Posts Tagged: bridge
I like bridges, maybe because I like water(?), so I’m always taking pictures of bridges: big or small, close or far.
Belle Isle Bridge early in the morning
The bridge is actually called the McArthur Bridge. This was an early morning photo shoot at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. We were there for sunrise and this photo was taken just before sunrise. This photo is taken from the park at the entrance to the park, you’re looking across the Detroit River to Belle Isle itself. The sun is way to the left and out of the shot.
This was shot at ISO 100, f/14 and set for a 1 second exposure, the long expose is part of why the water looks so smooth (see the difference in this cropped ⅓ second exposure photo I took just seconds before. I shot this in RAW with no editing after. I normally don’t shoot in raw (the images are too huge) but I plan to explore more with some post production but didn’t with this photo.
The Sunset from Belle Isle at Sunset Park
The sunset from tip of Sunset Park on Belle Isle. I posted a similar photo (but much closer) photo last October (maybe from the same day) you can see the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit to Canada. I was just there in the evening a few weeks ago and the sun goes no where near the Renaissance Center when it sets.
Under the Ambassador Bridge
This was taken on the Diamond Jack boat tour of the Detroit River. I think this was the tour from Wyandotte, it goes just a little north of the Ambassador Bridge and then turns back around.
Diamond Jack has great boat trips on the Detroit River. I think they run from Memorial Day to Labor Day on Thursdays to Sunday. The ones from downtown Detroit start at Rivard Plaza right by the carousel and the ones from Wyandotte start at the Bishop park. I think they do two a day at each location; the Detroit ones are the same, the Wyandotte has a north tour and a south tour.
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Detroit River Sunset
Love all the oranges and that you can see the birds, the contrails, the Ambassador Bridge and a tiny bit of Windsor, Canada…
I’m thinking that I took this from Belle Isle (probably at Sunset Park), but I’m not 100% certain (wish I had the GPS in my digital SLR).