Bamboo Bridge, a photo from Bohol, Central Visayas

Photographer's Note

This is a functional bamboo bridge used daily by the locals. Bamboo is one of the common plants in the Philippines. It has numerous uses especially in the provinces where it is widely used to build nipa huts, which is a poor man's dwelling. Weaving the bamboo just like the flooring in this bridge makes it stronger. We don't have much financial resources for community infrastructure in the provinces, so locals has to be resourceful in making use of whatever material is available.

This photo was taken in Bohol, which is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is Tagbilaran City. It is the 10th largest island in the country, securely nestled in the heart of the Visayas. To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the northeast is the island of Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is Mindanao.

Bohol is a popular tourist destination with its beaches and resorts. The Chocolate Hills, numerous mounds of limestone formation, is the most popular attraction. The island of Panglao, located just southwest of Tagbilaran City, is home to some of the finest beaches in the country. The Philippine Tarsier, considered by some to be the smallest primate, is indigenous to the island.

Note: Some caption of above notes was quoted from Wikipedia.

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siolaw (38294) 2007-07-23 22:10

Hi Renier,
An interesting compo with the tilt giving the impression of the bridge shaking and giving height scare(to me!) I like the weaving of the bamboos adding graphism and a nicew pattern.. The bridge flimsy, but bamboos are very strong and it must be quite safe crossing...
Have a nice day
Laurent

Atousa (7131) 2007-07-23 22:20

Salam,
I like the diagonal composition here that makes me think crossing the bridge must be adventurous.
Regards,
Atousa

besnard (59196) 2007-07-23 22:22

Bonjour Renier
Belle composition originale de ce pont. Tu nous obliges à pencher la tête pour le voir droit ! Mais c'est une bonne idée et l'image est nette. La présence des promeneurs donne de l'animation à l'image.
Bravo et bonne journée.
Nicole

robertosalguero (292) 2007-07-23 22:53

I like the angle as it make me tilt my head right to see this image better! Nice work Renier. The colours and the scene are very attractive. The people walking the bridge add dynamics to the scene and create magnitude. Well done :-)

Roberto

jasmis (58653) 2007-07-23 23:54

Incredible construction. Fine tilted photo.
Really impressive view.
Regards!

delic (6735) 2007-07-24 0:09

Hello Renier,
Dizzying effect you gave with that tilt. The two women walking on the bridge make the idea work well. I hope there is sustainable bamboo growth in the area for its enormous enviromental benefits. Regards,
Hakan

dip (21408) 2007-07-24 1:03

Hi Renier,
nice pov and perspective,the diagonal placing of the bridge,is unusual but OK.
Useful note too.
Greetings.
Dimitris.

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2007-07-24 1:07

Hi Renier.

Excellent POV!!! It gives a lovely dynamism!

Rgs, Oscar

snunney (130967) 2007-07-24 1:14

Hello Renier,
A very innovative composition showing the bridge on the tilt going from oe corner of the frame to the other; adds a touch of vertigo ;-) Excellent perspective with great depth and superb tones and clarity. Very good work.

lolo73 (969) 2007-07-24 1:17

Hi Renier,
A very nice framing and a good idea to give this effect of perpective. The two people seem to fall from the bridge.
Laurent

Charo (51290) 2007-07-24 1:21

Hola Renier,
Impresionante puente, la forma de tomarlo en diagonal, hace que de un poco de vértigo.
Excelente realización.
Cordialmente
Charo

Paolo (41258) 2007-07-24 1:28

Hi Renier, brilliant tilted composition, with high quality and beautiful colours!
thanks, ciao

Bruno40 (6662) 2007-07-24 1:30

Renier,
I think I was there. Is this in front of an old church?, where the boats that make the cruise by the river start?
Very interesting framing and pov.
cheers
Jorge

luiscar (3286) 2007-07-24 3:17

Hola Renier
composicion muy bien trabajada con ese formato en diagonal, que te ha servido para conseguir una gran profundidad y enseñarnos todo el puente.
buen trabajo
un saludo.

