Touching ground Photo

Photographer’s Note

Touching ground

I took this pic of the bottom part of the biggest Calatrava-bridge in Hoofddorp, the one nearest to Nieuw Vennep, because I was fascinated by the way this lofty bridge ‘touches down’ and makes contact with the polder-soil. While PP-ing it, the rich graphic and textural content grabbed me and I ended up just concentrating on these elements. Doing this I took the processing a step further then I normally do, with this slightly surreal result.
The top part of this bridge is here.
A picture of the smallest one ishere.

PCS tech: cropped; contrast, curves & saturation adjusted (the sky and some other parts of the pic separately and also by means of the channel mixer); USM-ed; frame added and saved for the web.

exif data

Camera Manufacturer : OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Camera Model : C8080WZ
Exposure time [s] : 10/4000
F-Number : F6.3
Exposure program : Aperture priority (3)
ISO speed ratings : 50
EXIF version : 02.20
Date taken : 2005:04:29 18:03:37
Exposure bias value : - 3/10
Focal length [mm] : 31.9 (= 125 mm)
Colour space : sRGB
Image width : 3264
Image length : 2448
Exposure mode : Manual (1)
White balance : Auto (0)
Contrast : Normal (0)
Saturation : High (2)
Sharpness : Hard (2)

Rinie_Hoff, Tue, jrj, jhm, Isabelle, Fixfocus, carper, nwoehnl, pamastro, digi-mom, HNIK, danos has marked this note useful

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Rinie_Hoff (9332) 2005-05-03 2:42

Wow Bert, well seen. Very strong formation of lines. The impact of the shadows on the red bricks, mingling with the grey lines of the cement, is what I like best in this picture. Immediately after that i sthe green shoulder contrasting with the blue sky.
VERY nice diagonals, superb work again, Bert

Tue (25608) 2005-05-03 3:54

Hai Bert,
Dit is echt een hele mooie foto! Heel goed gezien, prachtige compositie! Vooral de lijnen en de schaduwen zijn erg sterk!
Mooi werk! :-D
Groetjes,
Lars

devimeuxbe (55865) 2005-05-03 4:24

Hi Bert
Nice graphism and color in your picture.
Well seen and well done
Bertrand

jrj (34779) 2005-05-03 4:26

Creative compo, well choosen pov, graphic effect, great details, demand somethinges to get a 'grip of it'. Good job Bert.

jhm (82341) 2005-05-03 6:17

Dag Bert,
Ik zou willen deze foto een kunst foto noemen, omdat de samenstelling zo perfect in elkaar gestoken is, de trap en de schaduwen met de combinatie tussen het groen en te kleuren van de stenen, Bert hier is over nagedacht voor u de foto nam, zeer goed gezien!
Groeten uit het onweerachtige Oost-Vlaanderen.
John

Isabelle (9014) 2005-05-03 8:41

the crop was tricky, wasn´t it, Bert?
beautiful composition, i am especially mesmerized by the shadows in the stair, with all those lines...oh, the links are not working :(
kiss to you

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-05-03 12:04

dag bert!
Beautiful lines in this image!great graphic effect in your compo,the blue sky-triangle on the right is really great!Beautiful light and colors!
Goed werk!

Hanssie (9133) 2005-05-03 13:12

Een heel andere view, dit stukje, wat wij thuis helemaal hebben zien opbouwen en daarom is het zo leuk, om (weer) jouw kant van het geheel te zien. Zeer herkenbaar en hier heb je weer een artistieke hand in gehad, zoals gewend:-))
En het is nog mooi ook, wie komt hier nu op, er is er maar eentje !

carper (64706) 2005-05-03 14:07

Heel mooi bert.
Ik vind hem gedurfd en erg goed geslaagd. Moderne kunst is het zeker, erg goede compositie. Goed werk.
gr. Jaap

Ebbe (9571) 2005-05-03 14:19

Nice red-blue-green work Bert! Well cropped out detail with a graphic touch. The white square is a minus but I can´t imagine how to avoid it.

I guess you´re definitely on my turf now ;o)

nwoehnl (120) 2005-05-03 14:51

Kudos to your photographer's eye, Bert, this really is a composition that few of us would see. Excellent graphism from this meeting between the architectural lines and shapes and the natural textures. Great saturated colors, too. And not least the play of light and shadow that enhances this one further. Good job.

alvaraalto (5231) 2005-05-03 17:02

Hallo Bert,
Leuk om te zien hoe jij hier hebt rond gelopen en net weer andere hoekjes hebt genomen dan ik. Gelukkig had je prachtig weer zodat de witte bruggen nog beter uitkomen tegen de blauwe lucht.
groet Rob

gepall (1808) 2005-05-03 20:41

Very beautiful image with very good composition and detail.

MoosicMan (1231) 2005-05-03 22:21

Wow, what a cool shot, Bert, I like the composition and contrasts, it took me a while to figure out what I was looking at!
Good job,
Best to you,
Matt

pamastro (7213) 2005-05-04 0:32

This is very well seen. The detail portrays what you mentioned in the previous, I think. It sort of sits alien on the landscape with this contrast between natural and manmade. I personally like how they work together. And you show it beautifully with the grass and the excellent detail of the bridge itself. Then the sky adds that beautiful blue. This is really a great detail of this bridge.

naxius (16679) 2005-05-04 3:51

Hello Bert,
I liike this graphic pattern, very sharp too.
Good light and colors.
Bravo!!
Alex

Porteplume (3255) 2005-05-05 8:07

Toutes ces petites lignes qui se croisent et s'entrecroisent... On dirait un puzzle fait spécialement pour moi! Ik houd van "hoofdbrekers" :o)

Just to say it's the kind of pictures which makes your imagination work. There was a lot of sharpness needed here to get that wonderful play of details, shapes, shadows and colours. And you succeeded very well Bert!

The composition is extremely appealing, having that architectural part in the concrete stairs and bridge at one side and blue and green natural environnement at the other... It works!

Ik zou ook zeggen, net als Hans, "wie komt hier nu op, er is er maar eentje !" :o)

HNIK (1104) 2005-11-24 9:06

Hi Bert!
Well shot with nice colors and well sharpness,
well composed with the lines and nice contrast between the blue sky and green hill
Well done
Best Wishes

danos (32302) 2007-06-09 3:43

Hello Bert,
nice the placement of the scale in contrast with the green hill.A great composition with a very graphical structure.A nice balanced and managed colours and light.Your point of view gives such fine lines to your composition with this wonderful view of the sky. Well done.
Regards,Danos