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Sea to Sky Suspension Bridge



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High up in the mountains of Squamish, British Columbia there are trails and an awesome suspension bridge.

High up in the mountains of Squamish, British Columbia there are trails and an awesome suspension bridge.
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cameraNIKON D3200

settings Aperture f/11 ISO 400 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 18/1 

upload_dateMay, 2016

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6 Comments |
ge1701
 
ge1701 May 04, 2016
A stunning shot!!
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S_Alexandra23 June 22, 2016
Thanks so much gek1701!
smilersam
 
smilersam May 23, 2016
Wonderful shot!!, great perspective and composition.
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S_Alexandra23 July 28, 2016
Thanks so much for all the likes and awards my fellow photographers and Viewbug; so appreciated and encouraging!
kurtvolkle
 
kurtvolkle July 31, 2016
Capilano? Perfect shot!
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S_Alexandra23 January 25, 2018
It's the Sea to Sky near Squamish, BC. Thanks Kurt!
ovosphotography
 
ovosphotography August 02, 2016
like it!
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russellgaughen July 15, 2019
A Very Nice Image Indeed!!! Thanks for Sharing!!!

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo is of the Sky Pilot Suspension Bridge located along the Sea to Sky Highway, about 45 minutes from Vancouver and 10 min from Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. It is 100 metres long and thousands of feet high above the landscape. It's the longest and highest suspension bridge for pedestrians I've ever seen. There is a viewing platform situated at one end, not shown in photo which is about 3,000 feet above sea level.

Time

I took this shot late in the morning, on a Spring day with sun and clouds and it was a bit cool so high up.

Lighting

The sunlight was somewhat tempered by the clouds, so not always direct and intense.

Equipment

I used my tripod and my older camera, the Nikon D3200 and my 55-300mm lens. I always use Manual settings with RAW file and this time I believe camera was set at f/11, 100 ISO and White Balance on sunlight. I now use a Nikon D750 and my 105mm Macro lens.

Inspiration

I was quite thrilled with the location - very high up a mountain with an amazing view of other mountains and beautiful landscape below and lots of trees but the suspension bridge, especially one this long, felt exciting to experience because there's a certain amount of tension or fear to being so high above with nothing below you for thousands of feet except those planks on the bridge that had some movement when you walked or ran along it; not as solid as walking on pavement. I wanted to get several different perspectives and this was one of them. I got down low on my knees to take the shot, to see how it looked and felt from such an angle. It had the illusion almost of the bridge vanishing at the other end, so you could experience the sense of distance. The wood also inspired me as I do love textures.

Editing

This photo did not need much post processing but I did some minor editing using PhotoShop and Nik Collection. I used the detail extractor, level and curves and tonal contrast in Nik, being careful not to set the detail extractor too high and then I did finishing touches in PhotoShop such as brightness and contrast and got rid of anything I felt was distracting, like bits of dirt or rocks or cigarette butts on the wood path.

In my camera bag

I always carry my wider angle lens, the 18-55mm, my 55-300mm, and my 105mm macro lens; a polarizer and ND filter; lens cleaning accessories and of course my tripod. I will sometimes take my flash along, depends on what I plan to photograph but I never use my flash in nature or landscapes, only for people and sometimes macro work.

Feedback

I would suggest moving around, go low and high, side to side, tilt the camera at different degrees as much as possible, try to get as many different angles and perspectives of the subject as possible. I plan to go up thee again soon to try some other ideas, such as camera motion and multiple exposures, maybe long exposure if the sky is just right.

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