For some reason, I happen to be attracted to bridges. That's strange since I'm afraid of heights and water, you'd think I wouldn't go near them. Of course, my photos are usually made under them.I like this second version of this bridge. It seems this is the first time I've ever had a successful shot when looking at a bridge from directly under it. It could be the wide-angle shot, I'm not sure why.
If they hadn't built that pier right next to the bridge I'd have never started to look for different angles. I'd have kept on making the same photos in different light. How boring! It could be that I just need to be challenged.
The settings used to make this shot are exactly the same as the photo I posted last night. The only difference is the time. This one was made at 9:38 pm; about an hour later. In case you missed them, these are the settings: shot in aperture priority mode for 1/4 sec at F7.1 using ISO 200 to minimize noise, with partial metering off the bridge at what looked like about 18% gray about 1/3 into the shot to maximize depth of field with my Canon 20D and an 18-55mm lens at 27mm.
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Beautiful. Now you've got complementary colors and graceful curves for the eye to follow. Great combination.
Thanks, Jim. I really liked the colors. It's strange, though, after the jpg compression it lost a lot of contrast.
My thoughts exactly, Jim. Full grace and warm color. Just lovely to look at.
Thank you, Margo.
"after the jpg compression it lost a lot of contrast"
Loyce,
Are you making sure that the jpg you create is sRGB? It's not the native color space for Lightroom by the way. If you have default preferences in LR it will convert to sRGB when exporting a file but will not convert it when sending directly to PS for editing. You will have to convert it yourself in PS or use the Save for Web option which will convert it for you.
I'll have to check that in LR. That might just be the reason it's doing this.
Thanks, Jim.
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