Forth Bridge lit up at night (very much a cliche shot!!!)

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As it goes, because I have a young family and no access to a car, getting to the bridges at night is something that just doesn't happen.....until last night when I had the ability to go.

As photography goes this is very much a cliche shot, but one that I had to add to my own stock of images.

I have tried to put my own stamp on it with the inclusion of foreground interest rather than just a shot of the three spans. There were three things that were slightly awkward to deal with.
Firstly, the bridge lights are very strong when exposing them for any length of time so trying to tame them in post wasn't easy
Secondly, the Hawes pier has floodlights, so I was trying to shoot to not include them but utilise the light coming off them which light up the foreground.
Thirdly, because the three spans are lit but the run up to them isn't it was difficult to try and balance the exposure between the two so as not to make it look like its not connected to the mainland (if that makes sense)

Anyway here is the resulting shot.
Thank you for looking!

rail bridge by night by stuartpardue, on Flickr
 
It's a beauty Stuart!
 
Nice one I like it.
 
Nice shot and I like the slightly different viewpoint, well done Stuart.
 
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