Keep off Bridge

This was taken this afternoon in downtown Cedar Falls....this railroad bridge crosses the Cedar River. I was standing on this bridge and took the shot with a wide angle lens....it wasn't until I got home and imported the pictures that I noticed a rather prominent sign stating it was Private Property . No Tresspassing . Keep Off Bridge. I would have really felt like an idiot if I'd got stopped while walking around up there! Oh well, I got my picture of the day and ended up playing around with it in in PS. I've had Photoshop for a couple of years but haven't been able to figure it out so I always gave up in defeat each time I tried to use it. For the past couple weeks I've been experimenting with it a lot trying to learn my way around so please excuse the blatant overprocessing lately. I also added some cross processing in Picnik.

[Denise]

Really nice perspective - it just draws the eye in. Glad you didn't get caught! The lighting is perfect.

[Trevor Baird]

brilliant!!!!

[Rick Schies]

This is the neatest bridge.

[wendy chapman]

I like the way you have been working with your images. They have made a nice theme series (meaning the continuity in the processing). I really love this one. It is a bit more subtle as far as processing which makes it rich but not too flashy. I love the sun flare at the top. It adds that extra zip. Very nice.

[Donna C]

Great image! Lighting is beautiful.

[Barry Mikhal]

Like this one to

[Jennifer B.]

Really neat shot; I like the slight offset angle you took this at. I love old bridges like this--so many interesting lines.
Glad to see you are overcoming your fear and jumping into photoshop. :) Way to go!

[Alecio]

Beautiful, great composition, perspective!

[Kari]

A beautiful shot, you trespasser, you!! Haha! I'm often oblivious to the obvious, so I enjoyed reading your caption above. :)

[Jonna]

Cool shot!!! Good thing you didn't know at the time that you were trespassing--it would have ruined your shot for the day!!! ;D

[Wendy]

Love this one too! Great processing!

[Véronique Popelier]

beautiful shot, i love the angle and the wide-open feel to it

[Graham Harcombe]

Lovely perspective, you're getting so much great stuff with your wide angle lens.

[Geertje K.]

I love your processing, so keep experimenting! Your story makes me smile! And the result is a beautiful picture!

[Peggy Sirk]

Excellent shot, Paula! Worth the risk of being hauled in for trespassing. :) Love the editing. Good for you for tackling Photoshop. That's on my ever growing list of things to learn. I've got to get Photography 101 down first. :)

[Julie Ryan]

Very great shot! Too bad it's posted and people can't enjoy it.

[Mariëtte de Jong]

Such a pretty picture! I love all the different brown colours!

[Kerry Bergman]

Glad you managed to get this shot without getting into trouble. Fab shot that was obviously meant to be!

[Isis Weiss]

I love these type of bridges and also covered bridges. They are fascinating to shoot. I like the angle you shot it and the tracks. Neat!

[Karen Sylvia]

Really like the lines, colors and lighting. :)

[Margaret Tryon]

I think it's a wonderful shot. I love the perspective and I'm so glad you weren't arrested for trespassing.

[bruni]

This is a wonderful shot..love the angle and the never ending tracks.

[Rebbecca Castillo]

very, very nice- great composition :D

[Stefan Eady]

Great perspective in this shot. My eye just wants to keep on going.

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Fantabulous framing and super fine edits. This so totally ROCKS!!!

[aikiuser (jenn)]

PS - I've stated my philosophy before: it's not really trespassing if the fence is down! ;-)

[Paula Fontanini]

@aikiuser Thanks so much for the fav.....and I feel much better now about trespassing now! :)

[Paula Fontanini]

@hiddencreek Ha! I'm generally pretty oblivious to everything when I'm trying to get THE shot I've backed into things, tripped over things and fallen down in a ditch so totally missing that sign comes as no surprise!

[Justin K.]

great perspective :)

[Rebekah Esme.]

love this!

[Brad Johnson]

I love the angle on this.

[Cynthia C.]

Beautiful pic! love the composition and the perspective. And thanks for choosing my pic in the fav fav topic :)

[Lynn M. Watson]

Wonderful light and shadows . . . I love old bridges!

[Marlene Chabot]

Cool angle! Train tracks are a great place to photograph. The lines make for such interesting images.

[Mrs. Smith]

Beautiful! I love bridges and railroad pictures.

[Ninjina (@marinda)]

I really like this!

[Barb Smith]

Hey, Paula. I'm finally back and trying to do some catching up. Thanks for checking out my photos. We really had an awesome, memorable trip. The photo rocks! I love the contrast of metal and wood and especially always love trespassing photos. Something like innocent naughtiness. We have photoshop which my husband uses. I keep meaning to upload it on my computer but I know the learning curve is significant - to put it mildly. You are doing a great job.