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Didn't expect to see it go up and down...cool! No boat, so it must have been a drill or something. What's the deal with that pulsing streetlight on the left side of the bridge?? Looks like planes taking off in the upper left, but I don't think PDX is in that direction.
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  • Lucasberg 3 months ago
    Nice. Good catch with the bridge.
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  • chromedecay 3 months ago
    Beautiful - lucky happenstance that you got the bridge going up & down!
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  • Blake Whitman 3 months ago
    Where were you?
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  • Hoop-CA, USA 3 months ago
    Yah, that is beautiful.
    Blake-I believe that is Portland, OR.
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  • Adam C. 3 months ago
    this is awesome! nice capture andrew!
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  • Andrew Curtis 3 months ago
    I was on top of the smart park on 1st and Jefferson.
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  • XNe0r 3 months ago
    The streetlight is broken, it shut's off every few seconds. Then it comes back on and needs a few seconds to reach full temperature (and therefore brightness) again.
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  • Kaushik 3 months ago
    Good! Which camera you have and what was the settings?
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  • Brian Boudreau 3 months ago
    very nice
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  • Andrew Butitta 3 months ago
    That streetlight is nearing the end of it's lifespan, and has begun cycling. This is normal for sodium vapor lamps and could continue like that for months.

    Oh, and great video! :)
  • Cameron Helwege 3 months ago
    Which one, there are two, both of which on the left side of the street. One at the foot of the bridge, and another between the bottom of the picture and the foot of the bridge.
  • Andrew Curtis 3 months ago
    Good catch. I've watched this a hundred times and I still find new details to see, like the guy in the bushes at the bottom right near the beginning. I wonder what he's doing?
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  • Gen. Jack D. Ripper 3 months ago
    Andrew Curtis that's a fine little video you shot there - I take it you used a video feature on a Nikon D80 (per the tags)?

    And yes, that would be the Portland airport way off to the left - it's right on the Columbia River (that would be to the north).

    The bridge goes up and down many nights around 10 PM when the (snotty, arrogant) bridge operator climbs down from his shack and goes home for the evening. I'm not sure why this is - I think it may something to do with the need to keep the lift cables lubricated if the Bridge hasn't already been cycled that day. Woe to the person who happens to be walking across the bridge at this time, when the operator's ready to go home.

    For some real fun, you may want to get a pellet rifle and take it with you the next time you cross the Bridge, and take a few pot-shots at the operator, just for the hell of it. I'd aim for his ass if you can see it (and it should be plenty big, as much as he sits on it) - no need to injure him - just give him some pain and scare the hell out him on my account. He deserves it.
  • Andrew Curtis 3 months ago
    There's no video mode unfortunately, this time lapse is composed of about 880 still images.

    Looking at google maps I think I was pointing east and just a little bit south, PDX is definately north which is why I was curious about the planes.

    I was actually thinking about befriending the operator so he'd let me up there for an even better angle...
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  • chriskalani 3 months ago
    Ahh this one is awesome!!
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  • Ray Martinez 3 months ago
    song title? :)
  • Andrew Curtis 3 months ago
    The song is called "Lost, Picking Flowers in the Woods"
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  • Mike A 3 months ago
    Andrew....who would have thunk ! Good work :)
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  • michael baca 3 months ago
    super nice man. keep doin what your doin
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  • Maria 2 months ago
    The bridge going up and down is my favorite part!
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  • andre 3000 2 months ago
    I miss Portland. Very pretty place.
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  • Dan 2 months ago
    This is very good. I enjoy watching this.
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  • Michael Slade 1 month ago
    Becoming his friend is a much better idea than shooting him in the butt. You are onto a good idea with getting the camera up there...or just mount it to the bridge and make a shot where the camera moves vertically when it's raised.

    Yeah, Portland is awesome. Go eat breakfast at John's Street Cafe up in St. John's sometime. Corn Beef hash is the best! Mmmm....
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  • Jesse Granados 14 days ago
    bridges make me feel hopeful and satisfy a longing for travel that i have... thank you for this! the cars passing by set the mood for your clip, everyone going to that one place. <3
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