Overflowing

Ian's nice shot boasts several eye-catching properties while fail to prove itself technically.

On one hand, we are invited to feast our eyes on a collection of visual elements.

The bridge which is the primary point of interest introduces 'alternative rhythm' through repetitive arches that create a smooth optical movement across the frame leading to where we are about to get out of the frame; nevertheless, the leaning tree there 'stops' our optical movement and return it leading to the sky.

The bridge looks very stable in our eyes . It also reduces the energy in the diagonal line of the shoreline by its somewhat horizontal profile. The proximity and unity observable in the bridge construction doesn't fail to engage us.

The color scheme is what can be called' split complementary color scheme which gather a large green area ( the lawn with its eye-catching texture ), The blue sky

and two distinct red patches into a harmony. The intensity and pureness of the hues in captivating indeed.

If there is a drawback, it can certainly be found in the sky region which is somewhat too bright to be visually comfortable to our eyes. The highlights there have caused 'blooming' in the image sensor and have caused the tiny branches of the trees on both sides of the river to lose details plus some chromatic aberration visible in the transition point between the branches and the sky. ND

filter can surely be an invaluable tool which could reduce the blooming and intensify the blueness of the sky sprinkled with white clouds. The equivalent tool in PS is Digital Split Neutral Density filter.

The overall feeling invoked in us is that of bliss and comfortability toward what we see. It's a familiar sight but Ian's classism has worked well to bring to us the joy of watching a bridge many use to get to the other side without ever suspecting that such a man-made structure an be also used to evoke a visual

response.