We had this neat opportunity tonight to watch the bats fly out from beneath the Yolo Bypass I-80 Bridge. There are an estimated 150,000 bats that fly out each night, and they only emerge from this one spot, flying right over this tree. Evidentally this makes for a safer exit. I have a bunch of pictures of this, but I decided to post this one with the bike in it. The bike is actually strapped to the top of a car heading east on I-80, but it's perfectly lined up with the bridge wall. I was working in aperture, as is my bad habit, so all my photos are f/5.6. In this particular photo my camera read much lower light, so it's only 1/80 and the bats are a little blurry. (Luckily traffic on I-80 was crawling along because of the holiday weekend so the bike isn't too blurry!) I really debated about posting this one because I didn't want to detract from the bats, but I just couldn't help myself. I still think the bats look really cool, and the bike adds to the photo.
f/5.6, 1/80, 55mm, vivid
1 comment:
Hi Melissa,
This is a beautiful photo! I was wondering if you had an email address I could contact you with? I am interested in obtaining rights for usage in a video project, and I would love to speak with you further and give you some more information. If you could send me an mail at k_brown@aperturefilms.com, that would be great. I look forward to hearing from you! Thanks :)
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