Golden Gate Bridge Photo

Photographer’s Note

It was early morning and the sun burns away a fog…

The Golden Gate Bridge opened to vehicular traffic on May 28, 1937 at twelve o'clock noon. Linking San Francisco with Marin County the 1.7 mile-long suspension bridge can be crossed by car, on bicycles or on foot.

The Golden Gate Bridge's 1,280 m long main suspension span was a world record that stood for 27 years. The bridge's two towers rise 227 m. The six lane bridge crosses Golden Gate Strait which is about 100 meters deep. The roadway is 67 m above water

The color, called international orange, was chosen by consulting architect Irving Morrow, who rejected the traditional gray or black in favor of the color he thought best complemented the bridge’s natural setting.

Leonie, nchifan, maurajn, igorb, richtersl, Wirraway, Kenny10pin, carper, delaufer has marked this note useful

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Leonie (8647) 2005-02-28 6:52

Hello Nikolay,
This is really a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge! I really like your perspective and the mist in the photo! Well done,

Léonie

nchifan (910) 2005-02-28 7:19 [Comment]

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maurajn (902) 2005-02-28 7:52

I find most photos of bridges lack context regarding scale. You've done an excellent job here including the small house and boat in the foreground, as well as having vehicles visible on the bridge. The fog adds to the photo, emphasizing the brightness of the bridge in the nearer grounds. Well set up within the frame of the photo.

igorb (752) 2005-02-28 7:57

Excellent Nikolay,very nice photo of the famouse bridge.Thanks for this.
Worth note.

richtersl (3544) 2005-02-28 8:05

I really like the sunlight reflecting off the bridge. WOW! I would consider cropping a little from the top of the photo to really help focus the eye on the bridge. Nice work.

Wirraway (1985) 2005-02-28 8:35

Nice capture of this famous landmark Nikolay,
good composition, exposure and note, very well
done.

Regards Ian

capthaddock (28640) 2005-02-28 9:37

So familiar yet very nice, now you're really in the neighbourhood. Only yesterday I drove over it but it was raining. Excellent note as well.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-02-28 10:32

nice shot of the bridge, I like the way you shot this, very good angle, I recently posted a bridge photo too, well done

carper (66148) 2005-02-28 12:28

I realy like the shot Nikolay,
fantastic point of view on this famous bridge, very good depth in the shot, and the atmosphere is realy nice, maybe a noise eater such as Neat image can made the shot noise free. very good job

danyy (69963) 2005-03-02 13:51

Bonsoir Nikolay,
Jolie perspective pour ce pont si photographié. Il disparait discrètement dans à la fois la brume, et un petit flou.
Les couleurs de l'avant plan sont superbes.
Bien à toi.
Daniel.

ianmcall (1213) 2005-03-05 0:40

The POV and mist both work well to show off the bridge. I think I might crop the top just a bit to enhance the sense of the bridge towering over everything