0 -  1/100 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

Detail photograph of the Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge

f/10.0 – 1/60 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

 

Fire and Ice
f/11.0 – 1/125 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

Photo of a train treslte against a blue sky

Trestle
f/1o.0 – 1/80 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

Monochromatic Winter
f/11.0 – 1/250 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

Photograph of nautical signs along Tempe Town Lake

The Signs
Tempe, AZ
f/11.0 – 1/60 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

The 4th and final part of the Crossings series has the details, detail shots of the bridges.  In case you missed them be sure to check out part one, part two and part three of the series.

f/11.0 – 1/80 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 40 mm

f/11.0 – 1/80 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 55 mm

f/11.0 – 1/125 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 60 mm

f/11.0 – 1/200 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 28 mm

f/11.0 – 1/125 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

Image of a pedestrian bridge over the 51 freeway in Phoenix

f/11.0 – 1/100 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 110 mm

Image of a pedestrian bridge over the 51 freeway in Phoenix

f/11.0 – 1/200 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 40 mm

Image of a pedestrian bridge over the 51 freeway in Phoenix

f/9.0 – 1/500 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 28 mm

This is part two of my Crossings series which features pedestrian bridges that cross the 51 Freeway in Phoenix, AZ.  Check out part one of the crossings series in case you missed it yesterday.

Photo of a pedestrian bridge over the 51 Freewayin Phoenix

f/9.0 – 1/400 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 28 mm

Photo of a pedestrian bridge over the 51 Freewayin Phoenix

f/9.0 – 1/200 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 40 mm

Photo of a pedestrian bridge over the 51 Freewayin Phoenix

f/9.0 – 1/100 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 150 mm