This is the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, or the “Cooper River Bridge”, in Charleston, South Carolina. It carries US highway 17 from Charleston north along the South Carolina coast. I found the modern geometric structure interesting, and a contrast to the older buildings in Charleston.
I took this photo while on vacation in South Carolina in early August.
I never get over mankind’s ability to build. I sat in on a couple of steel and concrete stress structural engineering classes with a friend once and have to say application of the mathematical mind is amazing. ( Yeah I know how to have fun Great Picture the composition makes it very interesting. Happy WW
This reminded my mom of a bridge that is in the Tampa area. Great photo. Thanks for stopping by today it was nice meeting. I put a link on my sidebar if that is OK with you so I can find my way back to visit again.
That looks fabulous. I am sure, locals are proud of the place. Many people love to travel the world. If I’ve given an opportunity to travel, I’ll visit the place also.
Awesome, Brookgreen Gardens is a wonderful place and so hard to believe in that setting, near the honky tonk town of Myrtle Beach.
When I was a little girl, we lived in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights. My mother would take me out of school on a regular basis to explore the city and go to museums and such.
Downstairs in the basement cafeteria of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was a sculpture pool around which the tables were arranged. I loved it for its playfulness. Years later I was showing the museum to an out-of-town visitor who was a bit of a country mouse [he thought the paintings were reproductions!], and we went downstairs to eat lunch. I was delighting in sharing my memories when, alas…the doors were shuttered. A major redesign was taking place. Wa-a-a-h, where was my pool of sculptured fountains and figures? I was really saddened.
Guess what? The first time I went to Brookgreen, we turned a corner in the gardens, and…yeah, lucky old me…set among the blooming wisteria and Lady Banks yellow roses was my sculpture pool, the Fountain of Muses.
I love strong bold shapes, and I love a style of photography that is clean and simple yet conveys so much.
You’ve got it right here in abundance. Strong geometric shapes against a clear blue sky – excellent. It reminds me of The Severn Bridge from England into Wales. I shoot people and my style is clean and simple – you can take a look if you’d like to. http://www.nickgregan.com
September 29th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
This is the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, or the “Cooper River Bridge”, in Charleston, South Carolina. It carries US highway 17 from Charleston north along the South Carolina coast. I found the modern geometric structure interesting, and a contrast to the older buildings in Charleston.
I took this photo while on vacation in South Carolina in early August.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Modernism is indeed the perfect word to describe this bridge
September 29th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
What an amazing structure – the bridge soaring to the sky!
September 29th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Great perspective. I love cable-stayed bridges, they have such wonderfully soaring lines.
September 29th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
It is a magnificent structure, Catsynth. Nice shot!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Wow ! what a bridge !!
PS, I got you with my Klu Klux Klan, hehehe !
September 30th, 2009 at 12:25 am
The perspective is magnificent! It’s an elegant-looking bridge.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:18 am
Like an exquisite inverted harp!
September 30th, 2009 at 2:07 am
beautiful bridge!
September 30th, 2009 at 4:09 am
what an awesome capture! Happy WW!
September 30th, 2009 at 5:41 am
Beautiful picture.
Cindy
September 30th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Love the view.Happy WW
September 30th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Wowie!! That is one cool bridge!! And a great picture!!
Your TX furiends,
September 30th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Okay, come clean: did you take that photo while you were driving?
September 30th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Awesome shot! Great perspective. Good job.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:08 am
No, I was in the passenger seat. Someone else was driving.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:40 am
I never get over mankind’s ability to build. I sat in on a couple of steel and concrete stress structural engineering classes with a friend once and have to say application of the mathematical mind is amazing. ( Yeah I know how to have fun
Great Picture the composition makes it very interesting. Happy WW
September 30th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Tall! Makes me dizzy!
September 30th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
This reminded my mom of a bridge that is in the Tampa area. Great photo. Thanks for stopping by today it was nice meeting. I put a link on my sidebar if that is OK with you so I can find my way back to visit again.
September 30th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
I have a thing about bridges, and this one is just gorgeous.
September 30th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Oh, amazing!!!! Great shot.
Thanks for dropping by…
October 1st, 2009 at 4:38 am
What great perspective! It looks so majestic!
October 1st, 2009 at 7:42 am
That looks fabulous. I am sure, locals are proud of the place. Many people love to travel the world. If I’ve given an opportunity to travel, I’ll visit the place also.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:36 pm
That is a very attractive bridge, and a super angle for that shot!!!!!!!
October 1st, 2009 at 7:46 pm
What a cool shot!
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
WOW!!!!!!
Beautiful pic!
I wonder how they managed to build it so high.
October 4th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Groan, you were right down the road practically! Hwy 17 goes right past our street:
33.79156,-78.76208
Next time, you’re invited for dinner at our house and a walk on the beach!
October 4th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Wow, I really was close by if only for a short time. Here’s some more photos from the same trip:
http://www.ptank.com/blog/2009/08/wordless-wednesday-lowcountry-sculptures/
This was all part of family event, but I’m sure I’ll be through there again sometime…
October 5th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Awesome, Brookgreen Gardens is a wonderful place and so hard to believe in that setting, near the honky tonk town of Myrtle Beach.
When I was a little girl, we lived in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights. My mother would take me out of school on a regular basis to explore the city and go to museums and such.
Downstairs in the basement cafeteria of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was a sculpture pool around which the tables were arranged. I loved it for its playfulness. Years later I was showing the museum to an out-of-town visitor who was a bit of a country mouse [he thought the paintings were reproductions!], and we went downstairs to eat lunch. I was delighting in sharing my memories when, alas…the doors were shuttered. A major redesign was taking place. Wa-a-a-h, where was my pool of sculptured fountains and figures? I was really saddened.
Guess what? The first time I went to Brookgreen, we turned a corner in the gardens, and…yeah, lucky old me…set among the blooming wisteria and Lady Banks yellow roses was my sculpture pool, the Fountain of Muses.
See you soon!
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Wooow..coool.. I like some kind of tower building like that. But, that is a bridge. Really cool.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:21 am
great lines! – cool photo
November 10th, 2009 at 1:38 am
I love strong bold shapes, and I love a style of photography that is clean and simple yet conveys so much.
You’ve got it right here in abundance. Strong geometric shapes against a clear blue sky – excellent. It reminds me of The Severn Bridge from England into Wales. I shoot people and my style is clean and simple – you can take a look if you’d like to. http://www.nickgregan.com