I kinda liked the lines… particularly the bridge’s cast-shadow (would’ve been nice to catch a train passing by, though). Have a great weekend, everyone!
Jack Whitman (after being thrown off a train): “Wouldn’t it be great if we heard a train go by in the distance?”
Peter Whitman: “Not really.”
Francis Whitman: “It’d probably be annoying.”
Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody & Owen Wilson – The Darjeeling Limited
About this image: digital photograph taken and modified with smart phone
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I enjoy all the lines too, Robert. I can understand the appeal. I like how the lines are juxtaposed with the soft leaves of the trees. Not to mention the shadows. Nice! You don’t even need the train.
Thank you very much, Amy! I considered mentioning something about the contrast between those edges / types of shadows, too (but the way my mind ‘works’ I was already distracted with trying to think of some train-related quote)! Wait… what was I doing again?!
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I love the dated feel to this image! 🙂
Many thanks, sir!
The whole place seemed to have a very interesting ‘retro’ feel to it…
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Gorgeous colours again, Robert. And I like the composition and I love that bit of type. 🙂
Thank you very much, S.E! I love old bridges like this… and when I’m lucky enough to come across one with interesting logos / etc. I’m twice as happy! Of course, if there had been a train, too…
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Very nice!
Thank you very much, sir!
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Yes I can just make that lettering out on this one
my great friend and I agree the lines make it an interesting
subject for photography or indeed a painting platform 🙂
I too would have enjoyed seeing the train but hey your work
needs no extras SIG, it has quality in its own right 🙂 🙂 Wicked
Andro
This one brings back childhood memories for me…so thank you for that, Sig. I remember how I use to love to play on the railroad tracks, which I use to catch heck for, but…well, I guess I didn’t always to as told.
The shadow from the tree give the image a warmer feel. Needless to say, I like this one a lot, Sig!
More of these!
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I’m very happy to hear this one brought back happy memories for you, Deb! Thank you!
I remember (for a while – when I lived by them) I used to love to play by railroad tracks, too! There was always cool stuff to find… and sometimes even trains, too!
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This has evokes memories of days gone by. Children playing under the bridge listening to the train passing overhead and then running up to see if our pennies got flattened.
Oh, yes! The penny crusher! I had forgotten all about that! Hahaha… good times! Good times!
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I trust after you took this photo that you brought out the can of spray paint and put up your gang logo underneath that bridge. 🙂
Hahaha… I could tell you, but then my gang would have to spray paint bad things about me.
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Billy goat gruff. I’m with Dave ….tag it, tag it!!!!
*cough cough cough*
Note to self: For future reference, circle side of nozzle is best pointed away from face…
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I like the lines of the railing. It looks all rusty. Like something you might need a tetanus shot for. 🙂
I also like the Scenic carved into the concrete. Very cool.
Absolutely! Rust makes for some fun photographing, but once your jaw starts to lock up, well… that’s a bit of a drag.
I liked that, too, Ms. C! I’m kinda fond of old signage and such!
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Haunting shot. There’s a bridge I walk under often and the buttressed supports go off into the distance in telescoping fashion, like the nave of a decaying, monolithic cathedral. I keep taking pictures with my cell phone but I can’t capture the feel of it. It takes true artistry to convey emotion and feeling in 2 dimensions, like you do.
That sounds like an incredible structure, Peg! But you are far, far too kind… some places are just very challenging to convert from what you have in mind to what your camera sees. That happens to me ALL the time! I just have to remind myself that it’s okay to keep going back and trying different things (which is all part of the fun – the first dozen or so times, anyway).
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I like! At first I thought I would prefer it in b&w but after looking at it again it’s more exciting in colour. Good work.
I’m very curious to check that out myself now, Astra!
And thank you, sir – very much!
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Lovely shot, but I agree that a train would have been fortuitous. 😀
Thanks, Nancy! Right?! Well, maybe next time (fingers crossed, anyway)!
