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Standing there under the Burnside Bridge, doing math in my head, pushing my trig tables to their limits, metering and evaluating light, thinking things through, calculating velocities of individual wedges, and finally selecting a shutter speed:

Now I got a super slick Ferris wheel.

I'm so goddamn proud of the effort it took to make this.

I could have shortcut it with multiple takes until I got it right, but no, I did the freakin' math and got it right the first time.

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[-] yakko@feddit.uk 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Wait, is this... I need to go look at other pics of this

Edit: This is an amazing photo, can confirm

[-] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Thank you so much!

this post was submitted on 25 May 2026
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