crhieatt (5347) 2007-07-24 3:44

Renier,
I'm totally at a loss to explain why this shot works so well - yet it does! It's got great detail, for sure, but somehow the 45 degree twist has given it a dynamism and movement which just seems completely suitable for the subject.
Nice.
Regards
Colin

Nicou (193806) 2007-07-24 4:00

Hello,

Super la prise de vue comme tu l'as fait, elle donne le tourni et pour ceux qui ont le vertige, je suis sur qu'en la regardant il auront mal au ventre, très belle image.

Bravo et belle journée

Nicou

wolf38 (30) 2007-07-24 4:13

Hello Renier. Becomes dizzy to me, if I regard the photo. My head says to me that the people would have to actually fall in the water. But by the diagonal one gets more naturally on the picture. And in addition the scene becomes more exciting. However: very beautifully and worth seeing. Very informative text. Best regards, Wolfgang.

photographer123 (6248) 2007-07-24 9:34

hi..
everything ok..but tilting the frame is not work well here..its look like those two on the bridge will fall immediately...best wishes...subir

jplebrun (21208) 2007-07-24 9:51

Bonjour Renier, bon retour avec une surprenante photo, le fait de la laisser de biais donne une drôle de sensation, belle composition, ;)
Amicalement
Jean-Pierre

IgorDeleze (585) 2007-07-24 10:56

Hello Renier,
Original way to catch the most big part of the bridge.
Great dof.
Excellent.
Greetings.
Igor

Stepan (27210) 2007-07-24 11:05

Excellent and crazy tilt, that enhances the mood one feels in front of such a bridge. Impressive and well composed.
Stéphane

jaywalker (16105) 2007-07-24 11:26

Hi Renier, What a crazy shot & super composition, putting it on the angle was excellent thinking, with the bridge going from corner to corner, superb detail, very good light, & TFS this great photo, kind regards Wilson.

vincz (19113) 2007-07-24 11:30

Excellent tilt, i feel dizzy.... Great bamboo patterns and superb light. Very well seen and executed.

jackart (6702) 2007-07-24 13:42

Hi Renier!

Wow I feel dizzy! Very good point and interesting angle of view. Very dynamic shot! Nice perspective and colors

Regards
Jacek

Budapestman (82620) 2007-07-25 3:46

Hi Renier,
Splendid image, I like the spectacular and exciting composition, the atmosphere is very effective. Stunningly good shot! : )
Have a nice day
George

Giorgio (11279) 2007-07-25 5:38

- Very nice and impressive composition, original by the diagonal because your PoV, excellent graphic effect also, well done!
giorgio

atus (15878) 2007-07-25 5:43

Hello Renier,
this vertigo perspective works very well here and emphasizes the sensation of being there me, too. The sense of depth is also great. Well done!
Tfs and best wishes.
Attila

kevinos (7517) 2007-07-25 6:02

This is a lovely image, Renier, filling the frame in an imaginative way and presenting this interesting structure in a dynamic way. I would never dare use a tilt like this, but you get away with it. The subject is just right for it, giving ua a giddy feeling of hight and risk. regards kevin

jurek1951 (42198) 2007-07-25 6:55

Hi Renier,
Nice capture! Good POV and composition.Good light,good perspective and nice quality,
Georg

PARDAL (624) 2007-07-25 9:16

Hi Renier!!
Great POV of this original bridge! We love it!!
Interesting information. We can see all details and the bamboos!
Is it dangerous crossing this bridge ? , It seems pretty safety...
Best regards
Natàlia i Joan

maduixeta (1795) 2007-07-25 14:20

Hi Renier,
original and very efective comosition to show us this bamboo bridge. Great perspective, nice colors and good depth.
Good work,
Greetings,
Sònia.

bakes888 (18499) 2007-07-26 1:37

Hi Renier. Great photo. I’m not sold on the tilted composition but there’s no arguing about the impact it has given this shot, very effective. Good colour, texture and pattern. Well seen and well captured. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

hay_kes (31439) 2007-07-26 2:49

Hi Reier,
What a great POV and good perspective.Superb tilted Photo.TFS.
Cheers!

hAyAti

Cretense (68709) 2007-07-26 4:56

Hi Renier!

