26 November 2009

Cheyenne River Bridge near Hot Springs, November 26, 2009

Bridge detail over the Cheyenne River in Fall River County, South Dakota, November 2009. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)
This bridge south of Hot Springs has been closed for a number of years now. Every so often I visit and see what I can photograph with and from it. This ultra-wide view is a near-far study, with giant bolts and tiny trusses. I originally did a black and white treatment, but during a recent review session decided to rework it in color. The shadows aren't entirely natural, but I wanted to keep certain details more apparent, especially in the diagonal divide between the bolts on the left and the rest of the bridge on the right. That diagonal would normally be much darker. Here, it allows the two sides to meet, to some degree.