Uddevalla Bridge #2 Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the Uddevalla bridge over the Sunningesund, about 80 kilometers north of Goteborg. It's a "cable-stayed" bridge, the pilons are 149m high and it's 1712m long (largest span 414m).

Each time when driving to Norway I look forward to all the impressive bridges on the way. The Uddevalla bridge is my favourite due to its unique geometry.

In this particular shot I love the blue sky peeking through the heavy clouds. In earlier years the miserable weather made for quite different views.

Technically: I increased contrast and reduced saturation/vibrance (the blue was just too much) in the RAW converter and cloned out a few little specks (1500km of insects on the windshield).

Credits for the great framing go to Diana, I was only driver, hardware provider, art director and post production. :-)

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CinA (164) 2006-09-17 9:22

is it really?
i can't belive.
if its belive its amazing.
excelent.
very nice.
please check my pictures and post your opinions.

Dianchen (189) 2006-09-17 9:44

Nice photo, great shot

TheG1 (1447) 2006-09-17 10:04

Hi Adrian
This is an amazing composition. One of the best photos I saw here for weeks (in terms of composition).

The blue sky in the bottom moving to black clouds on the top and those cables....great.

Bravo
Amir

danyy (68008) 2006-09-17 10:06

Bonjour Adrian,
J'apprécie très fort le résultat obtenu après pp.
Il donne ce ciel d'une beauté inqualifiable mais qui s'éloigne toutefois de la réalité.
Heureusement, il apparaît tel qu'on rêverait de le voir.
Le cadrage, le pov et le format vertical sont adaptés à la composition.
Best regards,
Daniel

amstel (2229) 2006-09-17 10:23

Hi Adrian,

Great symmetry, great vison, perfect background.

cheers!

baba_flies (7937) 2006-09-17 10:37

Dear Adrian ... great way of seeing this bridge and what an exciting construction. I can understand that you like going over. I love the beautiful sky above together with the dark clouds. They give the dynamics. Good good work ... well done. Have a wonderful end of Sunday, Barbara.

Voltri (1724) 2006-09-17 11:00

Adrian, excellent idea and so is the reailization!

pady (4800) 2006-09-17 12:39

This is a very nice shot, interesting in the architecture.
Good composition with cables on bothe side. Also the sky is very good.
Greetings from Pierre-André

woodyman (222) 2006-09-17 14:02

Great composition - looks almost space age. The clouds look unreal and the contrast is really good - it has depth. I wish that the spars were totally vertical but considering that it seems you took it through the windscreen thats a bit picky! You could try and straighten them but then the other part of the bridge would be off centre
Cheers
Ian

lcask (591) 2006-09-20 13:09

Excellent shot of marvellous bridge. Very nice!

cclaudiu (0) 2006-09-23 7:40

Great! It seems to come from a SF movie!

fotonick66 (1416) 2006-10-04 10:02

Hallo Adrian,
very very nice shot. Beatiful colors and graphism.
Well done.

Regards,
Nick

cpolus (187) 2006-10-04 14:14

Die schrägen Streben, die schon fast einen Luftkorridor bilden und in der Perspektive immer näher zusammen sein scheinen hauchen hier etwas Geometrie in das Bild. Sehr cool die PP, die zum Himmel/Wolken Kontrast beigetragen hat. Die Wolken sehen aus wie schwer beladen, und trotzdem hats blaune Himmel. Sehr nettes Farbspiel :)

designsoul (21394) 2006-11-30 13:45

Exquisite composition, Adrian! Love the way you have composed this shot, very graphic with live, vivid colours. Great pov and exposure!
tc,
sasa

cobraphil8 (11650) 2006-12-19 2:44

Hi Adrian,
excellent composition, it's really amazing !
Very strong graphic shot with these lines and the sky is beautiful.
Regards
Philippe

tobourge (881) 2007-01-05 2:38

Hi Adrian,

Wow! That's a great POV and composition. Thus you play with the perspective and the contrasts (straight lines of the bridge and the smooth lines of the clouds) + (darkness and light).

Thanks a lot!

Tony