The bridges exiting Sunderland city centre at dusk.

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Rising out of the water like an industrial monolith, the remains of the Hubbrücke Karnin serve as a stark reminder of history. The bridge, once a vital link, was destroyed in 1945 by the retreating Wehrmacht, leaving this single, massive lift-bridge section isolated in the landscape.

In monochrome, the contrast between the rigid, man-made steel and the expansive, natural movement of the sky and water becomes even more pronounced. It is a study in "honesty"—a structure that no longer functions, yet continues to command the space it occupies.

This image resonates with the same theme of enduring structures and "unvarnished cores" that I look for in my own music, specifically within the soundscapes of Talvekoidik.

Canopies Cologne central station

A long-exposure of the Astoria-Megler Bridge

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Pacific Inn, Whiterock, BC, Canada

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Steel construction in Thessaloniki ,Greece.

A rusty bolt, part of the in-building steel structure of the old welding hall of the former shipyard NDSM, 2016.

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On this hazy April afternoon just north of Buffalo, the Grand Island Bridge stretches over the Niagara River—one of the few rivers on Earth that flows north. Like Anubis guiding souls up the eternal current, these waters surge relentlessly toward Niagara Falls, undeterred by ice or season. Time, like this river, waits for no one—it only moves forward, carrying all things with it.

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The New River Gorge Bridge is located on U. S. Route 19, just north of Fayetteville, WV. I travelled for almost 2 hours enduring a snowstorm on Christmas day, 2020 to get to the Bridge. The bridge was the longest steel span in the western hemisphere and the third highest in the United States. It spans across one of North America's oldest river. It was completed on October 22, 1977. The bridge reduced a 40-minute drive down narrow mountain roads to less than three minutes!

It is one of the most photographed places and scenes in West Virginia. The bridge was designed by Michael Baker Company, and the construction was performed by the American Bridge Division of U.S. Steel

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Moffett Field at NASA Ames near Mountain View, California has the famous Hangar One. Only the skeleton of the hangar is left, the skin was removed due to health reasons (asbestos). I like the skeleton look, it is a work of art.

Google plans to restore Hangar One, in exchange for being able to use up to two-thirds of the floor space to shelter eight of their private jets. Last year NASA leased Hangar One and Moffett airfield to Planetary Ventures, a subsidiary of Google. Detail on Wikipedia at bit.ly/1NSe9GI

I processed a balanced and a paintery HDR photo from a RAW exposure, then selectively merged them.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC5066_hdr1bal1pai1k

Paddington station - London - UK

Urbanscape Series 3 ; Pic # 2 ....

Taken Nov 11, 2016

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Edmonton's Walterdale, Bridge in 2011 The cyclist wasn't a plant... she just happened to appear in the shot at the right moment.

Rising through the shadows of the trees, the Eiffel Tower reveals its iron structure from an unusual angle — monumental, intricate, yet almost hidden within the city.

Cyclists meet head on on Lake Shore Drive, Downtown Chicago.

One of Andy Scott's 30 metre high horse head sculptures, aka The Kelpies at the Helix, Falkirk in Scotland. Although this was taken during the day in full sunlight, my aim was to process this shot in a Julia Anne Gospodarou visionography style. Hope I've done that some justice Julia Anne !!! :)

This is the second image from my architectural diptych (that may eventually become a triptych) of the amazing Lake Point Tower building in Chicago (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Point_Tower).

I shot this image during the Vision Explorers workshop that was held last September by and with great photographers such as Joel Tjintjelaar, Julia Anna Gospodarou, Armand Dijcks, Sharon Tenenbaum, Daniel Portal, Mabry Campbell and so many more that I cannot mention them all.

To take this picture, I remember I was almost lying on the ground to have a good angle and accentuate the leading lines... It was fun, xcept for the people and especially guards around looking at me like I was a mad man or... a threat to security... Because every long exposure photographer will tell you they got bugged at one time or another while setting up their tripod, because OBVIOUSLY we might be endangering public safety... right?

The other half of the diptych is on its way soon, so stay tuned!

