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Brooklyn Wide Web


I had this picture in my head for a while.
I love the way the lines wrap around your perspective.
It gives the feeling of being caught in the net of the urban spider.

Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA
Type of bridge: Suspension
Construction started: January 3, 1870
Opened to traffic: May 24, 1883
Length of main span: 1,595 feet, 6 inches
Length of side spans: 930 feet
Width of bridge: 85 feet
Number of traffic lanes: 6 lanes
Number of cables: 4 cables
Length of each of four cables: 3,578 feet, 6 inches
Diameter of each cable: 15¾ inches
Number of wires in each cable: 5,434 wires
Total length of wires: 14,060 miles
Total masonry in towers: 85,159 cubic yards
Weight of suspended structure: 6,620 tons
Total weight of bridge: 14,680 tons
Cost of original structure: $15,100,000

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Comments: 251

PoetryOD [2008-08-19 12:36:02 +0000 UTC]



Hello, I featured this beautiful piece
in my feature 'The Best Of Black and
White'. Thanks for such gorgeous work!

=Flutterings x

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xXSnuffXx [2008-07-15 01:29:29 +0000 UTC]

Completely agree with your spider web analysis... It makes my head feel bound.

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Nick-Logic [2008-06-05 05:17:08 +0000 UTC]

Of the Brooklyn bridge images on here, this one stands out as my favorite thus far. Very cool.

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NachoRomero [2008-01-16 20:05:55 +0000 UTC]

I was in NYC just 3 weeks ago, and I also had the picture in my head already before going there.
I found myself walking across Brooklyn Bridge at 7 a.m in the morning looking for early dramatic clouds. Great view of the city from the bridge. And as you say it is great to work the lines out from almost any perspective you shot from.

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justrockit [2007-11-08 23:25:39 +0000 UTC]

Ohhh very nice! When I was there I was trying to get a shot like this but it didn't work as well. I have a different one though, you should check it out.

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cat13 [2007-10-13 12:43:47 +0000 UTC]

i love that bridge.
i've crossed it twice, both times on lovely sunny days.
i was there 3 weeks ago...

(i have a few pics on my gallery myself)

love it!

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xxbamboochildxx [2007-07-28 16:58:36 +0000 UTC]

Once again!!! simply wonderful!!!!!!!!!!! i absolutely adore it!!!

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awsmdragonqueen [2007-06-25 01:55:58 +0000 UTC]

incredible shot. simply amazing.

great work.

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rakiztah02 [2007-06-22 04:12:55 +0000 UTC]

nice shot there... i like it!

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Turbomaruz [2007-06-09 06:17:53 +0000 UTC]

wow amazing. I had done a sketching of the Brooklyn Bridge a year ago. I was kinda proud of it, cause my tutor said it was good. but when i saw your picture, and look back at my sketching....i should've be more detail about the web lines thingy. But it's a good shot!

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bunni87 [2007-05-08 23:30:22 +0000 UTC]

I love this. I love that bridge.

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hpola [2007-04-30 01:52:49 +0000 UTC]

but I love this one

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finger-trap [2007-04-22 17:13:06 +0000 UTC]

I'm a big fan of architecture with clean, sleek lines so, more often than not, I'm drawn particularly to suspension bridges.

This piece is beautiful because of those lines and also because of the angle and the symmetry. Excellent job.

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Athiel [2007-04-18 01:48:59 +0000 UTC]

Perfect composition and vision. Well done

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slave-screams [2007-04-10 01:32:48 +0000 UTC]

lovin it. great angle, contrast, hell, its all great work.

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Sir-Catherine [2007-04-05 16:55:03 +0000 UTC]

You capture some of the best angles, perspectives, colors and angles of our world.

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AmirNasher [2007-04-05 01:32:32 +0000 UTC]

WOW! good noticed, I really like that geometry!
Some time people can do fantastic structures when not busy destroying something else....

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stipend [2007-04-02 04:18:14 +0000 UTC]

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HaveTales-WillTell [2007-04-01 03:05:48 +0000 UTC]

There is no other bridge in the world that looks like it. Especially from that perspective.

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ownorosho [2007-03-30 03:24:40 +0000 UTC]

at 17mm its an amazing perspective

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autumns-fable [2007-03-28 12:54:36 +0000 UTC]

It looks almost like a mirror image until I clicked for full view. Ineresting.

