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Zil Bridge

The underside of the Zilwaukee Bridge, spanning the Saginaw River on I-75 near Saginaw, MI.

The underside of the Zilwaukee Bridge, spanning the Saginaw River on I-75 near Saginaw, MI.
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Canon EOS 80D

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Aperture f/8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 10/1

location

Zilwaukee, Michigan, US

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Mar, 2021

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken under the Zilwaukee Bridge, spanning the Saginaw River along I-75 near Saginaw, Michigan. It was taken from a local road that I travel all the time on trips to Saginaw. I'd always wanted to photograph this view, and finally stopped one day on the way home from a trip up north. It was freezing cold, with a strong north wind...brrrrr!

Time

This was taken at approximately 4:30 in the afternoon in mid-March 2021. The sky was partly cloudy.

Lighting

The lighting was all ambient, natural light from the sun.

Equipment

I took the shot hand-held with my Canon 80D and EF-S 10-18mm wide angle zoom at 10mm.

Inspiration

As I mentioned before, I had always thought about stopping here to take a photo of the underside of this impressive bridge. I'd always liked the shape, but even more so the contrast in the stains and colors of the concrete. I preferred the B&W version of the image to the color image.

Editing

Yes, I converted the image to B&W with one of the pre-set themes in LuminarAI and performed some additional editing to improve the contrast and overall look of the image. I also used LuminarAI's vertical correction tool to remove some of the effects from the wide-angle zoom lens I used.

In my camera bag

I typically carry my Canon 80D with five lenses (Canon 50mm f/1.8, 10-18mm wide angle zoom, 18-55mm zoom, and 55-250mm zoom, and Tokina 100mm macro prime lens). I also have my Haida M10 pro filter holder with a 10-stop ND and 3-stop GND filter and circular polarizer. Of course, I always have my standard accessories like spare batteries, lens hoods, memory cards, etc., and I carry a Godox V860-II speedlight with MagMod Sphere & MagBeam flash modifiers with color gels and gobos.

Feedback

My advice is always simple...soak up everything about where you are, and feel the story that starts to reveal itself about your subject and your surroundings. I'm always amazed that eventually a compelling story begins to emerge, and my job then becomes how best to capture that story. Sometimes that's easy to do, sometimes it's damn hard, and sometimes I'm not able to do it at all. It's those times that I just enjoy the story and the moment, and then later it drives me to get better at my craft so in the future I can perhaps succeed.

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Zil Bridge

The underside of the Zilwaukee Bridge, spanning the Saginaw River on I-75 near Saginaw, MI.

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