bridges – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

On Top of the World

The city of Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington (elevation 6,289) just before sunset, Monday evening.

and a big nod to Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the sculpture garden- Walker Art Center The spoon weighs 5,800 pounds the cherry 1,200 pounds. I saw this sculpture when we visited Matthew when he was a student at Macalester College in St. Paul. It came to mind when I was thinking about photographing a cherry on top for the weekly photo challenge.

And the cell phone shots below to compare which I thought looked better than the good camera.

Cherry on a spike and one of my gray hairs and the Duquesne Incline

Without the spoon, the city in focus

July 25, 2016July 25, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Art, Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: art, bridges, Cherry on Top, city scene, DSLR Canon, iPhone photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, sculpture, skyline, Spoonbridge and Cherry, sunset, urban scene, Walker Art Center 27 Comments

Snowstorm Softens Skyline Edges in 2015 and in 2010

Self-assignment: Return to the same place and take another photograph.

Did you ever see two photographs where you are to spot the differences?

Photographed February 2015

Photographed December 2010 Where the Rivers Meet (note the Christmas Tree at the Point)

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 by Ruth Categories: architecture, Light in the City, PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, architecture, bridges, city scene, city skyline, Monongahela River, Ohio River, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, skyline, Snowstorm, Three Rivers, winter 14 Comments

Snow Day Tugboat and Barges Push Through the River Ice

View of the Monongahela River and skyline from Grandview Avenue. (Stef, do you think it is smiing?)

See the path where the tug pusning the barges has cut through the ice?

Duquesne Incline in the snow. A path left where the tug and barge cut through the rivers.

Three Rivers Stadium and the Ohio River

School got called off so I went to take some photographs on the way home.

1degree and -16 windchill. I didn’t stay long with my cameras.

My friends Deb and Sy live downstream along the Ohio River. They emailed me the cell phone photos they took at eye level as the tug cut through frozen Ohio River ice

Deb and Sy Photo

Deb and Sy Photo

February 16, 2015February 16, 2015 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: barges, bridges, Monongahela River, Ohio River, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, snow day, tugboat, winter, winter skyline 15 Comments

Full Moon, Blimp and a Night Game at PNC Park

It was the Sunday night I returned from Columbus OH.

Mother’s Day evening.

The blue night sky asks to be photographed.

I enjoy taking photos of the city at night.

There’s the blimp

From the red light at the Convention Center.Night Game at PNC Park

May 21, 2014 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, Photography, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: architecture, Baseball, blimp, bridges, full moon, night light in the city, night photography, PNC Park, postaday, UPMC 9 Comments

Night City from the North Shore

From the archives-

The sky color grabbed my eye. The painterly quality of the Allegheny River. Lights reflected are a favorite of mine.

You can’t have Pittsburgh city shots without plenty of bridges.

And lit at night? Always satisfying to find the skyline in different moods from different vantage points.

While seeking photographs of my grandson Michael (his sister Anna is going to create a story board) for his First Holy Communion Party on Saturday, I found these two Pittsburgh night photos.

If you’ve been a blog follower for a time you may have seen these two photos from October 2011

May 7, 2014May 7, 2014 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, bridges, city, city light, night photography, North Shore, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, reflection, travel 11 Comments

Do Not Rock Cars!

Atop the Ferris Wheel. The sign said Do Not Rock Cars.

No kidding, but Jack (6) my grandson would have loved to rock the car when we were stopped at the top!

Mr. George Washington Gale Ferris although born in Illinois founded a company to test metals for railroads and bridges- G.W. G. Ferris in Pittsburgh PA. Mr Ferris lived on the North Side and died in Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh of typhoid fever.

August 18, 2013 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, SignageTags: amusement park, bridges, childhood, ferris wheel, George Washington Gale Ferris, kids, metals, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, railroads, summer vacation 12 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways

Vertical horizontal vertical horizontal Sorry I could not get them into two columns to compare the two shots.

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One shot, two ways. I didn’t realize I do this challenge without thinking about doing it. The WordPress post said shoot a vertical and a horizontal. And although I did not go out and reshoot for this challenge, here is what I discovered on Tuesday night I shot vertical, horizontal naturally without too much thought. Shoot, turn the camera,shoot, turn the camera, Shoot and turn the camera – shoot. I was surprised how many times I did this exact thing without knowing about the challenge that came out today.