Back at the Bridge

I showed one bridge-lights photo two days ago, but of course, I took many pictures, as did Sue. So, now that I am done with fireworks (just for the moment, but stay tuned), I would like to show more of our bridge photos.

Of course, our main concept was to capture the bridge with town hall in the background.

I mixed in a few phone photos (like the one below), and they turned out really well, so that it is difficult to tell the difference in quality.

I went across the bridge (not across the river) to be on the same side as town hall. The compositions are a little tight to the edge by town hall. I should have shot a little wider. Objects too close to the edge of the frame can be a little jarring.

I took several photos of just the bridge from that side. I like this dark and moody result although it may not appeal to the masses. 

Finally, we headed over to the southwest bank although you can't see town hall from there. Perhaps we could have done something that included town hall from the southeast corner, but we would have been very close to the building, so I don't know if it would have worked. I am thinking, however, of  returning with my wide angle lens to see if there might possibly be a composition there.

This photo includes Beloved, just to the right of the bridge, slightly past the edge of the building.

Sue also captured the Unbeloved Curmudgeon (actually I am not curmudgeonly, or not often). I love the geometry in this ↓ photo. I could have used Photoshop to remove the wires that protrude from my head, but I couldn't be bothered.

Then, Sue took a closer photo from the same position.

That pretty well wraps up one of my few (or only) photographic ventures in quite a long time. It felt most excellent to get back out there.