On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Walter Gilbert <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's a shot of an old, rather narrow bridge spanning the Mississippi > River, between Cairo, IL and Bird's Point, MO. I almost deleted it, > thinking it was an extremely unremarkable, standard photo taken while > crossing bridges by tourists the world over. But, when I got to looking at > the shadows and lines, I thought, "Ah-ha! This might be salvageable!" So, > I converted it to B/W and was pretty pleased with it after all. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/4965791589/#/photos/walt_gilbert/4965791589/lightbox/ > > Thoughts? Critiques? Gratuitous insults?
Wow, that's a beautiful rendering. B&W really gives it a "vintage" look as befits an old structure like that. Terrific composition. Love old bridges, and you really captured and presented this one very well. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