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Cool shot, I love everything about trains and railroads.
Thank you very much, Patti! Me, too – they are just naturally infused will all kinds of ‘coolness’!
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You need to track down a copy of the Working Timetable Bob – then you’ll be able to predict when a Train is likely to pass.
Engineering structures always make for fascinating patterns of light and shade and you’ve caught this bridge at the right tie to highlight that 🙂 I found the park and read the writing on one of the bridges, but couldn’t work out which road you were on!
Agreed – that really seems like it would be the thing to do!
And agreed, again! Old bridges and the like are so fascinating! They always make me thing about the people who designed them, and built them… and all those who have passed over them…
Hahaha… you know what is sad… I suspect you have a better idea of where I was at then I do (seriously, it’s a miracle I’m able to find my way back home from across the street)!
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Lol – I can read maps but, once I’m out on a walk I just follow my nose. Bug’s the hell out of my son 😉
Hahaha… to tell you the truth both of those things tend to get me into trouble, Martin! It’s a little sad, really! Where am I again?! 🙂
i think a train may have blocked the view of the fresh green foliage. in any case the mood would have been quite different, and while you would have had an added element of action. at the same time, it may have taken away from the bridge, and the peaceful moment that is conveyed here.
so even without the train, i think it is a great capture. thanks for sharing.
That might be true, P&K – you’ve certainly made me feel much better about missing any trains! For now, anyway! I thank you very much for that!
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Good shot! I like the angle! I have to confess that I have a slight bridge phobia…not looking at them, just getting on one. Emphasis on the word “slight.” I didn’t want you to think I’m the kind of person of person who will travel miles out of my way to avoid one 😀 You have a good weekend too!!!
Why, thank you, Mary!
Hmmm… I’m a bit that way sometimes, too. Particularly on long bridges that are very high up and / or span a body of water! Luckily this one didn’t really fall into any of those categories – so I was feeling okay about it all.
Thank you again, Mary! I hope you are having a good one!
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Love the angles, layering and colouring – the pastel blue and green combination is so pretty! Do you object to the term “pretty?” – I mean it in the best possible way, honestly!
Not at all! It would be ridiculous to object to any part of such a kind and generous comment, Ms. K! Thank you very, very much!
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I love how the word “Scenic” is so obscured. Was that taken in the late afternoon? Looks like that sort of sun.
Hmm… to tell you the truth I can’t quite remember (my memory is… well, it’s… wait… what?). I think we were there from mid morning to some time in the afternoon, though – I suspect you are right about that though, Madame!
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You found an interesting angle. It’s very impressive.
Thank you very much, sir! I tried photographing this bridge from a few different spots, but this view was my favorite.
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Great shot.
Many thanks, my friend!
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A very nice image. Very pleasing.
Thank you very much, Binky! It was a pretty cool spot!
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i am just calling in to have another look at this one
SIG and to wish you a wonderful rest of weekend my
great friend 🙂 I am of course looking forward to your
next piece of awesomely fashioned art 🙂
Andro
Many thanks, Andro – I sincerely appreciate it, sir!
Not a bad weekend, all-in-all – I hope things have been going well for you, too, my friend!
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Trains are nice unless you live close to a railway line then they are annoying, especially at 2am
Hahaha… my first apartment was in a renovated train freighthouse which was only a few feet away from an in-use line. Fortunately it seemed to see most of its use during the day, because as you say… you usually tend to notice when a train is that close to you.
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Only you could shoot a picture from the underside of a bridge and make it a work of art. You are the man.
You are far too kind, Bo! I don’t know… I hope it’s interesting enough (I’m kind of strange about what catches my attention, you know)!
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Love the shadow of the tree in this shot. Thanks for the visit and the like of my post “A Dandy Dandelion”.
Thank you very, very much!
And not at all! It caught my attention right away! Very nice, indeed!
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A nice place to play hide and seek! 😀
Absolutely! Should I start counting? One… two… three…
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