Posted by Tom Kloster on September 5, 2007 at 3:07 AM
Here's another from Monday, this time of the bridge above Rowena Dell and Hatfield Point. This was resurrected from a very dark original, possibly a bit light now. Comments and suggestions appreciated!
Tom
E-300, 14-54mm lens at 22mm, polarizer, super-braced tripod in super-gale force wind!
Posted by Ned Fenimore on September 5, 2007 at 9:19 AM
Nice perspective.. always thought it was a pity about all the junk that gets thrown off that thing.. doesn't really affect the photo, though..
Posted by Tom Kloster on September 5, 2007 at 10:44 PM
I know what you mean, Ned - hard to know if it's new garbage, or just decades old crap that is fossilized by the climate over there. I cloned some of it out in this view - also brightened up the colors a bit. That first one looked a bit flat when I opened this thread up again. I really need to get to Rowena during flower season next Spring and catch some of those balsamroot blossoms before they've dried up into potato chips!
Tom
Posted by Ned Fenimore on September 5, 2007 at 11:33 PM
Yes - the rework looks great.... The last time I was where you were there was some awesome fog.. I'm not sure what happened to those images, though...
Posted by Tom Kloster on September 6, 2007 at 12:15 AM
Uh oh... lost to the ages, Ned?
Part of my attraction to this bridge (and the bridges in Mosier and The Dalles) is that it's a Conde McCullough structure -- a preview of his well-known bridges along Highway 101. Someday, I'd love to see a coffee table book devoted to sort of a joint Conde McCullough/Simon Benson tribute. Both were visionaries that were a century (or more?) ahead of their time, in terms of blending design with nature. There are some historical books devoted to them, but no art-quality tribute (so far).
I work in the transportation world during the day, and can attest to the reality that today's ODOT mindset is sorely lacking in the vision that these two engineers brought to the Gorge and coast. The good news is that there's a growing movement to "design with nature" on the national scene - we're surprisingly behind the curve on that in Oregon, however. Lots of catching up to do. That said, I do give ODOT high marks for its restoration of the Gorge highway - they've done a lot with fairly modest earmarks from Congress.
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E-300, 14-54mm lens at 22mm, polarizer, super-braced tripod in super-gale force wind!
Tom
Part of my attraction to this bridge (and the bridges in Mosier and The Dalles) is that it's a Conde McCullough structure -- a preview of his well-known bridges along Highway 101. Someday, I'd love to see a coffee table book devoted to sort of a joint Conde McCullough/Simon Benson tribute. Both were visionaries that were a century (or more?) ahead of their time, in terms of blending design with nature. There are some historical books devoted to them, but no art-quality tribute (so far).
I work in the transportation world during the day, and can attest to the reality that today's ODOT mindset is sorely lacking in the vision that these two engineers brought to the Gorge and coast. The good news is that there's a growing movement to "design with nature" on the national scene - we're surprisingly behind the curve on that in Oregon, however. Lots of catching up to do. That said, I do give ODOT high marks for its restoration of the Gorge highway - they've done a lot with fairly modest earmarks from Congress.
Okay... back to photography!
Tom