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Creative idea, creating an image story with a trio of images. Would make a good trio to display in a hotel/restaurant. And I really like B&W in this instance. There’s plenty of contrast, and would assume that the colors would be very dull and boring if it were in color.
The first shot is cool. I like how you didn’t include a pillar close to you; it kinda gives the impression that the bridge is suspended in midair above the photographer. The shadow of the bridge in the water gives a nice top to bottom relationship too, which draws my eye from the foreground to the background creating a sort of depth.
The bold arrow in the second image is loud enough to keep your attention even though it sort of seems to fade into the sky at the bottom half. The face is the the same luminocity value as the sky. If more of the shape, which is light, was positioned against the dark under-section of the bridge, I think I would like it better.
I think I like the third least of all, though it does make a perfect “third image” in the trio. It’s zoomed in just far enough to keep it from looking like the first image, and far enough out to still be different from the second one. I think what I’m not really liking about it is the feeling that says “chunk of bridge”. I think perhaps “surrounded by bridge” is what I would go for by cropping/recomposing the shot to not include the small triangles of sky above and below the top and bottom of the bridge. That’s my initial thought at least.
I’m going to have to start looking for trio shots, especially on rainy days and of subjects that may seem unattractive at first.