The Hells Gate Bridge in New York City
Aug 14, 2021 17:16:06 #
Traveller_Jeff wrote:
This bridge is located 4-5 miles from my 27th story apartment window. I took this photo from my window using my Nikon D500 with my Tamron 160-600mm G2 at f/10 and at 600mm. The ISO was set for 1000 and the shutter speed was 1/4000th of a second. This is the full frame image. I was impressed with the detail that the lens provided. I own, but still have not used, the Tamron tap-in console. I'm not sure I need it, at least not at the 600mm setting.
A marvelous composition ⭐👁️👁️⭐
Aug 14, 2021 18:52:24 #
Interesting cityscape. Never seen it before.
Traveller_Jeff wrote:
This bridge is located 4-5 miles from my 27th story apartment window. I took this photo from my window using my Nikon D500 with my Tamron 160-600mm G2 at f/10 and at 600mm. The ISO was set for 1000 and the shutter speed was 1/4000th of a second. This is the full frame image. I was impressed with the detail that the lens provided. I own, but still have not used, the Tamron tap-in console. I'm not sure I need it, at least not at the 600mm setting.
Aug 14, 2021 21:10:15 #
Aug 15, 2021 20:15:57 #
Way back in the summer of ‘02, we helped my son and wife move from Bentonville, AR, to Astoria, Queens, NY. We were in our Toyota RV and crossed this bridge on Friday afternoon during high traffic conditions. It was a real eye-opener for us. That bridge was the most massive collection of steel I’d ever seen. My recollection of it was that it looked like something from the “let’s overbuild it to be sure” school of engineering. Absolutely stupendous and mind boggling. I’ve thought all along that it was the Triborough Bridge but I see that both Hells Gate and RFK bridges show up when you google “Triborough Bridge”. I guess the Triborough designation maybe covers both?
The compressed nature of your photo strikes me in the same way that afternoon in traffic struck me - as in, “gad this place uses every square inch of land for some kind of structure”. Thanks for the memory jog. It brought back both pleasurable (and horrifying) memories of that trip from NJ across to Astoria. Pleasurable because it was the first time this country bumpkin had been to NY. Horrifying because of my fear of breaking down somewhere and not being able to get off and out of the way.
Ron
The compressed nature of your photo strikes me in the same way that afternoon in traffic struck me - as in, “gad this place uses every square inch of land for some kind of structure”. Thanks for the memory jog. It brought back both pleasurable (and horrifying) memories of that trip from NJ across to Astoria. Pleasurable because it was the first time this country bumpkin had been to NY. Horrifying because of my fear of breaking down somewhere and not being able to get off and out of the way.
Ron
Aug 15, 2021 22:38:41 #
The Hells Gate Bridge is a railroad bridge and the Triborough is for auto traffic. Triborough refers to the bridge connecting the three New York City boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Queens of which Astoria is a neighborhood…the neighborhood where both the Triborough and Hells Gate bridges are located. The name of the Triborough was changed to RFK years ago but most locals still refer to it by the old name.
I’ve lived in the NY/NJ most of my life and dealing with the bridges, traffic, and density…of people and structures… is something you live with. That being said, I can appreciate what it might be like experiencing it for the first time.😳
I’ve lived in the NY/NJ most of my life and dealing with the bridges, traffic, and density…of people and structures… is something you live with. That being said, I can appreciate what it might be like experiencing it for the first time.😳
Aug 16, 2021 08:51:13 #
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Hi, Ron,
Glad for the memories the photo jogged. You weren't actually on THIS bridge. You were on the Triboro Bridge (now renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge). The Hells Gate Bridge parallels the RFK for awhile so your misreading of this highly compressed photo is totally understandable. The Hells Gate is only for trains (Amtrak) which head mostly northward to Boston.
I love this photo for the piling up of housing and steel that it portrays. It does kind of summarize the busy life of New York City.
TJ
Hi, Ron,
Glad for the memories the photo jogged. You weren't actually on THIS bridge. You were on the Triboro Bridge (now renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge). The Hells Gate Bridge parallels the RFK for awhile so your misreading of this highly compressed photo is totally understandable. The Hells Gate is only for trains (Amtrak) which head mostly northward to Boston.
I love this photo for the piling up of housing and steel that it portrays. It does kind of summarize the busy life of New York City.
TJ
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