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The Stone Arch Bridge is a former railroad bridge crossing the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second oldest and only stone arch bridge on the Mississippi river.

This is from last fall. Now that spring is arriving I hope to get out and get more shots.



More from the set: http://myfotoguy.zenfolio.com/steonearchbridge/e1bb8b9a2

Well Done.  Fantastic reflections!  And you can see the individual bricks on the bridge!   Very well done!!

Beautiful picture.  What an engineering feat that must have been when it was built.

What a fantastic photo.

Thanks for the comments.  

This is a shot I had in my head for some time. I finally made it down there one night to shoot this scene with a friend of mine. We had such a good night.

Nights with friends is always good .  Well done!!

Great work.   I like the sky behind the skyline.   Tell us about your techniques.

Thanks, Barbarian.

This was shot 30 minutes before sunset. It was getting dark, but there was still color left in the sky when using a long exposure.

I shot on a tripod, down low, using mirror-up function and remote release cable for minimum vibration and maximum sharpness.

For metering I spot metered off the 2nd or 3rd arch so that I wouldn't overexpose that part of the scene. Somewhere around the 3rd or 4th arch is where I focused using auto focus.

The camera was set to  f/11 in aperture priority at ISO 200 which yielded a 6 second exposure.
To darken the scene a hint (and enrich the colors) I used -2/3 EV negative exposure compensation.
I had the in-camera Long Exposure NR set to ON to reduce the noise. I debated turning it off, then using Noise Ninja or similar if needed, but ended up leaving it on.

In post processing I did minor tweaking to levels and vibrance (ACDSee Pro 3).

There were several power lines ruining the shot, so I cloned them out. In the shot below (other side of and on top of the bridge) you can see them. Imagine those streaking across the sky in the first image I posted. It was a night and day difference to me so see them gone! I should remove them from this shot too:

Oh Wow!!!

'Love the reflections and the ambient light.

Great photo Tim, and terrific use of light.