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xHawkx [2007-03-26 16:13:46 +0000 UTC]

Brooklyn bridge truly is amazing when viewed like this

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SCriBu [2007-03-25 16:46:04 +0000 UTC]

Another original point of view from Gilad.

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PeterTheOne [2007-03-24 22:19:45 +0000 UTC]

I saw this exact view a while ago on TV.. it's amazing!

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yXy [2007-03-24 00:02:18 +0000 UTC]

it looks just like a mirrored image

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Mis-takenbeauty [2007-03-23 19:30:56 +0000 UTC]

beautiful photo

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linteli [2007-03-22 17:45:59 +0000 UTC]

The b/w works great here, making me feel even more trapped as I probably would if this was in colour.

It's interesting really, feeling so small and insignificant and yet I keep having the urge to grab that net and climb up 'til I reach the top and can gaze around.

Hidden beauty in architecture, well captured, G.

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waterdelph [2007-03-20 16:48:29 +0000 UTC]

Very apt comment for a photo that captures our attention with all its webbing.

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sxc-chica-xoxo [2007-03-20 15:23:29 +0000 UTC]

This reminds me of the front cover of a book/play I need to study for my English literature course. It has a b&w photo of the Brooklyn bridge and looks very similar to this one

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ACDCpincushion [2007-03-20 07:11:38 +0000 UTC]

I feel helpless in it's webbing, yet I stare up at it in awe

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Andramalech [2007-03-19 23:10:55 +0000 UTC]

i swear i read the title as BMW; lookin at the picture i'm like what does this have to do with the car anyways?

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gilad In reply to Andramalech [2007-03-22 09:26:11 +0000 UTC]

No.
BWW
Brooklyn Wide Web

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matthewsime [2007-03-19 18:55:42 +0000 UTC]

that's crazy.. great lines.

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Walktall159 [2007-03-19 15:08:26 +0000 UTC]

Great foto!

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Falnor [2007-03-19 13:19:02 +0000 UTC]

The black white was a great touch

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-toaster- [2007-03-19 13:05:20 +0000 UTC]

You've been featured: [link] !

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icantthinkofanything [2007-03-19 04:31:50 +0000 UTC]

although I live in new york, it's really amazing to see the city through other people's eyes.

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couleur [2007-03-18 11:18:19 +0000 UTC]

I have seen this angle from times to times....

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Robert-PJ [2007-03-18 04:56:57 +0000 UTC]

perfect geometry

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MrWoogly [2007-03-18 01:18:33 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous lines and colors,and contrast

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xfebar [2007-03-17 21:25:44 +0000 UTC]

yes!
is a nice effect... a city spider!

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citylimitsxx [2007-03-16 12:58:10 +0000 UTC]

absolutely amazing. and i totally agree with you, i feel like i'm caught in a spidar web looking at this.

!

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vegivamp [2007-03-16 11:49:52 +0000 UTC]

With the clear channel down the middle, it looks as if it's about to take off on bat or insect wings. Nice.

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sugarcube886 [2007-03-16 04:48:59 +0000 UTC]

wow thats gorgeous, i liked ur little info-facts too :-p

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Delacorr [2007-03-16 02:01:08 +0000 UTC]

Hard to not take a shot of this while you're there: [link]

fun stuff

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purplesnow [2007-03-16 01:28:06 +0000 UTC]

all right...there is a reason I watch you.


again my friend...well done!





You manage to focus on humanity, and not nation states.

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darkernights [2007-03-16 01:06:46 +0000 UTC]

i like the light dark feel to this. great shot

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ganooov [2007-03-15 22:09:04 +0000 UTC]

גלעד,
מה שחסר לי כאן, זה באופן מפתיע (לגביך חוסר הייחודיות. או שתאיר את עיני..? :]

כלומר - קימפוז מושלם, בחירת ש"ל מתאימה, בלהבלהבלה. אבל איפה הטאץ'?

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gilad In reply to ganooov [2007-03-15 22:23:58 +0000 UTC]

מה שתגיד...
אני מוצא בתמונה הרבה דברים מעניינים, אבל דעתך לגטימית

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ganooov In reply to gilad [2007-03-15 23:29:00 +0000 UTC]

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