The Bay Bridge Walk (Series)

The ClayTaurus

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I walked across the Chesepeake Bay Bridge today. 4.6 miles of slightly inclined concrete. Awesome views of the Volvo Ocean Race restart.

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This is the beginning of the bridge. The race has just started to the left of the bridge, around the barge.


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Pilings, and a boat sneaking under where he wasn't supposed to. I thought nothing of it at the time, but later on, after seeing the Coast Guard swoop down on boats not going under the section they wanted, I don't know how they missed this guy.


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This was the section all traffic was supposed to pass under the bridge. Most of these boats are heading north back to Baltimore after watching the Volvo Ocean Race restart.


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An ambiguous sign, and two guys who carried a loaf of bread over the bridge. :dunno:


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My favorite (of what I've processed so far). Feel free to critique/rip it apart :D



More to come as I process them.
 
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Under-bridge detail


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The bay was CROWDED


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Away he goes!


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A beautiful sailboat


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Catamaran


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One of the many patrol boats along the bridge. This guy was on speeder duty, yelling at anyone who was on a plane coming under the bridge.

The boat is the Coast Guard's RB-S (Response Boat Small) and is one of the projects my company has worked on in the past.


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All approaching the bridge heading north back to Baltimore.


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As a sailor, this boat disgusts me. As a photographer, I kind of like it.


Still more to come...
 
The ClayTaurus said:
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As a sailor, this boat disgusts me. As a photographer, I kind of like it.

It should. This one has the best composition. :thup:
 
Abbey Normal said:
Nice pictures, Clay!

How did you get that pic of yourself in the brown shirt? ;)
Digital Camera. Remote Control Helicopter. Duct Tape. :D
 
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The ClayTaurus said:
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As a sailor, this boat disgusts me. As a photographer, I kind of like it.


Still more to come...

A fisheye lens would have been really cool for this shot. DSLRs make that easy. ;)
 
misterblu said:
A fisheye lens would have been really cool for this shot. DSLRs make that easy. ;)
And expensive. Stop it, punk! My wallet is preemptively bleeding.
 
The ClayTaurus said:
Look at all the blood! All over the floor!


Maybe I'll go back to the PVC and duct-tape plan

Don't forget the red nail polish. Or... perhaps you can use some of the blood.

:thup:
 

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