At the NEC

Pontoon bridge!

Sunday 22nd March 2015

It was an early start and off with friends to the NEC at Birmingham for The Photography Show. An uneventful drive down, found the usual car park and walked towards the Exhibition Centre. Work was being carried out on the hotel to the right of picture, so the walkway was closed. Instead we trekked across a huge floating pontoon bridge over Pendigo Lake. I dread to think what the cost of the construction was, but it had all the safety barriers, green 'carpet' decking, hundreds of huge plastic floats and complete with lights. The sun was not quite right in the morning and I figured tea-time would be okay. As we were returning to the car, I took the image. It is quite often said in photographic circles that if you take a shot like this, you need someone 'in red' at the far end to lead the eye. I disagree!