Manhattan Bridge, NYC, 2023.

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Manhattan Bridge

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Captured with a Rodenstock 50mm/4.0 HR Digaron lens (@ f/5.0) and the Phase One IQ4-150 back, shifted vertically by 12mm.

This is a straightforward, somewhat abstract, composition, emphasizing scale and lines. It converges out of sight below the foreground pier, suggesting an infinite roadway.

I shot this several times, day and night, and the nighttime image, in which the steelwork under the bridge is closer in brightness to the sky, was much more interesting. The cloudy night helps, too.

The more famous bridge just to the south, named for another NYC borough, gets most of the photographic love, but I think the Manhattan Bridge deserves respect, too.

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I heard the other one got sold. Still there?

@wa7iut It turns out to be bolted pretty securely to the ground.
@mattblaze I'm impressed at how beautifully centered that is!