Description

The view between 6th Street Bridge (Roberto Clemente Bridge - shown at right) & 7th Street Bridge (Andy Warhol Bridge) across the Allegheny River to downtown Pittsburgh, PA.

**PLEASE VIEW THE ORIGINAL (link below) before commenting - the panorama in this format is too small to fully appreciate.**

These three bridges - known locally as the "Three Sisters" are supposedly the only three nearly identical cable stay spans in the world in such close proximity (9th street bridge barely visible in far left of the image). On this icy cold Thanksgiving morning, I walked around with camera in hand and caught more of the lights and beautiful skyline. Not a soul in sight; just the gentle hush of the river rolling by and the quiet hum of a city sleeping...

I realize that the tower on the Clemente Bridge (far right) looks overexposed, but it's not - because 7th street bridge was renamed for Roberto Clemente, it was decorated with additional decorative lighting, including the bright spots which washout the tower.

5:13AM November 22, 2006
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel
composite of four horizontal shots

manual settings - bulb mode, ISO 100, f11.0, 18mm, 18-24sec, compiled in PSCS2, including light adjustment - levels, hue/saturation, cropping...