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Severn Bridge, opened 1966 and Grade I listed
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1958 Opel Olympia Caravan station wagon
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Nikon Nikkormat FT 35mm SLR Kodachrome slide copied by Olympus PEN Lite E-PL7 + Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 12-50mm 1:3.5-6.3 macro
PA260648 Anx2 Q90 1200h 2k f25
A lovely day out yesterday couldn't resist taking this image of my favourite bridges.
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Edinburgh City Centre. It is considered an iconic structure and a symbol of Scotland (having been voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder in 2016), and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Forth Road bridge, opened in 1964, spans the Firth of Forth, connecting Edinburgh, at Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry. It replaced a centuries-old ferry service to carry vehicular traffic, cyclists and pedestrians across the Forth.
Upon my latest visit down south to see the kinfolk in North Carolina we took a ride to Grandfather Mountain and towards the top there was a 228 foot suspension bridge which spanned an 80 foot chasm. Being it was approximately 5,305 feet above sea level the name "Mile high Swinging Bridge" was given to it. (It`s also called a swinging bridge due to the fact that it`s a suspension bridge and is free to sway in the wind.) The first part of our trip up the mountain and arrival at the bridge had a ton of fog which set up alot of excellent shots and then a little while later the sun broke through clearing the fog and giving some darned tootin` great views of the mountains. These are sights i don`t get to see often in my part of New York and it was thrilling to say the least!
A lovely day out yesterday couldn't resist taking this image of my favourite bridges. So from another standpoint I loved this shot with the slow shutter speed I was able to bring out a subtle reflection of the road bridge.
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Edinburgh City Centre. It is considered an iconic structure and a symbol of Scotland (having been voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder in 2016), and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Forth Road bridge, opened in 1964, spans the Firth of Forth, connecting Edinburgh, at Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry. It replaced a centuries-old ferry service to carry vehicular traffic, cyclists and pedestrians across the Forth
suspension cables ....
in my Architectural Detail series ...
Taken on Sept 4, 2018
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"Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass". or, DUMBO, as the New Yorkers call it, taken on a bitterly cold day in February this year. A fabulous viepoint looking over the Hudson into Manhattan.
The support cables of the new Kosciuszko Bridge, as seen over the rooftops from a street in Maspeth, Queens. I was struck by the near-symmetry of the cables and the position of the clouds. Maspeth, Queens, NYC -- January 12, 2021
"The Kosciuszko Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over Newtown Creek in New York City, connecting Greenpoint in Brooklyn to Maspeth in Queens. The bridge consists of a pair of cable-stayed bridge spans: the eastbound span opened in April 2017, while the westbound span opened in August 2019"
The Queensferry Crossing is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge and carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North Queensferry, (courtesy of Wikipedia}
Yesterday they started major roadworks to the bridge, however, there were no major problems during the morning peak after the Queensferry Crossing had closed to southbound traffic for resurfacing work. Motorists travelling towards Edinburgh from Fife have been diverted onto the Forth Road Bridge while 15 metres of tarmac on the crossing is replaced.
It still looks beautiful from this standpoint.
Golden Gate Bridge aerial view - © 2025 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Aerial Photography Archives - performanceimpressions.com
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The variety of shapes fascinates me.
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Press L key to view large. Click on pic to zoom.
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Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim + Hybrid Redscaled Konica Minolta VX Super 200 + Double Exposure. (Print first, Redscale 2nd.) + Square Crop.
The layer underneath is here.
Continuing experiments with redscale... First run through as standard print film mostly around Bristol, Blagdon Lake, & Stanton Drew. The film was then removed from the canister in a dark bag, reversed then replaced in the canister (all still in the dark bag) and shot through as Redscale around Bristol & Glastonbury.
I did not line up the film, nor take notes, nor plan the compositions, beyond remembering that the first run through might take up some variety of colour and the second run through might work well with strong lines & silhouettes or textures.
The negatives were returned uncut as requested, but I did get lab scans - any overlaps of one frame over another, are a result of this. I have cropped where I feel it is most helpful to do so, so any inclusion of frame overlap is these uploaded images has been an active choice. I will almost certainly return to the negs with a home scanner to search for alternative compositions to complement these.
Redscaling.
Basically it involves taking a roll of ordinary 'bog standard' print film, reversing it and respooling it into another film canister (all done in a dark bag) so that the light is exposed on 'the wrong side of the film' when you take a shot. You then lose two 'stops' on the optimal exposure conditions from the original. It gets developed in exactly the same way as print film, but be prepared for the technician to be a little startled (at best) or a little irritated (at worst) when they realise that something very odd has happened to the film. :)
FORT POINT WAS A MILITARY FORTIFICATION BUILT IN 1863, IT WAS COMPLETED JUST BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR TO DEFEND SAN FRANCISCO BAY AGAINST HOSTILE WARSHIPS. IT WAS
PLANNED CAREFULLY TO BE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE WATER LEVEL SO CANNONBALLS COULD RICOCHET ACROSS THE WATER'S SURFACE TO HIT ENEMY SHIPS AT THE WATER LINE. THE WALLS ARE SEVEN FEET THICK. IN 1926 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS PROPOSED PRESERVING THE FORT FOR ITS OUTSTANDING MILITARY ARCHITECTURE.
