Remembrance
by stephan

Comment by Crystal Streams:
Very realistic and touching. I would have prefered a sharper focus.

Remembrance
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Comment by TerryGee:
my photo this week has the same idea...good job- tg

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Comment by IGJOE:
images like this always touches my heart.

Remembrance
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Comment by RiderGal:
Very nice, excellent journalism... I'm giving this a 9!

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Comment by stephan:
Thanks to everyone who commented. Nice to see that other people enjoy the photo, too. It wasn't an UFO ;-) The streaks of light come from a bus driving along the street. I chose the title (and think it fits to the challenge topic) because bridges are an important technology and always have been vital links between cities and people in general.

The photo was only cropped and scaled. I did not do any heavy postprocessing to it. The colouring comes from the white balance I chose. I set it to "night" if I remember correctly and not to the one matching the lamps on the street. That's why the photo has this golden tint, which I like on this photo. I also did not sharpen it. The jagged edges come from the JPEG compression. I maxed out the quality to fit the 150 kB limit but it still was not enough.

I still wonder why not more people complained about the lens flare created by the lamp to the upper right (not seen on the photo). This really annoyed me and I tried to get rid of it by going some steps backward and zooming more in, but it didn't help much. Also unfortunately there came no bus again.

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Comment by LindaLee:
This shot is so cool. I can't wait to see the photo info on it. I would love to try something like this. A very dynamic composition with interesting lighting. One of my highest rated. lhall

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Comment by PTLParsons:
Looks so neat. Good focus Good crop Good colors. Great depth Meets challenge well. PTL Good shot

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Comment by tleh:
Great shot. That one took some time. Well worth the effort.

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Comment by Marklane:
Great image

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Comment by Jacko:
It's a classic but I likeit. Nice crisp image. Looks at tad to sharpened (jagged edges). Jacko. 8