And just to tease a little more... this is NOT the picture I like the best of the pair...

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Shot from New Hey Road showing the demolition of the perimeter wall of the former Huddersfield College on the site of the New Lidl Supermarket.

Abandoned Pub & Gasworks.

Originally known as the Clayton Arms, built around 1869, the pub was rebuilt in 1935 then renamed The Cricketers Arms in 1966. For the last ten years or more it has stood derelict and marked as a dangerous structure.

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This is a 276 second long exposure of Brisbane's Story Bridge at Blue Hour

Federation Square Melbourne, Maddison Architects

Parkes Radio Telescope, NSW, Australia.

Diameter: 64 metres.

In operation for fifty years and still one of the world's premier single dish radio telescopes, operated by CSIRO as part of the Australia Telescope National Facility.

2018-05-19

The Manolis P is a cargo ship registered in the Marshall Islands, she is seen here being loaded by cranes at the Greenock Ocean Terminal, Scotland.

Ship Info: Gross Tonnage: 14962

Deadweight: 20346 t

Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 167m × 25m

Year Built: 1995

Mt Donna Buang

Huddersfields Gasometre.

The demolition is gathering pace on the external structure of the Gasometre

More information here: huddersfieldhub.co.uk/date-is-set-for-demolition-of-hudde...

Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée. Architect: Rudy Ricciotti

S. Market Street, Boston MA

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I had a meeting at Silicon Valley Campus of the Carnegie Mellon University at NASA Ames near Sunnyvale, California. After the meeting I took the time to drive around the NASA campus. This is Hangar One - I am pointing the camera up on the structure.

Hangar One is one of the world's largest freestanding structures, covering 8 acres (3.2 ha), and has long been one of the most recognizable landmarks of California's Silicon Valley. An early example of mid-century modern architecture, it was built in the 1930s as a naval airship station for the USS Macon. The curvy structure on the right is a huge door that slides around in a circular way. A few years back it was stripped from its cover due to lead and asbestos contamination. I like the naked structure more than the original one.

I processed a balanced and a paintery HDR photo from three RAW exposures, and blended them using 50% paintery HDR for the scene, and 100% balanced HDR for the sky. After that I desaturated the image, and fixed the curves for higher contrast to make the scene pop in monochrome.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, NEX-6, _DSC9508_9_0_hdr3smo2d

Update 2015-22-21: In the stats I have seen that the 4th popular search term today is "naked". People looking for this probably did not expect to see this... :-)

'L' tracks @ E. Jackson & S. Wabash, Chicago IL

clocks at St Pancras International Station in London.

A detailed architectural study of the iconic green-painted staircase structure at Völklinger Hütte, Germany’s UNESCO World Heritage ironworks. Captured with the Fujifilm GFX100R, the large-format sensor reveals subtle tonal gradations, metal textures, and the interplay of light across layers of steel. Each version explores the same structure from a different viewpoint and color treatment, emphasizing geometry, repetition, and rhythm within the industrial framework. Developed from RAW for tonal balance and controlled contrast to highlight the fusion of structure and abstraction.

Vimy Memorial Bridge ...

Detail ...

Ottawa, Canada ...

In my Bridge Series ... Pic # 49 ...

Taken July 4, 2020

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The steel equivalent of the Yellow Brick Road!! - and leads to a lovely roof top garden with sweeping views across the Victoria Market. The Narrm Ngarrgu Library (meaning 'Melbourne knowledge' in Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung language) Architect: 6 Degrees

A detailed architectural study of the iconic green-painted staircase structure at Völklinger Hütte, Germany’s UNESCO World Heritage ironworks. Captured with the Fujifilm GFX100R, the large-format sensor reveals subtle tonal gradations, metal textures, and the interplay of light across layers of steel. Each version explores the same structure from a different viewpoint and color treatment, emphasizing geometry, repetition, and rhythm within the industrial framework. Developed from RAW for tonal balance and controlled contrast to highlight the fusion of structure and abstraction.

„Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.“ – Isaac Newton