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11-JUN-2006

Creek shadows, Reedsport, Oregon, 2006

Rather than show the bridge itself, I photographed the shadows on the columns beneath it. The shadows create a series of repeating arrows echoing the gradual rise of the tall grass that lines the creek. The subject of the picture is not really the bridge – it is the interplay of light and shadow on the bridge and its surroundings.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30
1/200s f/5.6 at 81.0mm iso80 hide exif
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Date/Time11-Jun-2006 15:03:06
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ModelDMC-FZ30
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Focal Length81 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent80
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
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Phil Douglis13-Jul-2006 05:06
I did not do any fishing, Sun Han, so can't answer your question. I do all my fishing with my camera!
Guest 11-Jul-2006 14:56
nice fishing water down there?
Phil Douglis19-Jun-2006 18:39
I agree wholeheartedly, Tim. Man and nature emulate each other, because both are a product of the natural world. Man uses nature as his guide and inspiration. Nature created towering banks of grass to line this creek, control erosion, make the course of the water more stable. Man creates bridges to link one bank of grass to another, allowing us to cross this creek without trampling the grasses and eroding the bank. Nature creates those shadows linking the bridge to the grass, and I, as a photographer, feature that very interplay of light and shadow -- also a natural expression -- as the subject of my image of both bridge and grass. All of which asks the question: where does the work of man end, and the work nature begin here?
Tim May19-Jun-2006 16:46
I have long been an advocate for the fact that to my eye some of the works of "man" can get close to the beauty of the works of "nature." (I remember a look debate I had in the sixties about this topic with a blind man.) Here you prove my point - with the use of light. The beauty of the bridge is in play with the beauty of the grasses.
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