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Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge
The best skyline view in Austin is on a bridge with no cars on it.
9 frames·James D. Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge, Austin
The Pfluger bridge carries walkers and bikes across Lady Bird Lake beside Lamar, and from the middle of the span downtown lines up cleanly across the water. The deck is wide, the railing is low enough to shoot over, and there is no traffic to wait on — which is why so many proposals end up somewhere on it.
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Busiest in the last hour of light, which is also when it looks best. We shoot fast and keep the frame clean.
Start the conversationA bridge built for standing on.
No lanes to clear, no lights to time. You get the whole downtown wall across open water and as long as you want to look at it.
A bachelorette party takes the whole width of the deck. Nobody minds.
One winter afternoon
A proposal, in the order it happened.
Walk-up, knee, yes.Frames 04–06
Thirty seconds after. This is the frame people actually send to their mother.
He picked the spot because you can see the whole city from it. I picked it because there is nowhere to run.
Teenagers on a bridge, which is harder than it sounds and better when it works.
Let's make you the story.
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