Railroad Bridge

Shades of Hyperion

Looking for some thoughts on this one



This Photo is from my "Buildings - Structures - Architecture" gallery

Travism82

I think it's a neat shot. I hope you had a getaway plan in case a train came

Thwack

I'd love to see that at sunset or sunrise! There's a lot of sky coming through the top and sides.

Cool bridge!

DaddyO

Exactly correct zone. Nice seeing it work. What it lacks you make
up in spades for effort.

vintagemxr

Interesting shot, especially in the larger version on your web site. What about a conversion to black & white?

Doug

Shades of Hyperion

thanks for the replies everyone

vintagemxr, the shot really loses a lot of it's impact in B&W

r3t1awr3yd

Thwack wrote: »

I'd love to see that at sunset or sunrise! There's a lot of sky coming through the top and sides.

Cool bridge!

+10000000.

The eye is drawn. The bridge is super interesting.
BUT
The sky is ultra boring. :cry

Something tells me the colors of the trees and bridge would be amazingly complimented by the colors of the sky.

It's still a great picture though. (better than I could have done!)

Seefutlung

go B&W

Richard

Seefutlung wrote: »

go B&W

I agree with Gary on this particular shot, but I think you would do better by re-shooting with sunrise/sunset colors.

ImageX Photography

That's a great shot. Although people will probably want to stone me for saying... but.... that shot would look awesome in HDR! Really a cool shot though!

Shades of Hyperion

ImageX Photography wrote: »

That's a great shot. Although people will probably want to stone me for saying... but.... that shot would look awesome in HDR! Really a cool shot though!

You are not the first to suggest this, I'm not a fan of HDR but I'm sure this photo has the elements for a striking HDR

HaveCameraWillTravel

Sky on bridge shot

r3t1awr3yd wrote: »

+10000000.

The eye is drawn. The bridge is super interesting.
BUT
The sky is ultra boring. :cry

Something tells me the colors of the trees and bridge would be amazingly complimented by the colors of the sky.

It's still a great picture though. (better than I could have done!)

True, we have here "the white sky of death".:uhoh And while the sky is sterile and overexposed, it does have one thing going for it - it delineates the form of the girders on the bridge and makes them jump out of the picture. His shot has a nice DOF and the track curves to the end of the span right at a power point.

HaveCameraWillTravel

Shades of Hyperion wrote: »

Looking for some thoughts on this one



This Photo is from my "Buildings - Structures - Architecture" gallery

As I said on a reply to a reply to your picture, the composition is excellent - you have the track as a natural lead-in to the main subject (the end of the span), and it's at a "power point". As for the sky, it does look stark, but delineates the girders well. Usually the lighting is harshest in the midday sun, and photographers tend to avoid it. It requires huge dynamic range to keep the sky blue, while at the same time not losing shadow detail on the bridge. You have obviously exposed for the bridge, which comes out clean. I probably would have avoided this lighting, and come back at dawn or dusk, or underexposed the shot by 2 stops and pushed the shadows up in post-processing. I don't know if you shoot RAW or JPEG, but even with JPEG you can get away with a two-stop push (except for "fine art" that is going to be scrutinized down to the pixel).

I think you could turn a good shot into an even better one by shooting at sunset, where the light is warmer and brings out the rust tones in the girders, and casts long shadows across the tracks. A sunset on a humid day would tint the sky a bright pinkish-orange and add interest there. But, there could be a problem if the trees are in shadow as a result, since they would not provide much contrast to the girders - unless, of course, they are well-lit.

Another poster made a comment about doing the shot in HDR. I agree: even better at sunset, because then you could retain some green in the trees in the background. Hope I was helpful.

Shades of Hyperion

Thanks for the input, time of day wasn't an option... I was passing through the area and saw the bridge, by sunset I was back home 50 miles away.