Boston After Rain Black and White Night Photography
Streetlights Reflect Across Wet Pavement Beneath the Wharf Sign
After the rain, the pavement became the brightest part of the street. I photographed this Boston night scene in the Seaport District, where pools of reflected light stretch across the bridge roadway and the Boston Wharf Co. sign glows above the buildings beyond. Black and white lets those reflections set the rhythm of the view.
The sidewalk begins close to the camera and narrows toward the far end of the bridge. Beside it, a railing makes a strong diagonal through the foreground. The road carries broader patches of light, broken by darker stretches of wet surface. Those parallel paths give the photograph direction without needing a passing car to lead the eye.
Streetlights flare against the dark sky, and illuminated windows add smaller points along the buildings. The rooftop sign remains legible enough to place the scene, but it does not overpower the architecture around it. I was interested in the balance between that distant lettering and the much larger reflections nearer my feet.
The rain had left an ordinary part of the city looking briefly different. Hard surfaces became reflective, familiar buildings receded into darkness, and the space between them seemed more open. This image keeps that change visible. I follow the railing into the distance, then come back along the bright pavement, noticing how the water has carried the city’s lights beyond their original sources. That movement through the frame is the reason the scene still holds me.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2011
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