Underneath the Forth Bridge

[Rob MacKillop]

Well, the start of it, anyway:















Q2M.

 

[Pete Askew]

Not too sure about the earlier ones, but I like the last two, probably the second to last the most. Now an interesting project would be a shot looking up from the centre of each arch!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I'm unsure which I prefer, so just bunged all four up

You go first, Pete. I'm right behind you!

 

[Brian Moore]

A couple of years ago I read The Great Bridge, by David McCullough. It's the story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. And what a story it is! I've recently acquired an appreciation of bridges more for their design and esthetic than their functionality (though I'd rather they stay up than fall down). I imagine there must be some wonderful tales of the building of the Forth Railway Bridge, given that it is so iconic.

What I like about these images of yours Rob is how you've captured the curvature of the concrete piers as emphasized in the stains dripping down. Number three especially is excellent.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Brian. I like how nature seems to want to tear it down...quite a dynamic between them.

When something appears to be bridge, but isn't, it's just a pier.

I just made that up. I get the feeling someone, somewhere, sometime, said the same thing. But without evidence, I'll claim it!

 

[Dave Farnes]

I like the patterns in the stonework, gives it a sense of age. The contrast between the hard lines of the bridge and the detail of the branches works well.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Contrast is the word, Dave. Cheers.