We often drive over the Pitt River Bridge on our way to good hiking trails, parks, and walks. We usually just pass over the bridge, but we've always intended to go back there specifically to photograph this scene. So when we had the good fortune to evaluate a new camera, we headed off here to see how it would perform on a typical landscape. We were quite pleased with the results -- and wished we could keep the camera!
You can zoom in on this image to see the detail in the full image, however this is highly compressed and the original has better contrast and sharpness.
This image is a composite of four images made with a Hasselblad H3DII-50 using an 80mm lens at F/9 and 1/250s. The four exposures were made in quick succession using no tripod. The camera was set for manual operation of exposure and focus. The images were made on May 18, 2009 just before 11AM. The final image is about 18,000 by 6,000 pixels.