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jmsetzlerComment 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!
