Photographer’s Note
The London Millennium Footbridge is a pedestrian-only steel suspension bridge crossing the River Thames in London, linking Bankside with the City. It is located between Southwark Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge. With construction beginning in 1998, it was the first new bridge across the Thames in London since Tower Bridge in 1894 and it is owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation.
Londoners nicknamed the bridge the Wobbly Bridge after crowds of pedestrians felt an unexpected swaying motion on the first two days after the bridge opened. The bridge was closed and modified, and further modifications eliminated the "wobble" entirely.
The southern end of the bridge is near Globe Theatre, the Bankside Gallery and Tate Modern, the north end you can see the City of London School and St Paul's Cathedral which is at the end of this bridge, the bridge alignment is such that a clear view of St Paul's south facade is presented from across the river, framed by the bridge supports, thus providing a scenic view of the cathedral.
This shot believe it or not, has minimal or no pp, the only thing that I did was to use the clarify option once on this night shot, in order to show those clouds.
The clouds were left with this efffect because it was quite a windy night and this coupled with my slow shutter gave me this result, the lighting is just the London monochrome street lights, as you all know London has so much light polution that if you leave your shutter open long enough on a cloudy night (I opened the shutter for 30 seconds) the clouds will start lighting up just like in my shot
In response to my fellow TE members request, I am posting the original shot HERE of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, as I mentioned on my original posting I simply clarified this shot in order to bring out the hidden reflections, thank you all for your support and sorry for the delay, is just that I`ve been really busy at work, there is just not enough hours in the day to enjoy this wonderful hobbie, thank you all again.
johnfreeman, Merline, Cara, ChrisJ, isabela_sor, emjleclercq, rossofuoco, romanaa has marked this note useful
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Sanderson-Brown
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(1697) 2008-01-10 14:51
HI Joao,
very very well presented. would really like to see the orignal.
I like the idea, very powerful!
Regards
Paul
richiegimmel
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(258) 2008-01-10 15:05
Excellent composition in that the bridge leads into the dome. Software effect work very nicely.
aral
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(1195) 2008-01-10 15:15
Hi Joao,
Wild scene. I like the DOF and excellent sharpness&clarity. The clouds at slow shutter speed are surreal.
lousat
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(15436) 2008-01-10 16:25
Very very interesting work,a great idea to show this place,thanks for share,Luciano
grantlp
(2104) 2008-01-10 19:59
Hello Joao,
An excellent idea which has created an image that is different and eye-catching. Obviously a lot of post-processing went with this....it would be a good idea to let us understand how you achieved it. A great POV and good clarity under the circumstances. Well done.
Cheers Grant
johnfreeman
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(2222) 2008-01-11 2:28
Hi Joao Paulo,
This is fantastic, a stunningly surreal view of the Millennium Bridge. Looks like the technicolor version of your Tate Modern shots. Great symmetry and view of St Paul's, but it's really the clouds that make it with the long exposure effect enhanced by the Clarify tool. I also like the moiré effect in the decking.
Your B/W shots are great but I also hope to see more of this type of colour work.
Cheers!
John
sacavem
(8301) 2008-01-11 3:13
Olá João,
Esta foto tem um "Excessive post-processing", mas gosto deste aspecto cromático laranja.
Nota: por muito menos uma foto minha com pouco PP foi removida pelo Trekearth, quando comecei a participar.Gostava de ver o original no Ws, para ao "vivo" ver com é esse local.
Bom trabalho nas cores e luz.
Um abraço,
Filipe
Merline
(6578) 2008-01-11 10:54
Hi Joao, don't quite know what to say, quite stunning and quite beautiful, I thought there was a lot of PP here, then I read your note. Gosh, is it that bad in London...
I love most the lower part, it's like pure gold there, the texture is just amazing and so sharp. The composition is also very much to my taste with that great perspective from this Wobbly Bridge. Well done, and I would be also interested in the original.
In which software do you find this clarify tool ?
TFS
Best regards
Michèle
broglia
(3347) 2008-01-11 14:43
Hi Joao Paulo, what a stunning image. The colours are spectacular and as for that sky - WOW! Amazing! Excellent work. Roberto
DzULA
(838) 2008-01-18 8:23
Very good photo, very clear and sharp, nice colors you choose here
Greetings
DzULA
Cara
(2029) 2008-02-24 6:47
Olá Joao,
Muito bonita esta imagem, gosto especialmente do ponto de vista esolhido que providencia a sensação de profundidade e vastidão.
Estava convencido da muita pós produção de imagem até ler a nota explicativa, as cores do céu foram mesmo assim captadas? e foi a f9 com 30 segundos? então a área circundante devia ser mesmo 1 bocado escura...
Cumprimentos, Daniel
BoisBarb
(9357) 2008-04-11 11:17
Un graphisme hallucinant, une ambiance surréaliste totalement dégantée et parfaitement maîtrisé. Du beau travail
BoisBarb
ChrisJ
(70283) 2008-04-12 1:33
Hi Joao
Wonderful warm colours, with superb use of diminishing linear perspective, & excellent sharpness & framing. Tfs!
emka
(21538) 2008-04-12 13:02
Ola Joan,
It is amazing photo. It is difficult to believe you did only a bit processing. I like the colours and perfect sharpness. Regards
Malgorzata
dvlazar
(6488) 2008-04-12 21:08
Wow - what a shot. While the post processing is very strong and evident here, I really like it and the unique feel you've created through the photo. Great composition too.
Dave.
Graal
(58039) 2008-04-12 23:11
Hi Joao,
amazing view, fine PP and symetrical composition. Good idea. Pleasant warm colours. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander
isabela_sor
(42175) 2008-04-12 23:14 [Comment]
Silvio1953
(41843) 2008-04-13 0:34
Hi Joao, fascinating nocturne with wonderful light and colors, superb perspective and great PP work, I like original too, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio
gildasjan
(23799) 2008-04-13 9:34
Bonjour Joao
Très chaud et graphique,une image flamboyante soigneusement réalisée.Du très bon job photographique ici.
Bravo et bonne soirée.
Amicalement
Gildas
emjleclercq
(14310) 2008-04-29 13:41
A superb point of view of the Millenium Bridge, with St Paul cathedral at the end. The golden color of the bridge is beautifull (I believe that the polished metal of the bridge can catch fairly well any kind of light). However, the red sky in much more unusual and more reminiscent of the "Blitz" period in 1940 than of the modern London.
Thanks for sharing,
Emmanuel
danyy
(68859) 2008-05-01 21:59
Hello Joao,
c'est très impressionniste le résultat de cette photo et du post processing. De quoi donner une toute autre dimension à ce célèbre pont.
J'aime beaucoup ce look futuriste et psychédélique.
Regards.
Daniel.
manada
(6237) 2008-05-07 15:06
Hi Joao Paulo
your shot are charming and like you said, futuriste.
I like the effect work on the photo. Compliments
Freddy
romanaa
(2551) 2008-05-08 1:03
Hi Joao,
great shot and thanks for giving the original, I wondered about it too, thanks for explaination.
Best regards
Romana
Photo Information
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Copyright: Joao Paulo Rosa Salas (mcenteesalas)
(1612)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2007-11-11
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Sony Alpha DSLR A100
- Exposure: f/9.0
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
- Date Submitted: 2008-01-10 14:49
Discussions
- To Merline: Many thanks for your critic Michele (1)
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