A few months ago I posted pictures of the new Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach before it was opened to the public. I've been meaning to go out and see it again now that I can drive on it, but for some reason I've never gotten around to it. I finally did on Monday, a dex night when I had plenty of time to kill.
There's still no place to get up close to the bridge, and it was a slightly hazy night as well. On the plus side, it turned out there was a full moon rising just behind the bridge, which was a nice little bonus. The bridge changes color slowly, but only between deep blue and a sort of washed out purple. If you ask me, they could add a little more to their repertoire.
Technical notes: Both of these pictures were processed using Topaz DeNoise, which promises to remove noise from photographs without simply blurring them. It seems to work well on some kinds of pictures and not so well on others, but it did a good job on these. The night sky is pretty noisy even though I used a fairly low ISO setting, and Topaz cleaned it up pretty well.
The bottom photo is a panoramic shot. It would have taken an ultra wide angle lens to get anything similar in a single frame, and even that might not have done the job.
The bridge designer has to leave their mark. What matters is that no other bridge in the world oscillates between deep blue and washed out purple.
Love both of these.