Curved Steel Bridge

[jfrancho]

Pine Street Bridge over the Erie Canal in Lockport, NY.

http://plan-b.smugmug.com/photos/23352078-M.jpg

[Pekka]

This has something, the bridge shape's perspective is interesting, but then again it is quite empty of content. To me it's more like documentary than attempt to get something special out of it, if you know what I mean (I'm not sure I know :)). Every displayed photo should have something that makes it it "tick", a reward for the viewer, whether that is a dog, granny or funny shadow shape, or just balanced composition and interesting light. Keep shooting and posting - you'll get there. That bridge is a good playground for pulling composition and content out from ordinary.

[Titus213]

My first impression is a question - What does this bridge span? Is there any spot where the mule tracks on the canal could be? I like the shapes and tonal range. It does not appear flat but is not something I would hang. The curved roadway is quite interesting. Perhaps a higher perspective closer to the bridge picking up the roadway curvature too would add some impact for me.

You've made me want to go downtown in Portland and shoot some of the bridges there. Interesting structures for photographers.

[jfrancho]

This has something, the bridge shape's perspective is interesting, but then again it is quite empty of content. To me it's more like documentary than attempt to get something special out of it, if you know what I mean (I'm not sure I know :)). Every displayed photo should have something that makes it it "tick", a reward for the viewer, whether that is a dog, granny or funny shadow shape, or just balanced composition and interesting light. Keep shooting and posting - you'll get there. That bridge is a good playground for pulling composition and content out from ordinary.Thanks for the input, Pekka. It is very much a documentary picture. I wasn't as concerned with telling a story as I was trying to capture the bridge as I saw it coming down the steps to the towpath. The bridge spans on of the 50 foot locks, so there is plenty of opportuninty to "find the angle." Unfortunately, I was on a guided tour with my wife and son, I had no time to wait for the right moment. I agree that if there was just a person in there, maybe looking at the canal history placards below, it really would have been a winner. There is just something about big steel girders that I can't help snapping.

[jfrancho]

My first impression is a question - What does this bridge span? Is there any spot where the mule tracks on the canal could be? I like the shapes and tonal range. It does not appear flat but is not something I would hang. The curved roadway is quite interesting. Perhaps a higher perspective closer to the bridge picking up the roadway curvature too would add some impact for me.

You've made me want to go downtown in Portland and shoot some of the bridges there. Interesting structures for photographers.The bridge spans one of the 5 locks in Lockport, each having a 50 ft. elevation change. No mule tracks here, they are all paved and made safe for tourists. I thought of taking one of the top, but it is all metered parking and this day, littered with parked cars. Not a hanger, but a keeper for the family scrapbook, and another idiotic study of girders...
Thanks, Titus213.