My sincere congratulations, for this excellent POV and diagonal perspective! Perfect composition, perfect colours, and great feeling of lack of balance. A trully original photo!

Hercules

danos (110407) 2007-07-26 5:56

Hello Renier,
a stunning bamboo bridge that you captured it with this way give even more perspective in your image.I think that the passing by of this bridge must be a great experience for the strangers but a daily usage for the locals.Excellent the light and the colours.Very informative note.Well done.

Regards,Danos

muscovado (1572) 2007-07-26 7:00

You have a creative way of capturing this bamboo bridge, have captured the same subject but it wasn't good as this. But i got a funny experience on this very bridge which precisely you don't have... nadakdak kos lapok! hahaha. Salamat Bai Ren sa pagpahinumdum sa akong blooper :).

Cricri (176) 2007-07-26 9:45

Hi Renier,
Là c'est sur, avec cette prise ceux qui ont le vertige vont s'acrocher, ouf moi ça va, une réalisation original et bien réaliser superbe
have a nice evening
cricri

jmcl (14535) 2007-07-26 14:53

Hi Renier,

Striking use of composition .. even (or perhaps especially) from the thumbnail ... you have really wonderfully communicated a sense of vertigo in this wonderful place ..
(or maybe it is just me mapping my fear of heights onto the image) .. in any case wonderfully effective.

take care,

John

Angshu (56760) 2007-07-26 21:10

Hello Renier
Clever use of tilt here which gave you that extra space to fit in the bridge. This is good work Renier...the colours are good & the structures of the bamboos has come out very well.
Regards
Angshu

John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2007-07-27 3:25

Nice diagonal composition with good light and colours. Unsual POV - well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

Scharan (14144) 2007-07-27 7:52

Olá Renier

Foto fantástica!!!
Composição mais que ciativa, ótimo resultado, meus PARABÉNS!

Grande abraço,
Vera.

igoneves (71) 2007-07-27 14:21

Hi Renier,
Nice POV of this bamboo bridge! And amazing architecture.
Regards
igo

zeca (19762) 2007-07-27 21:57

Nice work on framing, Renier! This is an amazing bridge and its nice to see it from this POV.
Regards,
Zeca
;-D later

anavazao (5592) 2007-07-28 4:16

Hi friend,
A wonderful perspective and a perfect capture from a excellent pov. Perfect lighting! Beautiful colours! Take care Ana:)

UnTrained (0) 2007-07-28 5:57

Hi Renier,
the tilt is well added, the view is great. I feel a bit shaken.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

Gerrit (62042) 2007-07-29 4:51

Hi Renier,
Interesting angle. Great definition.
Regards, gerrit

lelson (0) 2007-07-29 15:43

Very original POV and nice composition. The detail of those 2 persons gives more value to the shot. Thx for share Renier.

happypoppeye (4819) 2007-07-29 15:59

Great shot Renier. Definitely one for my Great Angles theme. Colors, composition and expecially the POV is great. Sharp and detailed also. I also like the fact that you have people walking across the bridge and your angle making it look like a very difficult walk.

Great work.
John

alford (4063) 2007-07-29 22:15

Hello Renier! Is this the Loboc river? Nice twisted angle here - makes us tilt our head while viewing your photo. Sharpness and exposure well controlled. rgds.

