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Comment by Silver Fox:
Hello Mr Setzler.
Critique by Silver Fox.

Certainly meets the Bridges Challenge

Your photography shows great depth and detail. What I particularly like is your decision to move slightly to the left of center to take the shot. The right hand wall of the bridge as a result, serves as an excellent component on which to hang the whole composition; so many people would have taken their shot from the "centre".
This also serves as your purpose in using the rule of 3rds to control your photograph.

Now that's also what i call a long Depth Of Field, showing good details a nice prespective, and excellent lighting.
Great idea for the exposure to accomplish the silhouetting of yourself and as you stated, to still leave the details visible for us to see. Excellent idea!

I'm a lover of wooden and covered bridges (don't get to seem them that often) and I love to look at photo's showing the detail in the wooden planks on the floors, walls, and ceilings, and your photograph does just that to a large degree. It shows the strength of this bridge and the wonder of the time and detail that went into building such a structure that still stands to this day.

Colours are excellent, most of them are quite neutral and are coming from the wood, almost like a sepia toning of old. The wood is weathered and old and the colours are natural, what more could you ask for.

Focus is great, from front to rear. Couldn't be any sharper, I believe.
Visual impact is pleasant to the viewers eyes.

My only problem: It looks like they repaired the bridge with a piece of plywood at the bottom left of the bridge and the lighting at that end really catches it and lights it up. Could you have cropped it out, or moved your camera forward a foot or so to cut it out without spoiling your mood?

Excellent photography!

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Comment by janinep:
One of my favorite shots. Very emotionally grabbing.

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Comment by Dustin:
good job. nice photo.

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Comment by andrewlr:
I really like the idea of having someone stand at the end of the bridge like this, gaining the silhouette effect! Great use of leading lines. I like the detail you have in the internal structure of the bridge. It feels just a little off balance being that close to the left hand side of the bridge. But overall, I think you've executed this one really well.

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Comment by byetko:
This would have worked well in the leading lines challenge with all the lines of the bridge leading to the person at the end of the tunnel. One of my favorites. 10.

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Comment by Allen:
like the lidea that you used i think that by using either color or black and white would have created some more intrest but nice job.

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Comment by JMS:
Great! A bit eery, but I lik that.

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Comment by Gordon:
Creative use of the covered bridge as a 'frame within the frame' and strong leading lines to the subject, placed on the vanishing beams that lead into the scene. The overexposed light at the end of the tunnel and the slightly skeletal figure, due to the light flare give an other-worldly feel to this, in turn making me think of death, (heading into the light) or alien abduction fantasies (reminds me of some scenes from close encounters) .

While the leading lines keep dragging me back to the figure, I also like the rotational movement around the top of the beams in the bridge, I start at the top left, follow the beams around, down and to the floor - then my eye is dragged to the figure at the end.

The only discordant note is the hot/ whiter piece of wood on the left - it and the white tunnel exit form a line of similar tones that my eye jumps back and forth between - although this movement also restarts my journey around the beams - further creating movement but detracting from what feels like the final subject. It may be worth editing that area to darken it up to be less of a focal piece, with the result that the eye might come to rest on the figure

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Comment by kellie:
good job

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Comment by UberFish:
I feel it needs more interest in the top right, but an excellent shot all the same.