Small Alster Bridge - Part II Photo

Photographer’s Note

Upside down is correct, looked better in my opinion. You get a viewpoint as you are really under the bridge.---
Part II of the series: This time under the small bridge over the river Alster which is a tributary of the river Elbe. The source of the Alster lies 25 km. north of the centre of Hamburg in the Henstedt Moor (Schleswig-Holstein). These photos Part I, Part II are taken not too far away from the source. It is amazing how big the Alster gets from here especially in the City of Hamburg where it is impounded to the Außenalster (Outer Alster) and Binnenalster (Inner Alster) (which you can see here.)
These pictures were taken following joseelias' advice to take lots of pictures from different angles and then sorting out the good ones instead of just taking few pictures from a single angle.

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green (1007) 2003-12-13 7:47

Why does the picture's upside down? What were you trying to do?
It's not quite obvious to me.
Anyhow the grass on the foreground is totaly overexposed which is a bit disturbing.

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Porteplume (3255) 2003-12-13 8:39

I think you may have not realised you got your picture upside down? ;o)
I guess you will want to correct so I'll come back after turning...

Additional comment after your mail:
Well Jan... Honestly, I don't think turning it has improved the shot, really. I've turned the picture back and I think the "normal" way is the best for this photo. But I've cropped out the most attractive part on a WS. Just to look at it in a different way...

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dob_31 (0) 2003-12-13 15:45

In my opinion, you are out of line with your upside down bridge.

1st : an upside bridge down, doesn't tell us much about the world (Trekearth, Learning about the world through photography)

2nd : The terms of use does not permit digital manipulation. Here's article #3 : "Only photographs are permitted. Images may not be digitally manipulated in an image editing program ie, Photoshop except for the following reasons: Copyright notices and (straight-edged) frames / Cropping, resizing and sharpening / Touching up (dust, slight imperfections) / Levels, Curves, Color adjustment, Hue, Saturation etc. for minor image enhancements. / Multiple exposures to get proper exposure values / Stitching for panoramic photos / Color conversion to Black and White, Sepia, Duotone etc. / Perspective correction for parallax or lens distortion."

dawekato (1988) 2003-12-14 12:13

What an interesting interpretation. The reflection in the water gives it an abstract quality, but you can still make out that this is a bridge. The only thing, I would darken the grasses in the upper left corner with the burn tool. The brightness is a bit distracting from the main subject of the picture.

jiherka (4465) 2003-12-17 13:46

Your picture is not in the norm.
It's the world in wrong way.

But I like it just because this. You have tried something different.

Continue to see the world from another point of view.