Here in Charleston we have a new bridge across the Cooper River.
It's quite a showpiece....read about it here:
http://www.cooperriverbridge.org/
There's a wide pedestrian lane on one side and you can walk the whole
length of the bridge I was right under one of the support
structures, doing some abstracts of the bridge against the sky.
One of the construction guys (a painter, actually) pulled up
in a maintenance vehicle and asked me about my camera. Turns
out he was a photographer, too. Said he had a Wisner and all
kinds of other good stuff.
After a few minutes he said, "So, you want to go up in the tower?".
The "tower" he was referring to is the top of the double
diamond structure, 575 feet in the air and only accessible by a little
elevator that rides up inside them. The elevator is not
generally available to the public. "Sure", I said, and up we
went.
Charleston is mostly flat, so there's not much to get in the way of the
view. I got great shots (I hope!) of the other diamond, the
city, and the older, partially demolished bridges. This isn't
something that happens every day!
This is one of those things that <span style="font-weight: bold;">only</span>
happens to people who carry 4x5 cameras around in public.
There <span style="font-weight: bold;">are</span>
rewards!
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