Critique Welcomed Do Engineers Dream of Diagonal Bracing?

[Brian Moore]

The Deception Pass Bridge, Whidbey Island, Washington.



Canon 5DSR with Canon 24-105L

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Interesting name, Deception Pass - any info on that? It’s a fine shot, Brian, leaving me wondering how you got into place to shoot. As a bridge, it looks a bit rugged compared to the beautiful Forth Brig oot ma windae, which still amazes me, even though I see it every day.

 

[Pete Askew]

In answer to the question in the title, they clearly do: or have nightmares about them anyway. They were clearly taking no chances!

Made for cracking shot though, and the slight haze helps with the depth too I think.

 

[Brian Moore]

Interesting name, Deception Pass - any info on that? It’s a fine shot, Brian, leaving me wondering how you got into place to shoot. As a bridge, it looks a bit rugged compared to the beautiful Forth Brig oot ma windae, which still amazes me, even though I see it every day.

Thanks Rob. The Deception Pass Bridge is rather a big tourist attraction up here. The views from it are quite wonderful. However, the bridge itself--actually it's two bridges, one connecting Whidbey Island to Pass island and the other connecting Pass Island to Fidalgo Island-- is nothing compared to the Forth Brig, which is a magnificent thing.

Deception Pass is so called because the first explorers in this neck of the woods thought it was merely a bay. However, a little later on a Captain Whidbey, Royal Navy, discovered that it was really more than that and led to the further discovery that the land mass now named in his honour is actually an island, now called Whidbey Island.

"Deception Pass" because it deceived the first explorers.

Motor traffic across the bridge can be quite busy, so to get from one side of it to the other pedestrians walk under the road. It was this under section that allowed me to get this fotie.

 

[Brian Moore]

In answer to the question in the title, they clearly do: or have nightmares about them anyway. They were clearly taking no chances!

Made for cracking shot though, and the slight haze helps with the depth too I think.

Thanks Pete!

 

[John Holland]

A visual of a statics and dynamic class final exam. Here come the nightmares again.

 

[Brian Moore]

A visual of a statics and dynamic class final exam. Here come the nightmares again.

Sorry about that, John.

 

[Dave Farnes]

That is a wonderful image, so much to see. Bridges do make fine subjects.

 

[Brian Moore]

That is a wonderful image, so much to see. Bridges do make fine subjects.

Thanks dave. Much appreciated.

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Engineers fall asleep counting rivets. They dream of diagonal bracing as it encompasses function over form.

Nice image. I agree the slight haze adds perspective.

 

[Brian Moore]

Engineers fall asleep counting rivets. They dream of diagonal bracing as it encompasses function over form.

Nice image. I agree the slight haze adds perspective.

Are you speaking from experience, Milan?

Anyway, thank you.

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Hi Brian,

I must confess to being an Engineer.