A View From The Bridge

10 Responses to “A View From The Bridge”

  1. Emily says:

    Great shot!

  2. Jan says:

    Love the crisp clear lines of the architecture and the whimsical feel of the gardens peeking through the pillars.

  3. Bevy says:

    An interesting photo; almost two photos to show:
    The skyline above
    And the decorative shapes below.

  4. Thom says:

    Very clever juxtaposition of the clear on top, and the part that makes you think, on the bottom.

  5. Simone says:

    WOW, this is such a fabulous shot! It took me a second to understand what I was looking at – I saw two photos stacked but not one single photo – but when I figured it out, I gasped. Brilliant use of that beautiful guard rail to divide the photo in half. I absolutely love it!

  6. Bruce says:

    Really interesting photo, Ellen! A classic with the sun’s rays shining above. I like the tiny city skyline above against the bulky concrete balustrades below. Well done!

  7. Jacqueline says:

    This is a fascinating photo! At first my eyes played tricks on me with figure/ground and I saw these strange-looking figures at the bottom. Like Simone, it took me some time to understand what I was seeing. Excellent!

  8. ellen says:

    Thank you. What you can’t see here is the challenge of getting this shot. Standing on the narrow walkway of the Manhattan Bridge, the subway roaring by just feet away, shaking the entire platform, and fencing covering the view. I had to bend down to the six inch opening in the fencing at waist height to try to frame the photo. What we do for our art! (Take last week’s blog shot, sunset at Sandy Hook – I was covered in gnats, which left hundreds of bites on my forehead and neck, even though every piece of me was totally covered up, except for my face!) A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do!

  9. Carolyn says:

    Whenever you post a scenic photo I always try to find others taken from the same general area to try to figure out just where you were standing. Although using Google Lens I found the balustrades in what was probably another area; I could not locate where you must have taken the photo from. I can truly understand it when you said “what we do for our art!” You did go the extra mile for this one!!!
    It is a beautiful and interesting photo.

  10. ellen says:

    Thank you so much Carolyn for following my work and my steps! I walked from Chinatown to the entrance to the pedestrian walkway, which is to the right of the arch of the Manhattan Bridge. Then up the path about a third of the way to get this view of the Brooklyn Bridge and lower Manhattan buildings.

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