Photography by E.W. Faircloth
The bridge crosses over an environmental hazard on the 5th hole located at Heritage Shores Golf Club in Bridgeville DE. I think it’s the 5th hole. The 9-hole women’s group name the hazard, The Beast” because of the difficulty in getting a shot over it.
Yours truly gets to play on a golf cart path bridge which saw about 2 inches of water on its deck, during some flooding a short time ago. I needed something/someone to show the size of the bridge and realized my wife would resist walking in the water to be my model(size reference object). So instead of self-inflicted grief by explaining, suggesting, asking, requesting, and finally just begging my wife(why I needed it done), I decided to do it myself. I gave her my camera and rolled up my pant legs.
The short story above is similar to a song by Kenny Rogers called The Gambler. According to wikipedia.com, the song is often characterized as a metaphor for life in that you need to know when to stand your ground (when to hold ‘em) and when to retreat (when to fold ‘em).
Photography by E.W. Faircloth
The woman in front looks very distraught. It may be because of the flood waters left on the Heritage Shores Golf Course in Bridgeville DE. She and her neighbor have properties which border the course. Behind them is a small bridge used by golf carts to cross an overfilled pond. The pond is so close to their homes that they wonder if they’ll need flood insurance in the future.
It’s a dramatic picture for their dramatic story.
But it’s not totally true. Yes, there was a flood behind homes. Yes, flood insurance is on the minds of both women. Yes, there was a storm. Yes, the women were upset with the water so close to their homes. But, the woman in front is not reacting this instance to the flooding.
Here’s what happened:
The morning after the storm, I see water covering the deck of small bridge and figure it’ll make a decent picture for blog. I talk my wife, Margo, into coming outside to take a picture of me walking over the bridge to really highlight the flooding. The step ladder near bridge was to give Margo a little height to make the picture I had envisioned. Margo took a couple pictures of me and our neighbor, Janet, must have seen us. She comes over and we discuss the flooding situation. I then decide to get a picture of the two. Janet see me about to take her picture and tries to hide her face. She had come outside being a concerned neighbor but had not made up her face. That’s why her face is covered and she is not crying.
A picture is worth a thousand words. OK(as I wink right eye)
Photography by E.W. Faircloth
On our last vacation to Hilton Head SC we went through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel system. There are actually two tunnels in this engineering marvel. Since it was early in the morning and traffic very light I decided to get a picture. Because of the slow camera shutter speed, I got this traveling through a tunnel effect.
Don’t try this, but leave it to a professional:)
Before completion of The Millau Bridge which is the highest in the world. It is part of the A75 to link Paris, France with Barcelona, Spain.
Photographs from a PowerPoint Slide Show courtesy of a neighbor
One of my neighbors sent me a PowerPoint slideshow of the Millau Bridge. I use Linux so I wasn’t too worried about viruses, trojans, spy ware and other various forms of malware from this PP document. It was an amazing set of slides showing the bridge. Above are just two of the images. I can’t send out possibly infected PowerPoint files, therefore, I will not post the slideshow here.
While I’m on my soapbox: why can’t we build more bridges instead of bomb?