Transporter Bridge, a photo from North Yorkshire, England

Photographer's Note

The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge spanning the River Tees as served the communities on both sides of the river since 1911 and allowed tall ships access to the upper Tees. You can no longer walk over the bridge but as a child I can remember walking over it at a cost of just 2 old pennies to visit my friend who lived in Port Clarance.
Irene

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Voltri (1777) 2006-08-17 17:35

Irene, nice object at photo, but why the photo is tilted 5 degrees?

kozerog (1288) 2006-08-18 2:34

Looks like coupling of lifting cranes. Sorry :). Great shot, like it.

feather (51130) 2006-08-18 10:58

You managed to get great light reflected on the river, despite the grey sky. I wonder how often the transporter runs. There are a few shots of it on here, but I have yet to see it with the cradle across the river. There's a similar bridge in Germany that "Buin" has posted recently you might be interested in.
Kath

ollie59 (796) 2006-08-19 4:33

Hiya Irene ,nice view of the transporter, i like the reflection of light coming off the water ,also i like your frame ,you'll have to give me tips on that
take care .......Andy
ps you bought a new camera ?

ben4321 (9875) 2006-09-17 9:19

I like how you filled the frame with this famous structure Irene, and you also timed it well to capture the boat passing underneath.
Unfortunately the noticeable tilt to the left bothers me somewhat. It would be quite a simple matter to adjust this using the rotate function in photoshop.
Cheers,
Ben

TheMystic (916) 2006-09-18 15:29

Good Industrial shot, Irene. I like the fact that you are not afraid to shoot overcast grey days. I like the mood - liked it so much once in my past that I painted a scene many years ago titled: Grey Day at the Factory.
Well balanced, natural colors and nicely framed.
Cheers
Otto

mrmike1935 (4871) 2006-09-23 8:21 [Comment]

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mrcrow (3993) 2006-10-01 13:27

i love bridges and you got this one in the right positon showing some action in the design and mechanism..i think it must be hydraulically raised or by back weights...the cross wire bracings at the end are to stop side sway..
good postion and lighting

ps..put the details for where the shot was taken rather than where you live...then you will get map references...assuming you take some in other countries..

cheers
geof

Wanj (0) 2006-10-12 5:08

Nice to see work going on in the background. Good work Renerob.

MIG13 (0) 2006-10-29 23:35

Nice pic, Irene, showing a kind of bridge I've never experienced! Great perspective and good colours, despite the bad weather. Well done! TFS! Regards! Miguel.

rosaline (0) 2006-11-30 4:14

Hi Irene
Seen a few shots of this transporter bridge on TE. Nothing like this in London, but it looks huge and forbidding. I agree with Kath that the reflection of the water is just right and overcomes the look of the grey sky. This is a good documentary piece. Nice work.
Aubrey

kodiak11 (560) 2006-12-28 20:32

Hi Irene, Great memories this brings....my wife was born on the north side of the bridge and used to cross it all the time to visit her grandparents on the south side. I had the pleasure of using it once during a visit to Yorkshire. Thanks for sharing.

marc

vinicio (23423) 2007-01-18 16:50

I find interesting this image because the human work and the good perspective and POV that you have used, compliments, this is nice and useful to understand how we work for our wellbeing.
Ciao
Vinicio

placombe (7715) 2007-01-20 21:07

Hello Irene
Interesting as it looks like an unfinished bridge.
Pierre Lacombe
Canada

cobbydale (1958) 2007-02-03 7:50

Hi Irene, just spotted this in your gallery. This is a nice capture of the famous (and familiar, to me, as I work quite near it) bridge, all the better for waiting for a boat to come through too.
cheers, Leon.

Benedict (7076) 2007-04-14 1:10

great POV.. good lighting and awesome framing!
benedict

jaywalker (16105) 2007-04-22 9:03

Hi Irene, This is a wonderful urban scene, I use to work in a ship yard & know just how big thses crains are, I love the way you have captured the two together as if it were a walk way, the detail in the structures is excellent & the blue gose nicely with the gray clouds behind, very well composed with the ship to the left of shot & very good light, TFS & you take care, kind regards Wilson.

tyro (30513) 2007-05-21 15:37

Hi, Irene.

This is great - so crisp and sharp and clear. And a nice note too - it's nice to meet someone who can still remember real money. You could, of course, have stayed at home and spent the 2d. on a Mars Bar or two Milky Ways! Or two sherbet fountains!

Seriously, a nice "record" shot which is made all the better by the excellent exposure and the nice reflections.

Best Wishes,

John.

oldsock (575) 2007-06-27 10:34

Hi Irene!

Nice photo of this magic bridge.
I remember this bridge from Coast series on BBC...

Best regards
Matt

rajju (1345) 2007-08-16 5:39

this pic ture has a nice background as well as sharpness..i like the note as well..
best wishes and thanks for sharing,
raj