Gary R. Smith
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Could we get back to bridges and forget about Superman?
Show us some bridges!
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Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Forth Brig, South Queensferry to North Queensferry.
Gary R. Smith
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I like that one Rob! Buried in the mist.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
We call it harr - it rolls in from the North Sea quite frequently. I used to live just a few yards from where I took the photo, and took many like it before getting bored doing so! It’s such a tourist hot spot in the summer months. Glad you like it!
Brian Moore
Moderator
Lovely. Instantly recognizable.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Thank you, sir!
Paul Taylor
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Golden Gate on a foggy day. I took this in 2011 w/ Sony a900 & Ziess 24-70
Gary R. Smith
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Love how the red disappears into the heavens Paul!
Bill Brown
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Sometimes my camera makes me feel as if I have super powers but I try to remain calm and stay away from phone booths. Okay, back to the business at hand, bridges.
I know when people think of Dallas,Texas they aren't thinking water and bridges but the skyline of Dallas stands very close to the banks of the Trinity River. Under normal conditions this river is well below it's banks and unseen but if enough rain falls in a short period of time... Well, it changes and becomes a super river. The other thing that separates Dallas bridges from most others is that we have two that were designed by a super man in his own right, Santiago Calatrava. For this post I'm keeping my photo set limited to just one bridge, the Margaret McDermott and all shot over two days in 2018. Both sunrise and sunset. Both these times give any photographer a chance to shoot the 'money shot' if they are willing to make the effort. My camera can't reach the gas pedal so I must do the driving.
For some of you that saw my recent post on 35mmc, 5 Frames, 40 years, 1 Camera, you know I've been photographing the Dallas skyline since 1979. The two cameras used for these images were a medium format Noblex Pro 6 / 150 U swing lens panoramic camera and a Contax G2 and Zeiss lenses. The second pano is stitched from two negs shot with the Contax. All film was my favorite Kodak Porta 160.
So, here they are. Dawn, sunrise, followed by early morning and then sunset.
I liked this crop. I'm always trying to get that sunburst if I can.
This one is stitched from two negs. I opted to keep the power pole on the far right.
This is one of my all-time favorites. This version is slightly cropped on the right but I also like the full version showing more of the bridge.
So there you are Gary. Another Bill's bridges.
I know when people think of Dallas,Texas they aren't thinking water and bridges but the skyline of Dallas stands very close to the banks of the Trinity River. Under normal conditions this river is well below it's banks and unseen but if enough rain falls in a short period of time... Well, it changes and becomes a super river. The other thing that separates Dallas bridges from most others is that we have two that were designed by a super man in his own right, Santiago Calatrava. For this post I'm keeping my photo set limited to just one bridge, the Margaret McDermott and all shot over two days in 2018. Both sunrise and sunset. Both these times give any photographer a chance to shoot the 'money shot' if they are willing to make the effort. My camera can't reach the gas pedal so I must do the driving.
For some of you that saw my recent post on 35mmc, 5 Frames, 40 years, 1 Camera, you know I've been photographing the Dallas skyline since 1979. The two cameras used for these images were a medium format Noblex Pro 6 / 150 U swing lens panoramic camera and a Contax G2 and Zeiss lenses. The second pano is stitched from two negs shot with the Contax. All film was my favorite Kodak Porta 160.
So, here they are. Dawn, sunrise, followed by early morning and then sunset.
I liked this crop. I'm always trying to get that sunburst if I can.
This one is stitched from two negs. I opted to keep the power pole on the far right.
This is one of my all-time favorites. This version is slightly cropped on the right but I also like the full version showing more of the bridge.
So there you are Gary. Another Bill's bridges.
Gary R. Smith
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Thanks for playing...
Ivar Dahl-Larsen
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I have indicated before that Mr. Moore tends to misunderstand the facts, as he still believes Vikings had horns.
Ivar Dahl-Larsen
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"It rolls in from the North Sea;" from the land of the Norsemen. Did he say Hark?
Ivar Dahl-Larsen
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I like the colours. Olympus EM 5 and 12-50mm
Brian Moore
Moderator
I have indicated before that Mr. Moore tends to misunderstand the facts, as he still believes Vikings had horns.
This you, Ivar? 
John Holland
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Here is the Bixby Bridge (of the Pacific Coast Highway, near Monterry, California)
And how about a "natural bridge" (a bridge to nowhere)
And how about a "natural bridge" (a bridge to nowhere)
Ivar Dahl-Larsen
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No that is an american in disguise as a hollywood viking, I am afraid. You have been had again Brian.
Keith Drysdale
Active Member
A well known bridge in the North East of England. Zenit E, Soligor 28mm f2.8, Kodak Gold 200
Bill Brown
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I thought I would post a few more shots but this time include the other Santiago Calatrava designed bridge, the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. I also decided to stray a little and include a highway interchange. They're still bridges just no water underneath. Right? These were all shot with the Contax G2 and on Portra 160.
This was shot on the morning of April 8, 2024 just prior to the total solar eclipse. Three bridges. How many can you show in one shot?
Keith's photo above has two or three as best I can tell. Can anyone show four from ground level?
Under the Margaret McDermott Bridge. I just can't resist those lines. B&W conversion from Portra 160.
The Hyatt Regency with Reunion Tower and Dallas skyline viewed through the highway bridges.
This was shot on the morning of April 8, 2024 just prior to the total solar eclipse. Three bridges. How many can you show in one shot?
Keith's photo above has two or three as best I can tell. Can anyone show four from ground level?
Under the Margaret McDermott Bridge. I just can't resist those lines. B&W conversion from Portra 160.
The Hyatt Regency with Reunion Tower and Dallas skyline viewed through the highway bridges.
Gianluca Drago
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How many beautiful bridges there are here, and so gigantic! But there are also small bridges, footbridges and working bridges, aren't there? Possibly this little bridge captured on camera just yesterday morning in a wetland where the waters have been regimented by man for centuries, the Po River Delta. Small, unpretentious work that is part of the landscape.
Gianluca Drago
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Where I live, Calatrava's name is a joke. The pedestrian bridge he built in Venice between 2003 and 2008 exhibited design errors that led to huge cost overruns. Calatrava himself went through a trial as he was found guilty of gross negligence and convicted. Today when you walk across that bridge you have to tread lightly because it is slippery and certainly the uneven steps are a threat to your health. And yes, there are hundreds of centuries-old bridges in Venice from which the architect could have learned something. In Europe, I read that Calatrava has had to appear in court for other projects with similar outcomes (Oviedo, Amsterdam, Bilbao).
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