PixelTerror (0) 2007-07-30 2:21

Hi Renier,
The tilt is not a bad idea to illustrate the risky side of this bridge but I think it does not fit too well to this horizontal framing, I believe going vertical would have resulted in a possibly better and in any case deeper picture.
Have a nice day,
JEan-Yves

gildasjan (43826) 2007-07-30 7:22

Bonjour Renier
Cette prise de vue en diagonale donne une belle dimension au lieu.Le sens de lecture est respecté,l'oeil est bien guidé.
Bonne journée.
Amicalement
Gildas

axiotea (21651) 2007-07-30 21:03

Hi Renier
The tilt is working very well here, giving the impression the bridge is swinging . The perspective is great, the textured bamboos create a nice pattern and people give a sense of scale to the bridge.
Cheers
Marilyn

devimeuxbe (58557) 2007-07-31 4:04

Hi Renier
This is an interesting POV for a long bridge
The angle you give here is interesting.
Bertrand

drago (4832) 2007-07-31 5:50

Renier hi,succesful shot,i already feel dizzy looking at it!Great POV and idea!
Regards
Panagiotis

noborders (1010) 2007-07-31 6:49

It seems to me that the oblique view is good for this photo, to emphasize the length of it... I'd love to walk on it very fast, or even run on it, love the feeling ! This reminds me of happy memories,
Bravo,
Cath.

bruce_wayne (1507) 2007-07-31 16:38

Hi Renier
you had have a good idea...! Nice point of view for this bridge! Well done

Alessandro

brevbrev14 (140) 2007-08-01 2:05

Hi Renier, great perspective and POV!
the tilt work perfectly here!!!
interesting bridge!
bravo!
ciao!
Valeria

josepmarin (59385) 2007-08-02 8:27

Hi Renier,
A tilt perfect setting with the diagonal that you have given to this bridge of bamboo for which I would not cross the river, and that divides the picture of a corner to other one, which gives a fort graphism and a good visual impact to the composition.
Good idea.
Best regards,
Josep

sadeik (3282) 2007-08-02 13:23

What is great about this photo is the tilt, it has made a potentially rather ordinary photograph far more aesthetically pleasing, nice pov.

Simon

claire526 (1267) 2007-08-02 16:41

Hi Renier,
Love the bridge and your composition. Good light, sharpness, details and idea. The water looks calm and clean, very nice.
Cheers,
Claire

adores (46979) 2007-08-02 18:21

Hi Renier!
They are very brave to cross it! Great pov here, it leads our look all along the bridge. Good work!

salvator (19110) 2007-08-03 0:46

Hi Renier,
Very nice composition and very nice pov to show the fragile bridge. The sense of depth, the colors and details are very nice.
Best regards. Salvator.

evanrizo (462) 2007-08-03 3:23

Hi Renier, with the way you captured it, you give us an arresting presentation of this majestic bridge.
Everything works great here, the depth, the lightness, the colors and the sharpness.
Cheers
Evan
tomorrow...

jemaflor (147330) 2007-08-03 3:41

Hi Renier,
Well seen with a very good tilt to give dynamic at this brigde which is alwways in movement ... great depth with a well placed foreground, good diagonal.

Photo65Net (43144) 2007-08-04 3:32

Renier,
I like how you placed the bridge in the diagonal.
It provides nice dynamics, adding to the beautiful depth of the image.
Nice one,
Regards,
JB.

edytungkal (4551) 2007-08-09 18:54

The diagonal bamboo bridge angle, what a very good idea, i like it Renier, thanks for share it :-)

daniel

atilgone (0) 2007-08-10 0:35

Hello Renier,
Good composition. Diagonal way is a good choise. TFS
kind regards
atilgan

pboehringer (770) 2007-08-10 20:03

Renier, wonderful compostion with the texture of the bamboo mesh of the bridge leading far into the image. The tilt is surpising and yet gives the right twist to make it a very attractive shot. I wonder how many people looked at this one and turned their necks around :-)
Regards, Peter

banyanman (7797) 2007-08-12 8:21

Hi Renier, I'm not normally a great fan of angled shots like this, but this one works quite well because the angling seems to give it a dynamism that you probably wouldn't have got with more conventional framing. I like the way that the bridge takes the eye from corner to corner (well, almost) and your deep DOF let's us see all the detail of the bridge. It is certainly a very resourceful use of bamboo. Cheers . . . David

