The Brooklyn Bridge
(click to view on black // canon 5d mark ii, canon 16-35mm 2.8, 17mm, f/8, iso 100, 292 sec)
A couple of days ago I posted an Instagram photo of a new canvas we bought for the house of one of my shots from New York. You can see a picture of it below. I haven’t posted a shot from that trip in awhile, especially the bridge shots. In the days immediately following my visit there, all my photog buddies that I had met up with were unleashing a torrent of bridge images and we all got sick of them fairly quickly *grin*
But maybe enough time has passed by?
This was taken on the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. You can see the Manhattan Bridge off in the distance. I have to give some credit to my buddy Brian Matiash for giving me the idea to jump over the railings here to setup a shot on the beach. I tend to take what is given to me sometimes, instead of going for the shot that no one else is thinking about.
I love the way this turned out. I had a 10-stop filter on my lens for 292 seconds and it was kind of a tough shot with the light falling quickly and my inexperience with that filter. There is some graininess to it which I dig and it actually looks quite fantastic on the canvas.
Heck yeah, dude. LOVE IT.
Awesome man! I will never tire of everyone’s bridge shots! Brian is full of great ideas and just knows what makes a good shot sometimes… That’s gonna look great in the house!
Inexperience with the filter, I think not. I too recently bought some ND filters and am looking forward to playing with them. I love being able to smooth out the water. There are some fountains near my house that maybe I can shoot soon.
Sweet shot! I was only there at night. I need to try to get over there during the day.
Looks incredible! Now if only you bathed in the water too
You rocked this dude. Canvas looks great.
Friggin awesome image.
Ha… pretty fun we both post shots from NYC today – I guess enough time hasn’t passed yet 😛
Sick shot of the bridge dude.
This is fan-flippin-tastic, Mike! Great shot, my friend. It’s a unique perspective of an often-shot icon that’s for sure. Very dramatic and emotional, to say the least. Great work.
The shot is awesome. Very cool idea. The graininess adds to the shot. Well done!