The afternoon sunlight gleaming on these old steel rivets caught my eye as I walked across the Sandridge Rail Bridge here in Melbourne, which is now a public walkway across the Yarra River. The strong springtime light (this was shot in October 2007) transformed the dull grey rivets into a string of silvery pearls that seemed to continue into eternity.
As I lined up the shot, showing the rivets and nothing else, a tourist several metres away walked to the edge of the bridge, filming nearby Flinders Street Station with his video camera. I immediately changed my shot – and my entire composition – accordingly.
I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 70-300mm lens. F8, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, focal length 300mm.
Featured in VISUAL PUZZLES – FUN AND GAMES THROUGH ART, January 2011.
Thank you for your kind comment, Jacqueline. As I said to JustArt, the rivets are actually a dull shade of gun-metal grey, so the bright afternoon light completely transformed them.
Thank you, Ms Lynn – the tourist in that bright jacket was a real stroke of luck, because it gave the frame a completely new perspective, so different from what I had intended to shoot.
Spectacular Image..David!! fabulous comp.,lines and of course lighting!! amazing what a little afternoon light can do isn’t it…Excellent work and eye, as always , my friend!! Wtg =D
Many thanks, Carla. You’re right about how the nuances of light really define the way we see things.
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great shot
Thank you, JustArt. The rivets are actually painted gun-metal grey, believe it or not!
– David McMahon
Excellent capture !!! ☺♥
Thanks, Evita – you wouldn’t believe the difference the sunlight made!
– David McMahon
Lovely light and great lines
Thank you for your kind comment, Jacqueline. As I said to JustArt, the rivets are actually a dull shade of gun-metal grey, so the bright afternoon light completely transformed them.
– David McMahon
Good one, David!
Thanks very much, David. It’s quite a historic bridge – and now serves pedestrians, not train passengers disembarking from ships.
– David McMahon
What a great POV,I love shots like this
Thank you, Ms Lynn – the tourist in that bright jacket was a real stroke of luck, because it gave the frame a completely new perspective, so different from what I had intended to shoot.
– David McMahon
Spectacular Image..David!! fabulous comp.,lines and of course lighting!! amazing what a little afternoon light can do isn’t it…Excellent work and eye, as always , my friend!! Wtg =D
Many thanks, Carla. You’re right about how the nuances of light really define the way we see things.
– David McMahon
beautiful capture, wonderful dof, wonderful!
Thanks very much, Sandra – so glad you like the result, all due to the stranger in the bright jacket!
– David McMahon
great touch
Very kind of you, Dragomir. I immediately changed my concept, the very moment the tourist arrived at the edge of the bridge!
– David McMahon
Stunning capture. You have turned the ordinary into the amazing. Love the explanatory prose too :)
Humbly, I say thank you for your extraordinary comment, Judi. Your words mean a great deal.
– David McMahon
amazing shot! david. greetings. lisa
Thanks very much, Lisa. Instinct took over and I changed my shot completely! So glad you like the result.
– David McMahon