flory (4848) 2007-08-14 22:18

hi Renier,
dynamic tilt in this case,the bridge seems so strong:D and fine idea included these people..
i remember when i passed here a bridge by birch tree:really adventure,but after i like to walk on him,was like in a cradle;)
thanks and nice day!
Flory

pablominto (53746) 2007-08-15 5:58

Hello Renier,
For some reason I never came to Bohol...
But I have an idea this brigde is quite well known as I have seen pictures before, fortunately it seems like well maintained!
Well framed with good dynamics!
Greetings,
Pablo -

vinicio (23423) 2007-08-20 7:10

An interesting image that also have good photographic skill, I like the oblique composition and also to watch to the nice details of this bridge, fascinating structure indeed, well done, Renier, compliments.
Ciao
Vinicio

Didi (61589) 2007-08-21 3:50

Hello Renier
Very interesting inclined perspective, who give some vertigo like in adventures film scene.
Well done.
Cheers.

danyy (0) 2007-08-23 2:32

Bonjour Renier,
j'aime beaucoup la manière avec laquelle tu as fait basculer cette photo, elle donne un cerain vertige et rend ce pont plus redoutable à traverser.
Mais ce basculement permet aussi de prendre davantage de longueur.
Très bien vu.
Regards.
Daniel.

mikeo (12129) 2007-09-01 10:18

Hello Friend! Your photo makes me, that want to go and walk throw this kind of bridge:) It will be adventure of my life:) POV is absolutely fantastic! I like colours too... And sharpness of shot... Final result on 10 points:)

regards,

michal

jrj (34843) 2007-09-06 4:13

Creative shooting here Renier. The tilted version of this simple bridge is very well made and presents a most interesting result. Good idea..

agbonavita (0) 2007-09-13 3:00

Hi Renier, what a great bridge. I like the POV gaving some ideia of how anxious could be cross this bridge.
Good depth.
Andre

archimatica (20648) 2007-09-13 7:33

Hi, Renier.
This the optimal composition for this pictures.
Bravo!
Renzo

marietom (34611) 2007-09-24 2:12

Hi Renier,

Superbe, cette idée de diagonale !
Je ne suis pas sûre d'oser le prendre, ce pont !
Marie

gunbud (34066) 2007-09-27 19:06

Hi Renier,
Your unique POV give us a full view of this traditional bridge. The details to the intricate workmenship are fantastic with c;ear strong colors and excellent sharpness. The people walking on the bridge is a nice inclusion that adds definition and depth to this fine photo.
Regards, Tom

Bluejeans (64251) 2007-09-29 3:44

Ola Renier fantastico angulo de foto , muito interessante esta ponte de bambu , gostei da presença humana na foto , parabens!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

Zelanda (5692) 2007-10-01 15:34

Hola Renier,
Estupenda esta toma en diagonal de la pasarela que hace que sienta sensación de mareo.
Buen trabajo.
Saludos cordiales
Ros

vedra (0) 2007-10-03 23:51

Hi Renier,
Quite a different point of view has made this bridge appear really special.
And this way we really get to know how does it feel to walk over :)
Vedrana

testmaniac (13508) 2007-10-28 22:28

Hi Renier, good shot with very interesting POV. Good job and cool bridge!

TFS and regards,
Philip

FirstVette (0) 2012-03-25 11:19

Greetings!
Your composition contains a wealth of textural dynamisms and demands viewing, and viewing again. Every journey starts with the first step and your POV makes that as daring as boarding a rollercoaster. Love the tatters at walk's edge that eventually get caught-up in the uniform strength of the cable at other end and the small audience cheering these cautionary travelers on the other side. Slight sheen of the bamboo at start fades and is complimented by the rich green sheen of the water's glass-solid reflections. Too much to comment on, beautiful eye and presentation.