Night Driving to Nowhere
When completed in 1966 the Astoria-Megler bridge (Astoria, Oregon and Point Ellice, Washington) was the worlds longest continuous-truss bridge and completed the section of Highway 101 from the Mexico border to the Canadian Border.
Megler, Washington is a unincorporated community 3.1 miles away and does not have a US Census count, so critics at the time claimed "It was a bridge to nowhere."
There are very, very few locations to photograph this bridge for light trails. So far I have only found one stretch about 200 feet along the road. All others are blocked by vegetation or in most cases: someone's house.
The amount of traffic at night is also sparse: 1-2 vehicles every 4-5 minutes. That being said it can take a bit of time to capture the light trails you are happy with.
The same approximate day time view can be seen on the bridge's wiki page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria%E2%80%93Megler_Bridge#/media/File…
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Hi Dean. I think you have met your objective here, so an image you should be proud of.
For my taste I think I'd crop a little from the bottom, lighten the main elements a tad and perhaps add a slight vignette.
Thank you, Sir.
I am "sitting" on this photo for a bit as I am thinking about making a print. Of course I want the crop factor to match the printer requirements. Outsourcing as my HP Officejet Pro isn't ideal for printing quality photos!
Local artist, Michael Trapp (@funafpainting), reached out to me to inquire if he could paint this photograph. It's a first for me!
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With just a few adjustments in Photoshop... I think I made it pop more and become more appealing.... Play around in whatever software you use... their are free opensource software out there to where its 'Like' a Photoshop or sorts... but have fun above all!!!