Sarah Long Bridge Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a photo of the Sarah Mildred Long Memorial Bridge, spanning the Piscataqua River, between Portsmouth, NH and Kittery, Maine. This is a vertical lift bridge built between 1917 and 1919 with great difficulty due to the strong currents and deep channel. This structure used 6000 tons of sand and 14,000 barrels of cement to pin the steel footings in place. There are three 300 foot spans crossing the river. The footings were sunk 82 feet into the bedrock to support this structure. It was designed to carry motor vehicle traffic and also railroad trains underneath.

Kenny10pin, ma-tibou, Liora, carper, Letr, ChrisJ, jrj has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

carper (64784) 2004-07-18 12:04

Very good one Jack,
Really nice composition with a great depth in it, with really nice colours, very good job

Liora (1857) 2004-07-18 12:26

It is a very interesting bridge captured with excellent sharpness and from a very good angle. A couple of questions though:
- What do you mean by "a vertical lift bridge"?
- I can see the lower platform, but it's cut in the middle - is it for traffic on the upper platform nowadays?

bertolucci (11976) 2004-07-18 13:23

Fine diagonal composition Jack. This indeed is an interesting and well captured bridge. The inclusion of the shrubbery in the front adds to the already fine depth and I like the sky. Some spots in your pic look a bit unnatural smooth - did you use Neatimage? Anyway, this is a fine image.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-07-18 19:37

nice work here, i like bridge, the angle and even the foreground, nice colours displayed too

ma-tibou (4566) 2004-07-19 2:54

Très belle prise de vue très claire, on a une jolie vue d'ensemble bien réussi Jack.

joseelias (367) 2004-07-19 8:21

Very interesting structure! I believe I never seen this type of lift bridge before. A

bout the photo I believe a little less saturation could have worked well because it created a small overexposure in the clouds. Good POV and composition.

Letr (0) 2004-07-19 16:45

Great composition here jack, love the composition and the colors, great sky.. Like the framing with the plants..Good Job !

cyril (2748) 2004-07-21 10:16

Nice perspective and good DOF with this one jack.

ChrisJ (70171) 2004-07-22 4:08

Good depth by inclusion of the plants in the foreground. The diagonal axis of the bridge is more interesting than being parallel to the frame margin. You've still managed to heep the horizon level though. Many people don't.

oochappan (22032) 2004-07-26 5:59

Perfect composition here and nice DOF progression, pity of the texture in the clouds are totally gone.

yesterday (9787) 2004-08-18 3:24

Excellent compoced, great perspective, good light and contrast + color.

Pts later, out fore today. Regards Kaj Nielsen

jrj (34779) 2004-08-22 5:46

Good capture Jack with a fine perspective effect of the old bridge. Interesting notes

LaurentM (313) 2004-09-19 4:49