"Unfinished" bridge in b&w

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• chiaretta (1209)
• [2008-06-24 8:59]

Hi Hercules,
I know very well this side of Serifos... a marvellous and untouched island.
This shot is poetic... so I appreciate the B&W choice!
Thanks for sharing
Chiara

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• Valerka (7096)
• [2008-06-24 9:00]

Zdrasti,Neighbour- Susede,:)
I remember this bridge from your previous shot. I find it even more impressive.
What is it a monument to? I guess, the answer is TIME and Political Winds:)
TFS
Stay well
If I ever get rich,I'll come to your country camera in my hand:)

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• ilghiz (297)
• [2008-06-24 9:01]

So surrealistic! Looks as if the bridge and the shore are trying to reach each other... to hands in an attempt to touch each other.

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• donluicu (22025)
• [2008-06-24 9:03]
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hi Hercules
i really love the treatment, but if there a little minus point, it would be the fact that the sky is pretty much the same color than the sea...
without the land on the right part it wuld have been really interesting, but with it i 'm not sure..
regards

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• maria (2042)
• [2008-06-24 9:15]

Hi Hercules,
Umm, difficult question. Which one to chose? I like the treatment of this one the most but the composition of 'Let the sun rest on his bed of iron' would have been my choice.
Superb quality.
Regards,
Maria

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• albertz (2095)
• [2008-06-24 9:18]

I saw the colored one from yours and have read the story about this bridge, i have to say that this is the best amongst the rest. The bridge, the quality of light and the transformation of color strongly conveys the spirit of the place. excellent!

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• bostankorkulugu (25615)
• [2008-06-24 9:35]

i like the bridge reaching out to the land... but i might have prefered to see a bit of a horizon... even taken from a little bit lower point that the horizon itself would have been the connection between the two... the sepia treatment is just fab here giritli mou... all the best... bostani...

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• barrufeto_77 (20455)
• [2008-06-24 10:17]

Hola fiera.

Curiosa foto desde luego...además el B&W le queda genial tio!

Un saludo, Oscar

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• rigoletto (22275)
• [2008-06-24 10:21]
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Geia sou Irakli,
I am totally on the dreamy and surreal side of it, therefore, i would do anything to get rid of the horizon (so i made a WS for you).
Including the land on the left is OK for me, the idea of "starting up somewhere, but ending in eternity" is appealing. But i find the foot of the bridge too much centered, maybe less piece of land would pull it more to the left. Anyway, i wouldn't do any such critique, but you asked :PP
Cheers,
Deniz

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• pboehringer (19454)
• [2008-06-24 11:07]

Hercules,
very interesting. Very interesting indeed! I was looking a long time into this image and there are several elements that deserve some discussion, but first the tings that I really about this shot. The B&W, the long exposure turning the water in silk and the lack of horizon as division between the sea and the sky. Know the things that requires some discussion are the lines. difficult to say if the bridge should be lower not to obliterate the land to the right or the bridge higher to coincide with the lower line of the land to the right.
The little piece of land to the right is essential for this shot to give that feeling that there is a place to go with that bridge. Taking that piece of land to the right is also a compositional possibility, although with a complete different message and that could be a good theme for a later post of the same area.
Peter

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• dareco (11205)
• [2008-06-24 11:34]

Great job!! And I also love this bridge! I really like this pov and the detail is perfect! TFS and have a good day!

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• Vames (2733)
• [2008-06-24 11:49]

γεια σου Ηρακλή,ωραίος χρωματισμός ,με ενδιαφέρον θέμα τη παλιά γέφυρα!

