Spunky Monkey
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I've been going through some old photos i took and it reminded me how the actual reality of the place is slightly different to what we get presented with in films and photos.
Guess the most obvious example is the pyramids.
But i'd like to post my own place that i've been to and seen first hand.
The Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. We've seen it hundreds of times im sure. Looks beautiful and that look out spot is great. Except this tourist spot doesn't look like that. Step back a couple of feet and this is what you actually see.
The top and bottom pics are from google, middle is my own. So the top pic shows you looking to the right of the bridge, theres a tiny fence, falling over and then the sheer drop. The middle pic is the rest of the fence with caution tape on it. Thats basically where you'd stand to take the very top pic in this post. To the left is even even more chain link fencing, all with holes in it and falling down. You never see this in the beautiful pictures but its right there just outside of camera shot. Behind the camera is the bottom picture with a concrete building covered in graffiti and railings.
Its a shame, it could have a nice little cafe there, theres certainly enough tourists going up there to take pictures for a while and could be a beautiful look out. As it is, it shatters the beauty a bit by not being looked after.
Hopefully people here will post there own examples, theres some beautiful places out there, which when you visit them are not as beautiful as they looked in films and photos.
Guess the most obvious example is the pyramids.
But i'd like to post my own place that i've been to and seen first hand.
The Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. We've seen it hundreds of times im sure. Looks beautiful and that look out spot is great. Except this tourist spot doesn't look like that. Step back a couple of feet and this is what you actually see.
The top and bottom pics are from google, middle is my own. So the top pic shows you looking to the right of the bridge, theres a tiny fence, falling over and then the sheer drop. The middle pic is the rest of the fence with caution tape on it. Thats basically where you'd stand to take the very top pic in this post. To the left is even even more chain link fencing, all with holes in it and falling down. You never see this in the beautiful pictures but its right there just outside of camera shot. Behind the camera is the bottom picture with a concrete building covered in graffiti and railings.
Its a shame, it could have a nice little cafe there, theres certainly enough tourists going up there to take pictures for a while and could be a beautiful look out. As it is, it shatters the beauty a bit by not being looked after.
Hopefully people here will post there own examples, theres some beautiful places out there, which when you visit them are not as beautiful as they looked in films and photos.