{"id":28023,"date":"2019-10-31T06:16:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T10:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=28023"},"modified":"2019-10-31T06:16:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T10:16:27","slug":"making-the-most-of-a-magnificent-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/making-the-most-of-a-magnificent-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Most of a Magnificent Bridge."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week it was dull and cloudy in Dublin. I was on a quest to find a bag for my vacuum cleaner, and was wandering shops and shopping centres on Dublin\u2019s North Side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this quest, I called into the Hugh Lane art gallery on Parnell Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, I had no illusions of finding a bag for a Henry Hoover there. Instead, I wanted to gaze upon the paintings. You know, as you do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entering one of the galleries, a painting of a bridge immediately arrested my gaze. However, rather than merely wandering up to it, I first looked at the selection all around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This one painting stood tall among the rest. As it turns out it was a Monet of London\u2019s Waterloo Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According the description, Monet had rented accommodation near the bridge, and painted this one bridge more than 40 times. Now that impressed me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, in this painting, Monet opted to portray a dull, misty morning, when the combined effluence of smoke, steam, and pollution mixed with the mist to diffuse the light adding depth and mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days later, I was in Drogheda, County Louth, where I aimed to picture Irish Rail\u2019s immense Boyne Viaduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No mist and smog for me this day. But one bridge image tends to inspire another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here we have the down Enterprise<\/em> Dublin to Belfast. (But that’s not the train I aimed to picture in Drogheda).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next time in London, I\u2019ll endeavor to photograph Waterloo Bridge. Although I doubt I can do it justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, just in case your curious, I never found a bag for my Henry Hoover! These seem to be very elusive items in the Irish Republic, apparently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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