Parque das Nacoes and Vasco da Gama Bridge Lisbon Black and White Canvas Print

The bronze replica figure of Catherine of Braganza looks out over the mighty Tagus River and watches over the Parque do Tejo waterfront area of Lisbon, Portugal. The backdrop is the Vasco da Gama bridge. Named after the famous Portuguese explorer, this cable-stayed bridge, at a massive 17km end to end, is the longest bridge entirely within Europe. It is so long that the curvature of the earth had to be taken into account during design and contruction of the bridge. I hand blended textures with my original photograph in black and white.

I'm a travel photographer and photo artist. I like to explore every nook and cranny of anywhere I visit and I'm always looking out for something unusual or unique, weird and wonderful, interesting and intriguing. For me, half the challenge is in the initial taking of the photo, the looking for something that catches my attention, getting that perfect composition, but the other half is in the processing, the tweaking and twisting and the addition of a little imagination to see how much detail I can bring to the surface and hopefully let the viewer see the same as I did when I took the shot. My images have been shot here, there and everywhere, mainly in the historic cities of Europe and with the occasional one taken in my own surroundings...