Towards the sea and beyond
This is a view down the mighty River Tyne from the swing bridge with it’s old wood jetty pointing down river like some old barge. Like a half remembered ghost of the trade that once and still does flow along this river.
The river separates Newcastle and Gateshead and yet such is the relationship between the two sides of the river, there is a wonderful number of bridges connecting the two banks.
In front the first bridge is the classic Tyne bridge , with the Gateshead Sage building glistening in the wet light underneath, while beyond lies the modern “winking eye” bridge. This foot and cycle bridge links the redeveloped riverside of Newcastle to the reinvent Baltic Flour Mill, now known for it’s contemporary art shows.
Converted into pinhole black and white and best viewed large
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hologram
an interesting take on a now modern view but in some ways unchanged.
Cheers,
h
clickinhistory replied
Thanks h, wanted to take it from the perspective that you felt like you were on an old boat sailing down towards the sea
midzing
You have STOLEN our bridge!!!!!!!!!!!!!! be gone with you!! :)) lol… great shot,,, pitty the Poms had to steal our design!!!!!!!!!!! lol…. ps,, in all seriousness,,, fantastic shot,, love that second bridge,, (which looks like our melbourne bridge in southbank!!!!
clickinhistory replied
lol bridge designs are wonderful are they not ;) as for pinching.. think we will have to check the dates lol. Thanks Wendy
Friederike Ale...
Great work!! :-)
clickinhistory replied
thank you Friederike
midzing
Ok…. must appologise,,,(which is difficult for us aussies to do)...Tyne bridge was opened on Oct 10th 1928,,,, Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened in 1932,,,,,so we in fact stole from the poms!!!!!!!!!!!!! :))
clickinhistory replied
lol and the traditional answer to that statement would be that is why you are in Australia in the first place lol Thanks for that Wendy lol
Steve & Lesley
I have seen many many images of this river and the bridges but this ranks amongst the best
clickinhistory replied
Thank you for that compliment Steve, taken a long time to find time to get this shot and wanted to do something different with it
Meeli Sonn
W/B photo what I like the most. Gorgeous. You are realy good w/b photographer.
clickinhistory replied
Thank you Meeli, still finding my way in b/w though lol
Hélène David-Cuny
Very graphic, like the echoe of the vertical lines on the bridge in the horizontal ones on the jetty and the opposed contrasts of colours. Nice shortcut through time to the modern bridge in perspective. By the way, ever heard of a french guy called Gustav Eiffel ? ;-)
clickinhistory replied
lol I heard he was the guy who built the scaffolding for some building in Paris, just they never built the building ;)
Thanks as always Helene
Jeff Stroud
Great shot! Congrats on feature as well…
clickinhistory replied
thank you as always Jeff
Beve Brown-Clark
Fabulous take on the new age of the world…such a wonderful old world feel! Superb drama and depth..Excellent B/W!
clickinhistory replied
Thank you Beve, it has always been a crossing point through history and wanted that feeling to come across in it’s current reinvention
Bluesrose
great view, composition is just brilliant!
clickinhistory replied
Thank you Maris, another shot I have wanted to take for years, so really pleased with the comments on it
Laurie Search
Wonderful composition!!!
clickinhistory replied
Thank you Laurie. It really does compose itself lol just needed a wide angle lens to get it all in lol
Friederike Ale...
clickinhistory replied
wow thank you Friederike, means a lot
julie mcinnes
dont know how u do it but ur black and white shots have a stunning quality to them
clickinhistory replied
You mean like your flower shots ;)? Thank you as always Julie
Meeli Sonn
Biggg congratulation to you. I knew it.
clickinhistory replied
lol thank you Meeli
Antanas
great composition
clickinhistory replied
Thank you as always Antanas
TaniaLosada
great work! love the dramatic atmosphere, the b&w tones and the comp! its one of your very best!!!!
clickinhistory replied
Thank you for that Tania
TaniaLosada
and congrats on your feature!
clickinhistory replied
thank you lol
Hélène David-Cuny
Congratulation for the feature, that’s the least they could do for a picture that took you years to take ! ;-)
clickinhistory replied
lol thank you, it was the first time i actually took the time to actually go there to photograph it rather than fly over the bridge looking down on this view
Jan Cain
stellar graphic image… ur rocking the b&w’s. congrats on the feature!
clickinhistory replied
Thank you Jan, learnt the art of darkness from a some talented sin city style photographer in NYC :)
Rene Hales
Really great lines and arches. Excellent point of view.—Rene
clickinhistory replied
Thank you Rene
Annie J Lemay
Your work is brilliant…!
clickinhistory replied
Thank you for that lovely comment Annie
Svetlana Sewell
Fabulous!
clickinhistory replied
Thank you Svetlana