Orton sees a bridge | Originally uploaded by Zeb Andrews
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A great shot by Portland photographer Zeb Andrews of the landmark St. John’s Bridge in North Portland. Here’s his description of the photo:
Orton sees a bridge
Today is my day off of work, which means I spend at least a portion of it at the computer putting my digital archives in order, cleaning up old scans, organizing, and being reminded of some of the images I have. So since I have all this spare time today, ha, I figured I would post another picture of the St Johns Bridge. Mainly just because I have fallen behind on posting many images of this bridge, and secondly because it happens to be the folder I am working through at the moment.
This shot is the product of two slides, slightly overexposed to make them lighter, sandwiched together post-processing and then scanned in as a single image. Also known as the Orton effect. It can have some interesting effects, usually saturating colors and deepening contrast. Here I like how it made spot lights out of the street lights.
Anyway, taken on the south side of the bridge halfway up the hillside. I had to do some bushwhacking to find this little clearing in the trees. I was looking for a spot that gave me a view straight down the bridge, but I am not sure one exists. This is a nice vantage as well though.