When visiting NYC in February 2012, my sister-in-law Michelle had asked me to take some photos of the Brooklyn Bridge. I was more than happy to oblige as it gave me an extra excuse to take more photos whilst on my gorgeous wife’s 40th Birthday trip ; )

Now having previously not been to NYC & therefore the Brooklyn Bridge I thought this would be a snap! Once I actually got there I quickly realised this would not be as simple as I originally thought. Some immediate challenges were;

1. even though it was winter, there were so many people either walking or riding across the bridge it wasn’t funny. Despite the obvious challenge of not having someone walking directly in front of my camera, the other difficulty were the vibrations caused due to the walkway being wooden : |

2. there were some serious ongoing repairs (like Sydney Harbour Bridge’s almost constant repainting) to the sides of the bridge which meant the classic side-profile photos were almost pointless : (

The above photo is one I like the best & here is how I captured it….

Being in America meant I needed to be bolder & so I decided to place my tripod slap bang in the middle of the walkway. Now this act was considered rather rude & much to the displeasure of the cyclists & pedestrians alike. Little did they know that I was on a special mission all the way from Sydney. I then proceed to snap away with nearly empty bridge in front of me…..while my gorgeous wife Julie held back the oncoming hoards.

This photo was then processed in Adobe CS5 Photoshop with Topaz Laps pug-in. I hope you all like the end result.