Bridge Building

It pains me to put this in as 'Architecture' but there is

no 'Engineering' category. It was taken with a little plastic 110

camera many years ago while I was working on a bridge project in

Scotland. It works better cropped with just the unfinished gap and

the section being lifted but it won't blow up that far. All comments

welcome!

Hi Colin,

I always love pictures of big engineering projects !

This is maybe due to the fact that I work in tunnel building for many years.

I understand well you pain with the 'Architecture' category ! ;-)

 

However let's go back to the shot; I like the composition, I have no problem with the 2 parts of the bridge.

The only 'complain' is the quality of the print.

Kind regards,

Marc

 

Thanks Marc! It is good to know you looked at the picture with understanding. Glad you appreciated it despite the poor quality.

Its decent. And the interesting part is positioned over white sky so it can be seen with clarity. Had it been somewhere over the trees it would have been an eye strain. Plus theres the river bank, cottage and upright to anchor the composition. Although of comparative poor quality this 20something itsy bitsy bit of neg aint as bad as I would have thought it would be.

Thanks Phil. I thought it was worth sharing and at the same time see if my photgraphy has improved over time. I'm happy to say this gets lower ratings than most of my more recent efforts.

Sometimes the photos just don't fit nicely into certain boxes, and "Other" or Uncategorized" just doesn't seem to cut it either.

...and loved the shot entirely since it brought back memories of years ago when I was involved in some heavy bridge building in the Kuwaity desert. I'm sure the phisycs of the concrete pouring were totally different!

Pity the poor quality and regarding the crop I don't mind having all that info in order to understand the dimensions

Call me crazy, but I like the rough, grainy look to this photo. It is actually the main reason I chose to view full size and see what it was all about. I think it works well here. I agree with the framing, all the action is in the sky which makes for very nice viewing.

I rather like the way the people on the bridge give a tremendous sense of proportion.

Alberto - it is actually a steel box girder with a lightweight concrete road deck. I was involved with pouring the concrete deck. Probably a little cooler than Kuwait I guess!

Christopher thanks! I know what you mean about the grain but I would really like to have had a decent camera then.

Michael - I wonder what McGonagall would have made of the Beautiful motorway bridge on the Silvery Tay. And standing where those guys are took a little getting used to!

Yeh, final peace ( i don`t think i spelled this right, well). i did read about some one who was a bridge builder, i did work on oilrigs, platforms, same havy constructions. i can feel the weight, nice shot. mike

Great moment, like it! But I'll rate this higher if you remove the dust. :-)))

Thanks mike. It would have made a big splash. Andris thanks and I hope this new, less spotty version is more to your liking.

6/6

An exceedingly dramatic photograph Colin. It sort of says something about man conquering nature.

I notice a recurring theme regarding bridges, tell me Colin how do you move from design work to shift work? Feel free to e-mail if it's a little too much info for broadcast. PS love the image.