I was drawn to this construction site because its chain link fence was covered with a mural depicting the future appearance of the area. Apparently, it will be a plaza or park of some kind, and the artist has shown how it will look when busy with pedestrians. I made this image just before noon. The sun was shining straight down, putting the mural into shadow and burning out the sidewalk. I spot metered on the sidewalk and waited for some actual pedestrians to pick their way around the construction site and its idealized mural. As they entered the frame, I made this image. I deliberately underexpose it. My spot meter turns the sidewalk gray instead of white, leaving the mural and pedestrians in shadow. When post processing, I opened up the shadows a bit, making it seem as if the pedestrians were blending into the crowd depicted on the mural. The colors, particularly the red dress, the red warning stripes on the barrier in the middle of the sidewalk, and the red letters on the front of the city bus in the background, bring the scene to life. The image has three layers – the pedestrians in the foreground, the mural in the middle ground, and the bus looming behind the fence. It is an urban scene, full of people, real and imagined, merged into a cohesive whole by the shadows that tie the image together.