Going Up

This is a variation on panning, a technique I have explored before here on Weekly Fifty and continue to enjoy practicing whenever possible. But this time I switched it up a bit and tried something a bit different. First, a bit of background: the elevator in my building on campus is so old it's listed on some kind of obscure historical registry. It's not the most convenient transportation mechanism, but it does feel a bit like you're stepping back in time when you set foot inside it. To enter you have to first open a massive door and then slide a collapsible gate which you can see here. The elevator won't move unless both doors are closed, which causes problems if someone gets off the elevator and forgets to shut the inner gate, leaving would-be elevator riders on all other floors stranded. Some might say this old wreck needs to be replaced, while others would likely respond that it merely adds a touch of character to our building. I've worked here almost two years and I'm not quite sur