Bridge to nowhere
A solidly constructed bridge disappearing into the blue mist framed through the warmly hued autumn foliage.
A solidly constructed bridge disappearing into the blue mist framed through the warmly hued autumn foliage.
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Jul, 2011Views
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emmanuel_ocampo
August 30, 2011
Beautiful capture! Feel free to visit and vote my entry, http://www.viewbug.com/photo-contest/166/1229910 in the "Bridge Photo Contest". Thank you!
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Behind The Lens
Location
This is the bridge over river George which we had to cross while on our way to Niagara Falls.Time
It was around 11-11.30 a.m.Lighting
It was a nice sunny day but at the same time plenty of haze at a distance giving the whole scene sort of dreamy effect as the bridge gradually disappeared into it.Equipment
I used my favourite Panasonic Lumix camera with a Leica lens. No flash, no tripod but I did not forget to fix the lenshood over my lens so that I would not get a flare from the oberhead sun.Inspiration
The huge and solidly built bridge gradually disappearing into the haze made me recollect a scene from the movie 'Bridge on the river Kwai' and I simply could not leave without clicking a few shots. To add a little impact to the whole composition and prevent the bland sky from getting too distracting, I framed the bridge through a few trees. I believe this has helped add a little depth to the image.Editing
I warmed up the foreground trees a little in Photoshop at the same time increasing the cold blue and cyan tones of the distance so as to increase the visual contrast between them.In my camera bag
Just my Panasonic Lumix camera with the supplied lenshood and a circular polarizing filter. The wide zooming range of its lens is more than sufficient to take care of my needs.Feedback
I don't believe I have reached the maturity to give any 'advice' to fellow photographers but would definitely say that studying award winning and other submissions on ViewBug has definitely helped me in improving my skills. I make it a point to go through the EXIF data of images I find impressive. One can learn plenty from ViewBug. If I see my images shot before I joined ViewBug and now, there is a huge huge difference.
