better left unsaid

There are two bridges that span Hal­i­fax Har­bour, the Mac­Don­ald and the MacKay. This is the Mac­Don­ald. I had the chance to get out on a lit­tle boat tour as part of an out­ing with col­leagues from the office and I was lucky enough to have brought my cam­era to work that day. Not only that, but it was glo­ri­ous and sunny, a rare thing for the sum­mer of 2009.

I have to say I was a lit­tle giddy over the idea of get­ting under­neath the bridge with a cam­era. I think I’ve gone on else­where about how much I like bridges, and this was no excep­tion. Most peo­ple in the city just see the bridges as these mon­strosi­ties they have to deal with to get to and from work. But if you can get out of the car and see them from a dif­fer­ent angle, the beauty and grace of their lines become clear.

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Cam­era: Mamiya 6 medium-format rangefinder
Lens: Mamiya 75mm
Fil­ter: #8 yel­low
Film: Fuji Acros 100 rated at 85
Devel­oper: Kodak XTOL 1+3
Devel­op­ment: Small tank for 14 min­utes at 20 degrees Cel­sius. Agi­ta­tion was for the first minute, then five inver­sions per minute.
Date: July, 2009
Loca­tion: 44.66389,-63.58437
Copy­right: 2009 Chris Jones. All rights reserved.

Tags: architecture · blackandwhite · halifax · mamiya6 · mediumformat · novascotia
Posted in: Photographs

• Toni White September 5, 2009

  Love this photo !

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