Howard Faxon
Escargot Anyone? – digital collage © 2019 – Howard Faxon
This picture of the Golden Gate bridge is taken from the north side looking towards San Francisco. The higher resolution version of this photo is worthy on its own but I added a subtle joke. It references something that San Franciscans talk about relatively often. The number of times that the bridge has been destroyed in movies are many beginning with “It Came From Beneath The Sea”. I am sure that everyone can recall other examples like the X-Men. (Add your favorite in the comments if you have one.) When a trailer for a new movie comes out and shows the demise of this much loved bridge everybody sighs and says, “Here we go again. Geez, why do they pick on our bridge?”
Even with the element of humor I still feel this is a worthy piece of art unlike some of my “shopped” creations which are a bit too whimsical to be taken seriously. I still chuckle when I see this piece pop up on my computer screen and I hope you got a little laugh from it as well.
Bit baffled what a squid is doing on the Golden Gate Bridge. You need to explain.
I have eaten them but not the size I see here. 🙂
As a part of our US package tour we were given a few hours to spend at this famous spot.
I have altered the photo and the garden snail from my back yard is really less than two inches. I put it into the photo as a joke using a Photoshop-like software. It was a trick and it’s not real. I used to live there and the bridge gets in my artwork a lot. Cheers 🙂
I know it is not real but was curious what prompted you to do it.
Sorry. I don’t know. In the movies the bridge is always being attacked and destroyed. It’s a joke about that but what could a snail actually do? It’s just silly like Monty Python silly or something.
I think people should be careful what they wish for!
They just might get it.
I really like this bridge and hope it stays around for a very long time
I agree. San Franciscans are not happy to see another giant squid, or Magneto, or an earthquake, or a giant wave, etc… messing up the bridge in a movie. Like go pick on LA or something.
Cheers.
Okay, they did not put a gun in the snail’s hands. Wow worthy digital congratulation collage.
Thank you so very much!
Thank you. It was fun.
One thing on my bucket list is to run across the Golden Gate Bridge
Try to pick a nice day and it is very beautiful but many days are wind and fog and it can get pretty chilly. I had some friends who started out and turned back halfway. We told them that’s silly because it’s the same distance. Then they admitted it wasn’t really halfway. The Friday after Thanksgiving lots of people go across. Of course take a camera!
OMG… I will immediately find the latest news about Golden Gate after reading this post.
I have used this bridge for collage many times also. What could a snail actually do is part of the joke. They are so slow and have no arms.
LOL – Cheers, man.
Nice one. Oh for the love of god, it’s a giant snail! Walk briskly…
Thanks. — Hold onto your seats, you won’t believe your eyes, the slow moving terror is relentless leaving a trail of slime, …
Just when you thought it was safe!
it would be a really long movie…
Very creative addition there to the famous bridge.
It’s interesting to me because with the little joke I put there the large high resolution image looks more artful than silly. That’s usually not the case when I start getting goofy with my photos in this way. I am in the process of trying to replace my silliest post on Virily which currently has no pictures and thus has been rendered harmless.
People who live there can name every movie if you ask them. So it must bug them a little.