Stone bridge by night Photo

Photographer’s Note

And… As I promised you a few days ago, here is the night view of the stone bridge of Camprodón, curiously called “Pont Nou” (“New Bridge”). It is a Roman bridge built between the 1.196 and 1.226 years. It has a big stone arch in the central part, and nearby it, four other small arches, to get the descent.

This is the most tourist view of the Camprodón town.

Once again the night has come, and the tripod was not with me!!!!
This time I used the iron handrail to rest on the camera, as you can see in the photo, then I take air, breath, and I “click” without moving myself. That is the result.

I did four shots of the same POV but with different time exposures (two with 2” and two with 4”, to be possible to choose later), to me, this one is the best of them. I used 2 seconds and a very high pulse!!!
I hope you like it.

Here you can see almost the same view but two hours before.
[ The great stone bridge ]

capthaddock, singuanti, paulspain, anakin, ChristianS, tigliu has marked this note useful

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davido (1982) 2005-03-12 14:45

nice shot although i prefer the dayly shot!
regards, david

devimeuxbe (55865) 2005-03-12 14:53

Nice picture Jaume, nice composition.
Bertrand

jrz (154) 2005-03-12 15:00

Romantic picture. I'd love to go swimming there at night. A nice picture you've got there.

capthaddock (28640) 2005-03-12 15:24

Beautiful night shot of the bridge. A propos tripod same thing happened to me in hong kong. The surface was uneven so I put the camera on a book. It worked good enough, as it did here.

fiedziu (1762) 2005-03-12 17:01

nice colors, but in my opinion background is little too dark
but picture is ok

quantabeh (5203) 2005-03-12 21:38

Oh, I see. I was wondering what this smudged light was. so that is the iron handrail. Interesting.
good work here. It's nice to compare this to your other picture during the daylight.
Muy buena perspectiva.
good work.
saludos.
Behrang

singuanti (15240) 2005-03-12 21:56

I would try and go back if you could with a tripod. I would suggest trying different exposures between 1 and 2 seconds to avoid this overexposure. It's too bad you didn't have a DSLR as you could have just put the ISO to 800 or 1600 to avoid the long exposure time. Nice try anyhow!

MoosicMan (1231) 2005-03-12 22:50

Jaume,
Awesome shot, well done.
Like the colors, the exposure, the composition.
Good work,
Good luck,
Matt

paulspain (625) 2005-03-13 10:56

Hola, Jaume. Impresionante imagen nocturna. La luz aquí es maravillosa y crea unos colores fantásticos. Las dos fotos son excelentes, me encantan.
Unos trabajos magníficos de un lugar maravilloso.
Saludos desde Sevilla.
Pablo

anakin (2775) 2005-03-13 11:05

Todo un buen gusto sobre la fotografía y el buen hacer, aun sin trípode. Una bella perspectiva que realza la magnitud del lugar. Bellos colores en esta fantástica foto nocturna, no fáciles de conseguir.
Aquí podemos observar una gran composición y un bello reflejo.
Un buen trabajo amigo.
Well done
Saludos Valencianos

ChristianS (2997) 2005-03-13 11:27

Hi Jaume, it looks like a golden bridge lit by night. Keeping in mind that you had no tripod I find the exposure very nice and the composition good. The reflection on the mirror like water surface is superb. Well captured!

Regards, Christian

MiguelP (14324) 2005-03-15 14:16

Creo que prefiero la toma nocturna, aunque la diurna también me parece estupenda. Que el puente sea una obra extraordinaria no es lo único que hace interesante esta foto: Me gusta la simetría del encuadre, el reflejo y esas luces en medio del gran ojo que dan profuncidad de campo. Moltes gracies (no pongo los acentos que luego lo hago mal y me regañas). Sigue enseñándonos el mundo (Por cierto ¿Estás pensando a dónde irás en las vacatas de verano?).

tigliu (111) 2005-03-25 14:33

well done. handrail gave it a nice blur which is not too disturbing. I have used 4'' for landscape night shots but will try with some close-ups it look nice.
-ugur

mpsf (731) 2007-07-12 13:36

Hola Jaume, preciosa toma del puente. Es verdad que las has hecho sin trípode? yo soy incapaz, ya me dirás cómo., Un afectuoso saludo.
Pilar.