With all these flowers I’ll probably post a color version of the Eads Bridge too, but being its completion was way back in 1874 I couldn’t resist sharing a fake wet plate version first.
Sherlock Holmes: “Look at those towering structures. It’s the first combination of bascule and suspension bridge ever attempted. Most innovative. What an industrious empire.”
– Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes
About this image: digital photograph heavily modified to replicate wet plate collodion
Refrigerator Magnate 
this is brilliant! a timeless feel to it. thanks for sharing.
Why, thank you, P&K!
I was really hoping this one would read that way, so that is very nice to hear!
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The flowers in the foreground remind me of something that happened years ago. I saw a real estate ad with a picture of a house in the middle of a giant field of wildflowers. I live in a pretty urban area, so I’d never seen anything like it. I went to see the house. It had no flowers at all, just a tiny front lawn — apparently, the picture had been taken by someone lying down behind the flower bed in front of the house across the street.
Hahaha… wow… that sounds a little bit… hmm… like something I would try. Not if I was trying to sell a house, though. Just for fun, I mean. Seems a bit underhanded in a way.
I was definetly surprised to find all those flowers down there… kind of an interesting ‘mix’.
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It works well.
Many thanks, Mr. H!
That is very kind of you to say, sir!
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I can’t wait for the colored one. 😀
Thanks so much, Cristina!
I might space out the postings a bit… or I might not! I guess I’m not sure about that yet (although to tell you the truth I haven’t even processed a color version yet)!
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Ewh, faux wet plate collodion….again a disease I hope I don’t catch….
Ha!
I think you can get a shot…
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Yeah it’s available at the Gimcrack but it’s painful. so bring your own Oxycontin
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Poor Loon looks as though she’s been inoculated!
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Ha!
B.Y.O.O…
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Even if it’s not colored, the photo tells a lot and may remind you a lot of memory.
Thank you very much, sir!
This bridge is so old and has so much history that I wanted to try create an older looking image, too…
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Nice contrast between the solid bridge and the delicate flowers, Robert.
I was very surprised (and happy) to see so many flowers down in this very urban feeling area, S.E… a whole empty lot just full of them… kind of surreal, almost!
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I am sure that I will enjoy the coloured version
but as a preference I always favour the b & w
imagery over colour as the authenticity alone
just oozes nostalgia 🙂 Thank you for offering
this one SIG and do enjoy the rest of your day
Androgoth
I think I’m with you on that, Andro! I do like color (particularly in other people’s work), but for some reason I’ve always been drawn to black and white… just ‘something’ about it!
Thank you so very much, sir! I hope you are having a wonderful Monday, A.G.!
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It’s been okay SIG 🙂
Have a fun evening…
Androgoth
I hope it only gets better sir!
Why thank you, Andro! And the very same to you, of course!
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Beautiful!! I absolutely love the aged look.
Thank you so very much, Dishy!
I’m a big fan of processes with a ‘history’… and with the age of this bridge it seemed like it might be a nice thing to try replicate!
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I like the way you have excluded the present to achieve an antiques shot – it would raise some eyebrows if you had a yellow cab visible 🙂
Exciting as the new versions of Sherlock Holmes are… I can’t hear Conan-Doyle’s voice in those words…I love my Sherlock Holmes and it don’t quite ring true 😉
Thanks so much, Martin!
Fortunetly I was able to crop most modern elements in camera… only one very contemporary street lamp needed to be airbrushed out (although the silly thing was right in the middle of all that ironwork – which made for a bit of a challenge)!
Hahaha… I have to admire your respect for the classics. Have to admit I did kind of like the new movies too, though. Although it’s obvious they’ve dumbed things down a bit to appeal to guys like me who have attention spans that are… hey… what’s that over there?!
*runs off distractedly*
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This looks just as it should have. Interesting what photographers will do for a shot (after reading Laura’s comment).
Thanks so much, Patti!
Hahaha! TRUE! I’m SO bad about that kind of thing… I’ll roll through all kinds of muck if I think it’ll result in… something I’m a bit happier with.
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I like white, and black photos (or sepia), but I’ll wait for colour version too 🙂
Now I hope I can come up with something good!