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• crckt (6815)
• [2008-06-24 12:13]

Hi Hercules,
It was really interesting reading your note and knowing what went through your mind before taking this shot. I appreciate that. I love the way you took this shot, the fact that there is no horizon gives a look of vastness. The inclusion of the land in the right side also was essential.
Thanks for sharing,
Shaeri

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• japiey (9337)
• [2008-06-24 12:33]

Hi Hercules,

It's interesting to go through your thoughts concerned with this image. I agree with those visions. A shot that has the definite beauty in concept, as you mention.
Well done, all the best.

jp

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• steliosk (4407)
• [2008-06-24 13:20]

Geia sou Hraklh,

Apogeumatinh atmosfaira, 8umamai thn anstistoixh "xrysh" egxrwmh.
Diabasa ton problhmatismo sou gia ton ourano kai to kommati sterias.

H gnwmh mou gia to kommati ths sterias einai oti kala ekanes kai th symperileabes, ka8ws dineis ston 8eath ena enarkthrio point gia na ksekinhsei na perpathsei th gefyra mexri to pou8ena kai ekei na sta8ei. Eksalou to fonto pisw me ta bouna pws 8a edene sketo? (allagh kadrou 8a mou peis, hmmm de kserw den hmoun ekei, krinw auto pou blepw edw).
Bebaia to 8ema sou einai aneksanlhto, kala ekanes kai ebgales 100 kadra apo alles gwnies diaforetikes wres alla kai me diaforetikes texnikes opws o argos xronos edw. To pa8os the epimonhs mporei na mhn antamoibei panta, alla otan to katafernei noiw8eis ligo Bresson ypo8etw :D

Oso afora ton ourano twra: texnika ena degrade layer wste ba8mwta na dwsei enan ourano 8a tairiaze nai. San idea omws oxi.
Ekshgw:
O ouranos akoma kai se A/M einai ena dynato stoixeio. Bebaia edw den se boh8hse, fantasou na eixes mia baria mpampakwth synnefia.. 8a enusxie thn dramatikothta sto full! To na ton ftiakseis esy me ena degrade pou anaferw einai eukolo, alla kata kapoio tropo plaisiwnei (oso afora to euros) kai dinei ena xaroumeno tono (elpidas) pou den ton exei anagh h skhnh sou. To anti8eto malista.

Me th sygekrimenh ektelesh, anagazeis ton 8eath na perpathsei th gefyra ka8ws de mporei na ksefygei sto apeiro tou ouranou, kai se syndiasmo me thn yfh tou nerou apodyknuetai auto pou lew.
Etsi thn ekopsa, etsi mou bghke otan th diabasa.. pisteuw oti kapws etsi eixes "kopsei" th skhnh kai esy.

Xairetw file mou
Stelios

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• burGu (2374)
• [2008-06-24 13:31]

Hi Hercule,
First of all, don't hesitate about yourself, you are completely healthy, if I were there where you were standing I would probably got frozen for a while in that dreamy place. You seem to be better than me, you managed to survive from freezing and take this shot, not only take photo but also think about it, and make some arrangements. You got my compliments about that...
Photo is a fantastic one. Magically striking... I totally agree with you about horizon issue. It is much more dreamy this way. About "if the bridge was trying to reach somewhere, without ever making it", I totally respect this idea and I like to view this magical scene as you want to feel and show. But it might me interesting too without land on right side. It would seem like a flying bridge, a ghost bridge, passage for ghosts.. I don't know I am just making it up.
Greetings,
Burcu

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• athanvas (1010)
• [2008-06-24 13:44]

Geia sou Hraklh
Mou aresei para poly h aspromaurh parousiash tou thematos
Poly kalh texnikh,sygxaritiria!
Xairetw Vasilis

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• LamCam (2777)
• [2008-06-24 13:52]

Hello Hercules, A definite division of sky and sea would have spoiled the feeling of the bridge being suspended in space. The small gap between the bridge and the tip of the land creates tension in the shot - and in the viewer, we long for the gap to be closed!
A haunting,melancholy image.
Best wishes....Maggie

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• dim (1550)
• [2008-06-24 14:46]
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• doubay (4629)
• [2008-06-24 15:20]

