San Mateo Bridge, San Francisco Bay, San Mateo, CA, 2024.All the pixels, no rush hour traffic, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54#photography

A very long but otherwise relatively unremarkable bridge crossing a large body of water. Power pylons run adjacent to the bridge.

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

Captured with the Rodenstock 40mm/4.0 Digaron-W lens, Phase One IQ4-150 back, a small amount of vertical shift.The San Mateo Bridge, spanning the San Francisco Bay just south of SFO Airport, is relatively unremarkable except for its seemingly endless length. Occasionally known locally as the "S&M Bridge" for its often painful traffic congestion, looked at from the right distance, it can appear rather serine.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    @mattblaze "Unremarkable" perhaps, but it can be fun to watch sailboats going under the bridge, captained by people who lack local knowledge. (This is also true for other bridges in the Bay area, although the San Mateo bridge has some special attributes)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    @mattblaze From the air. On this day, the Bay was looking muddy and that interesting wave seems some sort of demarcation.Sorry, not trying to hijack your post, you just reminded me of how interesting it looks from the air as well. :)It's interesting to see your image, because those light pylons in my image seem to be a limited part of the bridge or is that just the lighting?

    Looking down on a multi-lane bridge over water from the air. A large white tower is beside it, on our side.  The colour of the water is giving an interesting soft pink and white look to the image.  The pavement of the lanes is very light in colour, and the bridge railings look pink..  The pylons in the water are also a light colour. The water seems muddy and is divided roughly from mid left to lower right by a white wave.  The upper water looks pinkish-tan; the lower water looks more brown.

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