Bridge Barge IV
Another image associated with the removal of the Johnson Street Rail Bridge and the barge used to dismantle the bridge. This strand of rope stood out on the rain-soaked deck of the barge, although the original image from the camera did not show it well amongst all the reflections from the deck surface and the overall brightness. I have tried a few different conversions of this image, and in the end I prefer the black and white above. Below are some more versions, just because I know some of you will prefer them. All have seen quite a bit of processing, but only with the shadows, fill light and highlight settings (and I think I de-saturated the colour version a small amount as well).
You can find my other posts about this bridge and barge here.
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Canon EOS 5Dii, Canon 50mm/f1.4 lens, ISO250, f5.6, 1/100th
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burnt embers 
Wonderful. Your instincts were right about the first image; the rope pops in black and white.
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Thanks Ryan – the rope was popping in the flesh, at least to my eye, but the felling I was looking for just did not arrive till this conversion.
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Well this came lovely.
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I’m with you on this one, the first version is my favorite. Sometimes color gets in the way of a photo, especially one like this where you have created a feeling rather than a documented subject. Black and white is still a powerful medium.
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Thanks Ken. The colours are amazing in their own right, but I think I need an image just of the colours, essentially an abstract. I might try to pull one out of the shots I have, but I was not thinking that way when I took these photos.
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love the light in the first black and white one.
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Thanks Lisa. Its great that everyone seems to agree on this.
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excellent photo’s 🙂
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Thanks! I am glad you are enjoying this series. I think that boats and lines (ropes) are so intertwined that people often forget the lines when looking at the boats.
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