Bridge Over Troubled Waters
July 09, 2012
Photographer: John Adam; John's Web site
Summary Author: John Adam
As I was walking alongside the Shropshire Canal near the village of Rowton, in Chester, U.K., I came to this lovely bridge. Walking under it, I noticed the stark contrast between the region illuminated by sunlight on the underside of the brickwork, and the shadow region beyond. Being a compulsive stone thrower as a child, I found that old habits die hard, and experimented with small pebbles cast into the shadowed water. As the ripples moved outwards from the splash point, they entered the sunlit region, and reflections from their profiles were cast onto the underside of the bridge. The position of this part of the bridge relative to the water was such that the reflections acquired an elliptical shape. Notice also how the discontinuity in the slope of the bridge causes a slight discontinuity in the slope of the ripple reflections on the wall. Photograph taken in late May 2012.
Photo details: Top - Camera Maker: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.; Camera Model: SP570UZ; Focal Length: 8.1mm; Aperture: f/5.6; Exposure Time: 0.0063 s (1/160); ISO equiv: 64; Exposure Bias: none; Metering Mode: Matrix; Exposure: Creative Program (based towards depth of field); White Balance: Auto; Flash Fired: No (enforced); Orientation: Normal; Color Space: sRGB; Software: Version 1.1; Bottom - same except: Focal Length: 6.3mm; ISO equiv: 160.