Monday, September 17, 2007 – Amusement Pier

There's nothing more American than an amusement park on a pier – they reflect our values.  There's one on the Santa Monica pier, but what catches the eye might scare the kids.  Here's a short walk on the Santa Monica pier, in sequence, staring with the hotdog place you see below you as you walk out.

The nightmare horses at the indoor carousel where they've filmed many a noir movie –

The severe geometry of the Ferris wheel –

Ride a dragon?

You could win one of the dead mice hanging in a row, or a giant frog, or Opus (or maybe one of the Spiderman replicas in the shadows).

Reminders of who we are on the way out –

The next wave of visitors, here to understand America –

These guys were here first, and when we're all gone, they'll have the place to themselves.

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Technical Note:

Most of these photographs were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  Earlier photography was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

All text and photos, unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Alan M. Pavlik