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Perhaps all bridge cables could be blue.
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Looks like you'll want glass cleaner to enjoy the trip.
I can't recall ever stopping here, much less, actually riding the tram. I've passed by this place a thousand times over the decades. I think this year I'll actually do it, lol.
I wonder if that bottle of cleaner enjoyed the winter in the gondola.
This view shows some of the technical issues that make the 134m-long Kaibab bridge a spectacular feat of engineering. In the foreground, the route to the bridge enters a tunnel; at the far end of the tunnel you emerge straight onto the bridge. On the far (north) bank) of the river the trail makes a hard 90˚ right turn and comes round back under the bridge and then off to the left. By no means a simple achievement. The 1928 completion of the Kaibab or Black Suspension Bridge changed the tourism scene of the inner canyon by connecting trails between the North Rim and South Rim of the canyon and making safe passage across the Colorado River possible for both mules and foot traffic.
Until 1922, the only way for mules and people to cross the river had been on a precarious cableway operated by canyon pioneer David Rust. This consisted of a harrowing ride in a large metal “cage” (large enough for one mule) strung across the river on a cable. One mule at a time or several people would climb into an open bar cage and move across the river along the swinging cables of the crossing. The Grand Canyon became a national park in 1919, and the National Park Service replaced Rust's tramway with a new wooden suspension bridge. However, this was a very flimsy affair, and could be tossed about so violently in strong winds that it would sometimes completely flip over! Not surprisingly, it was quickly replaced...
Building the bridge in the remote and difficult-to-access Inner Canyon in 1928 posed significant hazards and challenges to construction. All materials were transported by mules or human power. National Park Service mules carried most of the 122 tons of materials for the construction. However, each of the the one-ton, 168m-long suspension cables were carried down the canyon on the shoulders of 42 Havasupai tribesmen who walked single-file down the 14.5 km of trail while carrying the cables, descending 1,212m from the Canyon's rim.
Once completed, the bridge offered safe passage across the Colorado River and connected the North Rim to the South Rim via the North and South Kaibab Trails. It remained the only way to cross in the inner canyon until the mid-1960s when the nearby Silver Bridge was completed, allowing hikers an alternative route. However, the Kaibab remains the only bridge for mules. For those wondering, the Colorado is flowing from right to left in this image.
Having spent the morning and early afternoon riding a mule down from the South Rim, I took this shot during a late-afternoon walk-about, utilising both the Silver and Black bridges to access both banks of the Colorado River. Scanned from a negative.
Two vibrant yellow gondolas, numbered 24 and 25, of an amusement ride or transport system, are prominently displayed against a brilliant blue sky, with white structural elements and suspension cables in the background.
This eastward-looking view was taken in the late afternoon from the boat beach at Phantom Ranch on the north shore of the (very placid!) Colorado River. The far end of the bridge on the south shore appears to run abruptly into a cliff face - and indeed does! There is a tunnel approach to the bridge through that mass of rock towering above it.
The 1928 completion of the Kaibab or Black Suspension Bridge changed the tourism scene of the inner canyon by connecting trails between the North Rim and South Rim of the canyon and making safe passage across the Colorado River possible for both mules and foot traffic.
Until 1922, the only way for mules and people to cross the river had been on a precarious cableway operated by canyon pioneer David Rust. This consisted of a harrowing ride in a large metal “cage” (large enough for one mule) strung across the river on a cable. One mule at a time or several people would climb into an open bar cage and move across the river along the swinging cables of the crossing. The Grand Canyon became a national park in 1919, and the National Park Service replaced Rust's tramway with a new wooden suspension bridge. However, this was a very flimsy affair, and could be tossed about so violently in strong winds that it would sometimes completely flip over! Not surprisingly, it was quickly replaced...
Building the bridge in the remote and difficult-to-access Inner Canyon in 1928 posed significant hazards and challenges to construction. All materials were transported by mules or human power. National Park Service mules carried most of the 122 tons of materials for the construction. However, the one-ton, 550-foot-long suspension cables were carried down the canyon on the shoulders of 42 Havasupai tribesmen who walked single file down the nine miles of trail while carrying the cables, descending 4,000 feet from the Canyon's rim.
Once completed, the bridge offered safe passage across the Colorado River and connected the North Rim to the South Rim via the North and South Kaibab Trails. It remained the only way to cross in the inner canyon until the mid-1960s when the nearby Silver Bridge was completed, allowing hikers an alternative route. However, the Kaibab remains the only bridge for mules.
