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Bridges: Past and Present
Bridges: Past and Present
gerard


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Challenge: Bridges (Classic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix 6900Z
Location: Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, NI
Date: Mar 7, 2003
Aperture: F11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Architecture
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2003

 Shaw's Bridge over the River Lagan, Belfast. Taken late afternoon, I was lucky to get such great light.

I stood under the new bridge which was illuminated by reflections of the light cast upwards from the water. I love the light and shade on the beams. The old bridge here is framed by the new bridge.

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 02/15/2006 09:26:24 PM
My homeland, County Kerry to the south we go
 03/21/2003 07:07:51 PM
Greetings from the CC!
Gerard, what a wonderful subject you chose. I love the juxaposition of old and new. You composed this image well to have the new frame the old.
The lighting is good here, so apparantly you chose the right time of day too, and the reflections work very well, on the new bridge, and the shadows in the water.
Your exposure is right on target. Details are visible, and there are no burned out areas or too dark.
Everything seems very well balanced, and symetric.
That old stone bridge looks very interesting and I bet it has lots of character too. One nitpicky thing is that the old bridge is cut off the top a bit way over in the left hand side. Tilting the camera ever so slightly may have corrected that, but it's no big thing.
This is a fine image with no digital noise, good focus, exposure, composition.
Good work!
Regards,

Grayce

Do you live in Belfast? My husband's neice married a wonderful fellow from Belfast. He lives in the US now, but a lot of his family is back in Ireland.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/15/2003 10:33:45 PM
Great location and composition. I have trouble seeing the stone bridge with the mid tones so strong - it seems monotone in that region. Maybe adjust the Levels in the middle range. Still very nice.
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 03/14/2003 12:52:07 AM
That is nice Really.
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 03/13/2003 11:53:46 PM
Like the \'Before and After\' challenge from a little while back. Nice capture, and I like the shadows and ripples/reflection visible in the water.
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 03/13/2003 05:35:36 PM
Nice perspective.
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 03/13/2003 02:16:20 PM
Good stuff - perhaps a little too much of the present (though difficult to blame you with those reflections).
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 03/12/2003 02:46:00 PM
The lighting in this photo is very nice. The texture is nice too.
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 03/12/2003 07:23:20 AM
Excellent composition, good work with tough lighting
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 03/11/2003 08:28:56 PM
I like the effect of the reflection from water to bridge back to water. I also like the old bridge next to the dominant subject of your photo. I like the small touches of green in the shot too. Looking at this image makes me want to move to the right further to see more of the old bridge and have a few more bright colours in the shot. Maybe the bridge you are standing under is a little too dominant. Keep up the great work!
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 03/11/2003 05:08:02 PM
wow, this is beautiful! you got the right time of day to get the perfect highlights and shadows, good job.
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 03/11/2003 09:43:50 AM
Beautiful shot! I love the color... the lines of the concrete bridge really draw you into the photo. Well done!
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 03/11/2003 09:34:35 AM
talk about leading lines! they are so strong i almost didn't notice the second bridge . . .
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 03/11/2003 12:34:23 AM
nice shot
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 03/10/2003 10:42:24 PM
Nice idea, but the "present" bridge really dominates -- I almost missed the "past" one. Interesting take.
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 03/10/2003 09:16:02 PM
Interesting angle
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 03/10/2003 05:53:56 PM
Good job.
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 03/10/2003 05:52:23 PM
Gorgeous lighting! Great, unique shot!
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 03/10/2003 05:39:55 PM
i get it but i don't know if many others would... interesting angle
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 03/10/2003 05:05:32 PM
Very cool picture!
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 03/10/2003 01:15:55 PM
got some bright spots in a well composed image
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 03/10/2003 12:42:06 PM
Good perspective shot. Interesting photograph. Nice exposure. You got both the shadow areas as well as the sunlit area correctly exposed. Nice work. Does seam just a bit soft on the focus side though. Maybe software sharpening could have helped with that just a bit.(?) Good luck with the challenge!
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 03/10/2003 07:59:30 AM
Great shot...........
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