Under the bridge

A thousand teak logs jammed in ancient mud, 
Recycled from a palace — what a stud. 
The joints don’t need a nail, just faith and fit, 
While concrete neighbors say, “You’re full of… grit.
Eight centuries of footsteps, floods, and fuss
 The bridge still stands. Can’t say the same for us.

More about U Bein Bridge at stickymangorice.com/2023/11/01/u-bein-bridge

volker_hmbg, E. Adam G., Christel Ehretsmann, Nouchetdu38 and 16 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Nora Caracci ^club

tra realtà e astratto !

2 months ago.

Boarischa Krautmo ^club

good pic!

2 months ago.

Don Sutherland ^club

Remarkable pair of photos.

2 months ago.

Saj Henderson ^club

The reflections are mesmerizing.

2 months ago.

m̌ ḫ ^club has replied to Saj Henderson ^club

Thank you.

2 months ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Awesome pair! HFF!

2 months ago.

m̌ ḫ ^club has replied to William Sutherland ^club

HFF to u

2 months ago.

*Уαɾα ^club

Wonderful geometric abstract with stunning reflections!

2 months ago.

m̌ ḫ ^club has replied to *Уαɾα ^club

You only realise it, when sitting in a boat

2 months ago.

Diana Australis ^club

Reminds me of a long, totally bamboo bridge in Assam on Majuli Island in the Brahmaputra River.
Cars crossed it, slowly and carefully and it bowed down to almost touch the water…wing and a prayer stuff!

2 months ago.

m̌ ḫ ^club has replied to Diana Australis ^club

I didn’t go to Majuli, but I’ve heard of it. It’s known as a special place where people don’t follow caste, believe in one god, and show their devotion to Krishna without using idols. You must have had a great experience there

2 months ago.

Gudrun ^club

Built to last instead of for profit. Fabulous in bw!

2 months ago.

m̌ ḫ ^club has replied to Gudrun ^club

True. People use it every day to commute. I left the coordinates so you can understand from the map how important it is.

2 months ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to m̌ ḫ ^club

Yes, I saw that- I always appreciate when someone gives the coordinates! I wish more people would do that.

2 months ago.

m̌ ḫ ^club has replied to Gudrun ^club

I like doing it, even though everything has to be done by hand, including noting the equipment I used – at least what I can still remember, lol. I also enjoy telling the story behind the photo, so people don’t just see an ordinary or strange shot, but can share as much as possible in my experience.

2 months ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to m̌ ḫ ^club

I use GeoSetter to write coordinates into the EXIFs beforehand, but I'm not sure it will work with Win11 (still on 10 at the moment)

2 months ago.

m̌ ḫ ^club has replied to Gudrun ^club

wouldn't help much in 2012, in Myanmar, and definitely not with Nikon FM2 which is 35mm film 1982 camera

2 months ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to m̌ ḫ ^club

I usually do it at my home laptop before uploading to ipernity, it works as long as it is a jpg file (or dng or similar formats). GeoSetter uses OpenStreetMap, you place the marker on the correct spot and then save the photo. geosetter.de/en/main-en

2 months ago. Edited 2 months ago.

m̌ ḫ ^club has replied to Gudrun ^club

Oh, now I know what you mean. Though GeoSetter is not made for Mac, I tried GeoTag tool, which appears to be very handy for posting. It edits also the time and date, and also it writes to TIFF - so I do not need to re-edit JPGs which would be not the best. So thank you for a good hint, my friend.

2 months ago.

Mikus ^club

Herrlich verdoppelt.

2 months ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Admired in: www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance

2 months ago.

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