Scanned from a negative.
This eastward-looking view was taken in the late afternoon from the boat beach at Phantom Ranch on the north shore of the (very placid!) Colorado River. The far end of the bridge on the south shore appears to run abruptly into a cliff face - and indeed does! There is a tunnel approach to the bridge through that mass of rock towering above it.
The 1928 completion of the Kaibab or Black Suspension Bridge changed the tourism scene of the inner canyon by connecting trails between the North Rim and South Rim of the canyon and making safe passage across the Colorado River possible for both mules and foot traffic.
Until 1922, the only way for mules and people to cross the river had been on a precarious cableway operated by canyon pioneer David Rust. This consisted of a harrowing ride in a large metal “cage” (large enough for one mule) strung across the river on a cable. One mule at a time or several people would climb into an open bar cage and move across the river along the swinging cables of the crossing. The Grand Canyon became a national park in 1919, and the National Park Service replaced Rust's tramway with a new wooden suspension bridge. However, this was a very flimsy affair, and could be tossed about so violently in strong winds that it would sometimes completely flip over! Not surprisingly, it was quickly replaced...
Building the bridge in the remote and difficult-to-access Inner Canyon in 1928 posed significant hazards and challenges to construction. All materials were transported by mules or human power. National Park Service mules carried most of the 122 tons of materials for the construction. However, the one-ton, 550-foot-long suspension cables were carried down the canyon on the shoulders of 42 Havasupai tribesmen who walked single file down the nine miles of trail while carrying the cables, descending 4,000 feet from the Canyon's rim.
Once completed, the bridge offered safe passage across the Colorado River and connected the North Rim to the South Rim via the North and South Kaibab Trails. It remained the only way to cross in the inner canyon until the mid-1960s when the nearby Silver Bridge was completed, allowing hikers an alternative route. However, the Kaibab remains the only bridge for mules.
A colour negative has been scanned and then processed in Lightroom and Silver Efex to produce the image.
The Golden Gate Bridge's north tower rises majestically through the twilight, its International Orange paint glowing warmly under artificial lighting while the deep blue hour sky provides dramatic backdrop. Photographed from the rocky shoreline near Fort Point on the San Francisco side, this perspective captures the bridge at its most atmospheric—that fleeting moment when day surrenders to night and the iconic structure transforms into a beacon of light.
The bridge's distinctive Art Deco tower stands tall against Marin Headlands silhouetted in the distance, its steel lattice framework illuminated by powerful lights mounted at the base and along the span. The red aviation warning light at the tower's peak blinks as a safety measure for aircraft, while the decorative lighting traces the suspension cables and vertical supports. This lighting design, implemented in the 1980s, ensures the bridge remains visible and photogenic after dark while honoring its status as one of the world's most recognizable structures.
Fort Point area facilities cluster at the tower's base—the historic fortification, visitor amenities, and access roads all bathed in warm artificial light that creates a glowing pool against the darkening landscape. The juxtaposition of military history and engineering marvel is evident here, where a Civil War-era brick fort sits in the shadow of the 1937 suspension bridge that chief engineer Joseph Strauss designed to span directly over it rather than requiring its demolition.
The rocky foreground typical of San Francisco's rugged coastline frames the composition, while the calm bay waters reflect the bridge's illumination. Marin County's hills rise across the strait, their dark forms punctuated by scattered lights from Sausalito and other North Bay communities. The atmospheric conditions—likely some fog or marine layer evident in the soft focus of distant hills—create that quintessential Golden Gate Bridge aesthetic where the structure emerges from and disappears into California's coastal weather.
The deep blue twilight sky shows perfect timing for this type of photography. Too early and the artificial lights wouldn't register dramatically; too late and the sky would be completely black, losing the color gradation that provides context and mood. This blue hour window—perhaps fifteen minutes when the light balance is just right—requires planning and patience but yields images that capture the bridge's romantic, almost ethereal quality that has made it a global icon.
Creating this renowned bridge was an amazing feat of engineering.
► 388,500 cubic yards of concrete, 117,200 tons of steel, 80,000 miles of wire were used to manufacture the bridge's structure.
►Four years and $27 million later, the bridge was completed.
►The Golden Gate is a suspension bridge with large cables to support the middle hung from its tall towers.
►The bridge spans 4,200 feet.
►It is estimated that the actual building of the bridge included 25 million labor hours.
►The cables are actually 27,572 individual tiny wires spun together. More than 80,000 miles of wire were used to make them.
►Actual paint color of the Golden Gate Bridge is Dulux International Orange.
►As a worst case scenario, the bridge was designed to withstand 90 mph gale-force winds, the weight of bumper to bumper traffic in both directions, tidal surges of 4.6 million square feet per second, and an 8.0 earthquake - all at the exact same time.