Os gnoston iparchun poliarithmes tenies (sinithos amerikanikes) opu gia diaforus logus (sismi, katapondismi, piriniki polemi, epithesis exogiinon ke alon teraton ktl) eperechte i sindelia tu kosmu. Gia na ipogramisthi lipon tin diastasi tis katastrofis o skinothetis simberilamvami sinithos mia skini me tin eripomeni Nea Yorki, opu ektos apo gremismenus uranoxistes schedon panda diakrinete ke i dialimeni Brooklyn-Bridge. I “dikia” su gefira (idika stin A+M ekdochi) lipon mu thimizi poli endona afto to simvolo tu olethru.
Poli omorfi fotografia!
Chereto
Andreas

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• zeca (18172)
• [2008-06-24 20:37]

Hi Hercules!
Very nice (and surreal) subject! Excellent opportunity to take 100 pictures, indeed. And you did well trying to do your plan. This picture is really surreal, like the subject suggest. Very good choice! The only problem is that the other three pictures are also very nice, and with good differences one between each others. Its a hard decision, since they are so different! Considering the surreal effects, this one is really the best! But that colours are beautiful, and the sun, and the DOF, lots of qualities as well! Congratulations for it all, Hercules!
Regards,
Zeca

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• trekks (8967)
• [2008-06-24 22:05]

hi Hercules

Rare to see a landscape shot of 30s during late afternoon/evening. The effect of water flow below the steel gantry bridge is really so smooth and soft to give a cloud mood. Conversion to monotone really makes this timeless. Good work.

I see no birds or motion to break this stillness of the view.

tfs, bill

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• azaf1 (9313)
• [2008-06-24 22:20]

Kalimera Irakli
Epeidi kathomoun kai tin koitaza gia ores nomizo oti afti h ekdoxi einai para poli kali dinontas afto to stoixeio tis "palias" apopsis alla me tis apolies tou simera. H thea vevaia oneiriki, kathara dinontas emfasi sto kirio stoixeio
Argiris

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• coco (23464)
• [2008-06-25 0:01]

Kalimera Hercules.

En cierto modo creo que has tomado las decisiones más acertadas. Sobre el tema de ver o no el horizonte, la verdad no lo que más me preocupe. Pero sí creo que el tener una referencia visual del otro lado de la tierra ayuda mucho a la foto.

Carlos.

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• brandstaetter (8786)
• [2008-06-25 0:07]

Hi Hercules,
a masterpiece of landscape photography. Stunning. Best thing is the bridge trying to contact the other side at the same level. So the harmony is perfect. With a lower or higher POV you would not get this effect.
Compliments, chris

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• greek (4850)
• [2008-06-25 2:29]

afto pali den toxw xanadei se nisi! ti periergo,mou kanei skini apo ergo epistimonikis fandasias! wraio thema, galantis

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• MiguelP (13139)
• [2008-06-25 2:32]

Esta fotografía está llena de melancolía y poesía, Hércules, yo comprendo que te quedes "colgado" de este paisaje y de este puente. Me encanta la luz, preciosa.

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• clio (10879)
• [2008-06-25 6:00]

Geia sou Hrakli,
I find your work perfect. Before reading your note, I liked at once your treatment of the sea and the absence of horizon which provokes an excellent unreal effect.
I enjoyed, on my computer, erasing the land one the right part following the idea of " donluicu ".
But I find that it brings nothing more. I prefer your idea of the bridge which tries to join the land.
Another possibility would have been to create a vagueness on this part of land what would maybe have strengthened the curious aspect of the place.
Very well done!
Filika
Artemis

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• stamatis (2142)
• [2008-06-25 12:28]

geia sou Hraklh
thaumasia fwto
kinhmatografikh tha elega poly swsth epilogh to aspromauro
filika Stamatis

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• jmdias (8877)
• [2008-07-18 17:42]

hercules

wonderful work with a perfect pov. I liked the way you put the ruined bridge almost creating a line with the other shore, light and option for B&W is perfect.

congratulations

hugs

jorge