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I did a photo collection of this pedestrian bridge over the dam at Tempe Town Lake during the day a while ago.  But at night the bridge is something entirely different.  The lighting is really amazing and makes for some great photographs.

Photograph of the Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge at Sunset

f/8.0 – 2 sec – ISO 320 – Focal Length 40 mm

Photo of the Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge Lit Up at Night

f/8.0 – 2 sec – ISO 320 – Focal Length 40 mm

Photograph of the Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge Lit Up at Night

f/8.0 – 1.6 sec – ISO 320 – Focal Length 55 mm

Image of the Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge at Sunset

f/5.6 – 1.3 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 28 mm

Photo of the lighting on the Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge at Night

f/8.0 – 1.6 sec – ISO 320 – Focal Length 60 mm

Photograph of the Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge Lit Up at Night

f/8.0 – 2 sec – ISO 320 – Focal Length 50 mm

 

 

I have to add the Tempe Town Lake area (the bridges, beach, Tempe Center for the Arts and parks) as one of my top photography spots in the Phoenix area.  There is so much in such a small area to photograph.  There is architecture in the Hayden Ferry buildings and the Tempe Center for the Arts, incredible night time photography opportunities with the lighting on the buildings and Mill Avenue Bridges, and many great daytime photo worthy subjects as well.  Plus, if you are a portrait photography there are a lot of great settings to photography your subjects.  So all around, Tempe Town Lake is at the top of my great places to photograph in Phoenix.

The photographs in this collection are of the Mill Avenue Bridges taken at sunset and twilight.  Bring a tripod and the North shore of the lake is the best vantage point.

Twilight photography of the Mill Avenue Bridges in Tempe, AZ

f/5.6 – 1/8 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 28 mm

Photo of Mill Avenue Bridge with Hayden Ferry in the Background at twilight

f/5.6 – 0.4 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 90 mm

Detail photograph of the Mill Ave. Bridge in Tempe, AZ

f/5.6 – 0.3 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 28 mm

Sunset photography of the Mill Avenue Bridge in Tempe

f/13 – 1/80 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 105 mm

Photograph of Hayben Ferry in Tempe at twilight

f/10.0 – 1/6 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 45 mm

Image of the Hayden Ferry buildings at twilight

f/5.6 – 1/8 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 60 mm

Photo od Hayden Ferry condos at twilight

f/5.6 – 1/8 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 120 mm

Photo of the petroglyphs at Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico

f/10.0 – 1/125 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 60 mm

Photo of Petroglyph National Monument

f/16.0 – 1/125 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 110 mm

Photograph of Petroglyph National Monument in NM

f/16.0 – 1/60 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 45 mm

Photo of petroglyphs in New Mexico

f/13.0 – 1/125 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 50 mm

Image of Petroglyph National Monument

f/13.0 – 1/50 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 35 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

 

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

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

I got the idea for this series of photographs while driving on the 51 Freeway in Phoenix.  There are these pedestrian bridges that cross over the freeway every few miles.  The further north you go on the freeway the more “ornate” the bridges seem to become.  I ended up photographing three of the bridges so this is part one of three.  This particular bridge is just north of the Greenway exit.

Photograph of a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 51 in Phoenix

f/6.3 – 1/200 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 28 mm

Photograph of a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 51 in Phoenix

f/6.3 – 1/200 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 70 mm

 

Architectural photo of the South Mountain Community College Performing Arts Center

f/16.0 – 1/10 sec -ISO 100 – Focal Length 24 mm

Architect photography of South Mountain Community College Performing Arts Center

f/10.0 – 4 sec -ISO 250 – Focal Length 17 mm

Photo of the South Mountain Community College Performing Arts Center

f/10.0 – 4 sec -ISO 250 – Focal Length 24 mm

Architectural photography of the South Mountain Community College Performing Arts Center

f/10.0 – 2 sec -ISO 250 – Focal Length 20 mm

Architect photo of South Mountain Community College Performing Arts Center

f/16.0 – 1/5 sec -ISO 100 – Focal Length 24 mm

Architectural photograph of the fitness & wellness center at SCC

f/16.0 – 13 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 24 mm

Architectural photograph of the fitness & wellness center at SCC

f/16.0 – 1.6 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 24 mm

Architectural photograph of the fitness & wellness center at SCC

f/16.0 – 13 sec – ISO 100 – Focal Length 22 mm