Well this photo sort of stopped me in my tracks… It’s really just some people on a ride at a theme park (Chessington World of Adventures), but it seems sort of surreal to me.
So what makes it surreal (for me)? Well, I know that it’s a ride and I know the sort of ride it is, but the fact that you can’t see anything of the ride (except for the cables) allows me to suspend my belief that the rest of the ride is in fact there.
Also, every time I’ve seen a ride such as this (and I’ve been to Chessington World of Adventures, so I’ve probably seen this very one), it’s in motion. The fact that the people are suspended, in time as well as in the air, adds to the feeling of surrealness.
With so many people, all in line, but frozen with so many different angles etc, it can’t help but be an interesting shot.
Finally, the water spout shooting into the air adds another dimension, without which the photo may seem much more pedestrian.
