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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: fdisilvestro on October 03, 2016, 03:13:47 pm

Title: West Gate Bridge
Post by: fdisilvestro on October 03, 2016, 03:13:47 pm

West Gate Bridge, from the West Gate Park in Port Melbourne

(http://www.frankdisilvestro.com.au/img/s12/v175/p780077497-6.jpg)

Regards

Title: Re: West Gate Bridge
Post by: Bob_B on October 03, 2016, 06:48:18 pm

I like it very much.

Title: Re: West Gate Bridge
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 03, 2016, 08:50:12 pm

Nice.

Title: Re: West Gate Bridge
Post by: fdisilvestro on October 03, 2016, 10:32:57 pm

Thank you, Bob & Eric

Title: Re: West Gate Bridge
Post by: seamus finn on October 04, 2016, 02:51:07 pm

Excellent - great composition.
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Title: Re: West Gate Bridge
Post by: Arlen on October 04, 2016, 06:08:24 pm

It's quite an interesting perspective.

Title: Re: West Gate Bridge
Post by: fdisilvestro on October 06, 2016, 07:09:52 am

Thanks a lot for your comments!

Title: Re: West Gate Bridge
Post by: GrahamBy on October 06, 2016, 08:05:26 am

Thanks Francisco... I like the photo, but it also has nostalgic value. I lived in Melbourne for 16 years, but strangely only crossed that bridge a handful of times. Plus of course I remember the disaster during it's construction, when an out of control tug-boat hit one of the pylons and caused a span to fall, with workers inside :(

Title: Re: West Gate Bridge
Post by: N80 on October 06, 2016, 09:01:54 pm

Well done.

Title: Re: West Gate Bridge
Post by: fdisilvestro on October 06, 2016, 10:57:43 pm

Thanks for the comments,

Quote from: GrahamBy on October 06, 2016, 08:05:26 am

I remember the disaster during it's construction, when an out of control tug-boat hit one of the pylons and caused a span to fall, with workers inside :(

I was unaware of that accident, as I have been living in Melbourne only 4 years. In any case, from what I read on the internet, the collapse of a section of the bridge during its construction was due to a combination of design & construction issues, unless there was another incident related to a tug-boat, for which I haven't found references.

Regards

Title: Re: West Gate Bridge
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on October 07, 2016, 03:57:15 am

I like it. My first thought was that some interest in the sky might be good, but I was wrong: the empty space is just what's needed.

Jeremy

Title: Re: West Gate Bridge
Post by: GrahamBy on October 07, 2016, 04:35:15 am

Quote from: FranciscoDisilvestro on October 06, 2016, 10:57:43 pm

the collapse of a section of the bridge during its construction was due to a combination of design & construction issues,

I may be mixing them up (I was only a child): my vague recollection is that the boat gave a gentle tap to the pylon and the section fell: it certainly should have resisted the impact and the fault was clearly design and contruction, as you say.

But yes, I may be mixing two different stories.

Edit: and indeed I was. the Westgate fell in 1970, the Tasman bridge (Hobart) was struck by a bulk ore carrier in 1975:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasman_Bridge