This is the bridge between Orr's Island and Bailey's Island. The bridge was built with granite slabs from a local quarry and uses no cement or other joiner. It had to be built to withstand the tides (this is salt water) and the winds when the storms blow. I have removed some of the small wires but like the way the poles lean.
This is some further information for inquiring minds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey_Island_Bridge
@dianen Diane, I need to take you under my wing and introduce you to a lot of cool places in SOuthern Maine. LOL I had a mother and later a husband who both loved to do road trips and we explored the coastline and well as other areas of Maine all the time.
@joansmor I've lived here since I was two....if you want to know Greater Portland, Cape, Rangeley or The Mount Desert area...I'm your girl!! But I love exploring new places! You might have to put up with my husband and dog though! Neither bite! They are both nice boys!! :) @vignouse now I need to go read this link! :)
@dianen I got you beat as I was born here. LOL And I think I could put up with both. My dh and I would drive to Rangeley for a picnic and come home the same day.
what a fascinating structure! beautifully shot and processed in b&w...
i'm struggling to come up with a suitable push challenge for you... you've done all sorts of things with excellent results!
here are a couple suggestions:
1 - i gather you've recently acquired silver fx and have been playing around with it... so one option for a challenge is to take two or three very different shots, and experiment in silver fx... which preset do you like best as a starting point for which image and why? what about the preset doesn't quite "do it" for you and what adjustments do you want to make?
2 - alternatively, how would you feel about doing a set up shot in the theme of "film noir"?
let me know if neither of those options works for you... i do have a couple other ideas, but thought i would start with the b&w :)
Very cool! But gosh, that would be a spooky bridge to go across. It looks like it is about to collapse! Great design to it -- how clever they must have been.
@eyesmile@taffy If it were unstable the tides would take it down. it is a very stable bridge. Even in some of the worse storms it has remained standing even if the poles you see have come down.
i'm struggling to come up with a suitable push challenge for you... you've done all sorts of things with excellent results!
here are a couple suggestions:
1 - i gather you've recently acquired silver fx and have been playing around with it... so one option for a challenge is to take two or three very different shots, and experiment in silver fx... which preset do you like best as a starting point for which image and why? what about the preset doesn't quite "do it" for you and what adjustments do you want to make?
2 - alternatively, how would you feel about doing a set up shot in the theme of "film noir"?
let me know if neither of those options works for you... i do have a couple other ideas, but thought i would start with the b&w :)