The Golden Gate Bridge's north tower rises majestically through the twilight, its International Orange paint glowing warmly under artificial lighting while the deep blue hour sky provides dramatic backdrop. Photographed from the rocky shoreline near Fort Point on the San Francisco side, this perspective captures the bridge at its most atmospheric—that fleeting moment when day surrenders to night and the iconic structure transforms into a beacon of light.
The bridge's distinctive Art Deco tower stands tall against Marin Headlands silhouetted in the distance, its steel lattice framework illuminated by powerful lights mounted at the base and along the span. The red aviation warning light at the tower's peak blinks as a safety measure for aircraft, while the decorative lighting traces the suspension cables and vertical supports. This lighting design, implemented in the 1980s, ensures the bridge remains visible and photogenic after dark while honoring its status as one of the world's most recognizable structures.
Fort Point area facilities cluster at the tower's base—the historic fortification, visitor amenities, and access roads all bathed in warm artificial light that creates a glowing pool against the darkening landscape. The juxtaposition of military history and engineering marvel is evident here, where a Civil War-era brick fort sits in the shadow of the 1937 suspension bridge that chief engineer Joseph Strauss designed to span directly over it rather than requiring its demolition.
The rocky foreground typical of San Francisco's rugged coastline frames the composition, while the calm bay waters reflect the bridge's illumination. Marin County's hills rise across the strait, their dark forms punctuated by scattered lights from Sausalito and other North Bay communities. The atmospheric conditions—likely some fog or marine layer evident in the soft focus of distant hills—create that quintessential Golden Gate Bridge aesthetic where the structure emerges from and disappears into California's coastal weather.
The deep blue twilight sky shows perfect timing for this type of photography. Too early and the artificial lights wouldn't register dramatically; too late and the sky would be completely black, losing the color gradation that provides context and mood. This blue hour window—perhaps fifteen minutes when the light balance is just right—requires planning and patience but yields images that capture the bridge's romantic, almost ethereal quality that has made it a global icon.
This was a shot I got from the ridge that is right next to the north end of the Golden Gate bridge. I liked the fact that the suspension cables both framed and broke the scene of down town San Francisco.
The Golden Gate Bridge's north tower rises majestically through the twilight, its International Orange paint glowing warmly under artificial lighting while the deep blue hour sky provides dramatic backdrop. Photographed from the rocky shoreline near Fort Point on the San Francisco side, this perspective captures the bridge at its most atmospheric—that fleeting moment when day surrenders to night and the iconic structure transforms into a beacon of light.
The bridge's distinctive Art Deco tower stands tall against Marin Headlands silhouetted in the distance, its steel lattice framework illuminated by powerful lights mounted at the base and along the span. The red aviation warning light at the tower's peak blinks as a safety measure for aircraft, while the decorative lighting traces the suspension cables and vertical supports. This lighting design, implemented in the 1980s, ensures the bridge remains visible and photogenic after dark while honoring its status as one of the world's most recognizable structures.
Fort Point area facilities cluster at the tower's base—the historic fortification, visitor amenities, and access roads all bathed in warm artificial light that creates a glowing pool against the darkening landscape. The juxtaposition of military history and engineering marvel is evident here, where a Civil War-era brick fort sits in the shadow of the 1937 suspension bridge that chief engineer Joseph Strauss designed to span directly over it rather than requiring its demolition.
The rocky foreground typical of San Francisco's rugged coastline frames the composition, while the calm bay waters reflect the bridge's illumination. Marin County's hills rise across the strait, their dark forms punctuated by scattered lights from Sausalito and other North Bay communities. The atmospheric conditions—likely some fog or marine layer evident in the soft focus of distant hills—create that quintessential Golden Gate Bridge aesthetic where the structure emerges from and disappears into California's coastal weather.
The deep blue twilight sky shows perfect timing for this type of photography. Too early and the artificial lights wouldn't register dramatically; too late and the sky would be completely black, losing the color gradation that provides context and mood. This blue hour window—perhaps fifteen minutes when the light balance is just right—requires planning and patience but yields images that capture the bridge's romantic, almost ethereal quality that has made it a global icon.
Suspension cable attachment point on the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in Boston. As seen while palling-around with terrorists from the Boston Photo Mob this afternoon.
Olympus XA3 + Olympus XA3 + Kodak Ektachrome 64T + Cross Processing + Double Exposure.
Double Exposure Collaboration with the very lovely ξαβλ.
To be more specific, a film AND camera swap this time:
ξαβλ shot the first roll through his Olympus XA3 whilst in St Ives, Cornwall. When the roll was finished, he rewound the film back to the beginning and handed the camera (including the film) to me. I shot the roll through again in London (and Bristol right at the end of the roll). We did not collaborate regarding what specifically we might be shooting.