I actually have a few ideas in mind, so hopefully one of them will turn out okay!
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Urban nostalgia in the wild, love it! Funny how we mourn the fields when they are built over only to think fondly of the footsteps and activity in streets and urban areas as they decline and become reclaimed by the wild grasses and flowers, aka weeds!
A very interesting point, Ms. K…
grass is always greener
(or weeds are always prettier)
I guess!
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I really like the perspective – heavily modified or not. I have a thing for bridges, so it’s pretty much a given that I’ll like a picture of a bridge. I hope to see the colored version in the future. (No pressure.)
Hahaha
*wipes brow*
I might need a Popsicle!
I do have a few ideas in mind, so fingers crossed one will turn out okay-ish…
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Hey . . . that looks ANTIQUED! 😀
I would love to see the flowers in color too.
Hahaha…
There must be something in the air!
I’m kicking around a few ideas, so hopefully at least one of them will work out okay…
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It looks like it has been abandoned.. Very cool effect but I wouldn’t think of going there at night time :o)
It kind of does, doesn’t it?! It was a very nice day – I’m kind of surprised there wasn’t more activity going on at the time!
That makes two of us, Mr. H! Probably not the best place to hang out at night!
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I love the way how you create this image Bob . Like a Beautiful Scene from the 50`s excellent work 🙂
Thanks so much, Jake!
Fortunately there wasn’t a lot of modern stuff to remove (just one light fixture), so that helped out a lot!
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No one can create and old image like you can, Sig! I love all the flowers.
Hugs xx
Aw, thanks, Deb!
I was pleasantly surprised to see how many flowers were in bloom at the time…
I was definitely not expecting that… kind of serendipitous!
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can you even spell colloidan?? LOL! You’ve piqued my history nerd, great stuff Inky! And I don’t see any duct tape anywhere. 😉
Hey – don’t mess with a dude! I thought I had really spelled it incorrectly (a LOT)! And considering my track record with spelling that’s certainly the sort of thing I’d be capable of!
Thanks so much, Mr. B! I thought the history was pretty cool myself!
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Nice image as always. But I thought the title was Egads, a Bridge!
Hahaha…
that’s funny! To tell you the truth I like your title much better!
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this has a great vintage feel. i’d love to see it i color too!
Thanks so much, U.M.!
I have several ideas in mind, so hopefully at least one of them turns out and I can get it posted!
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That bridge is lovely and now I want a deerstalker hat.
Unfortunately I had to stop wearing mine.
Bad for the ol’ widow’s peak.
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You expect any minute that a couple dressed up in bustle and bowler hat will stroll through the frame on their way home before the gas street lights are lit. Very serene, old-time feel.
This may be the most obscure of obscure quotes ever yet put to picture.
Just as long as I’m not the one who has to wear the bustle.
Ha! Maybe so! I was somewhat proud of myself for that.
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Looks good to me 🙂
I’ll take that! Thanks, Mel!
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I am just calling in to have
another look at your bridge 🙂
Have a wicked Thursday SIG 🙂
Androgoth
I’m always very happy to see that you’ve stopped by – thank you, Andro!
I hope you had a wonderful day as well!
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very cool piture my friend.
Thank you very much, J.B.!
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Awesome!
That is very kind of you, Annabelle!
Thank you!
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I really love this one. It has a very haunting beauty to it!
Why, thank you, Annabelle!
It was pretty cool over there wasn’t it?! Such a nice surprise to find all those flowers – a very interesting ‘combination’!
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wow! you captured the bridge beautifully. the flowers in the foreground give the photo such great depth and interest. wonderfully done!
Thank you so much!
The bridge / flowers did all the hard work, though – I can’t take too much credit. Definitely one of those situations where I was probably going to wind up with a decent shot despite myself!
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Love your faux. It is is most fair. It fascinates the eye.
That’s fantastically flattering of you to say, sir!
Thank you!
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nice work, Sir!
Thanks so much, Nigel!
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I really love this wet plate style of photos you do. It makes me feel like I’m looking back in history to the early 1900’s
That is a wonderful thing to hear, Mr. M… because that’s definitely the kind of feel I was hoping to create with these things!
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