This is my last day of summer vacation, and on Monday, I start the Second grade.
Daddy talked me into driving around to take pictures of Covered Bridges.
They are kinda neat.
– Madison
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My Flickr.com Photostream – https://www.flickr.com/photos/seymourdigitalconsulting/
Not sure how, but I managed to rack up 252 visits today on my Flickr Account!
Must be something to do with all the contests that I have been entering…
Post 1 / Award 5, etc…
Rather time consuming…
Gotta find a quicker way to view and award!
– Andrew
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Speakman #1 Covered Bridge (1881)
Coatesville, Chester County [38-15-05]
Driving south of Coatesville on Route 82, was definitely one of those days where you had the windows down and the stereo cranked up.
Initially I wanted to find Speakman #2 (Mary Ann Pyle CB), but when I got to the end of Highland Dairy Road, I encountered a local resident and asked about the bridge. He informed me that the bridge had been damaged in the recent storms back in June. He had not been there, but he had heard that the bridge had washed away.
I turned around and continued south on Route 82, which only took me deeper into the horse country of Chester County.
It was easy finding DuPont road which led to frog Hollow Road and I parked at the intersection.
This Burr bridge was built in 1881 by Menander & Ferdinand Wood, and is located in a very quiet and secluded area where one could only hear water running of the stream.
Unpacking my tripod and camera gear, I set out to do some interior shots of the bridge from the road.
There was some graffiti scrolled onto the dark walls of the interior which added some color.
I look for position where I could go full-sized shot of the bridge, but the weeds were very thick, and I decided to cross the bridge to the other side.
once on the other side, I found an easy path walking upstream, and was quickly able to find a dried area where I could set up to do my full-length shot.
It was a nice relief walking through the cool stream water because it was such a hot and humid day.
After taking my full-length shots, I started looking around at the beautiful scenery, and just swiveled the tripod head 180°, looking back up the stream, capturing the following image.
I spent a few more minutes letting my eyes take in the beauty, as I splashed cold water onto my head and neck helping to cool me off.
reluctantly I started back downstream and got to the edge of the bridge, where I set up to do my final detailed interior capture.
Here is another example, where I did not notice the lens flare on the cameras LCD screen, but did notice it when I was editing the images and Adobe Lightroom.
I crossed back over the bridge, put my gear into the car, selected my next bridge from the GPS, and headed off to Mercer Covered Bridge in Christiana.
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Larkin’s Covered Bridge (1854)
Eagle, Chester County [38-15-11]
I stopped at the nearby Target to pickup some quick supplies, and then jumped in the car, and started up the GPS.
A day or two earlier, I had spent some time on Google Maps and my Reference sites, entering in GPS coordinates.
After everything was up and running, I looked up the nearest bridge, and Larkin’s was the first on the list.
As I headed North on Route 100 from the Route 113 intersection (Uwchlan Ave), without issue, but as I followed the GPS, I quickly found that the map on the GPS, was not up to date, and I first ended up doing a circle.
On the second try, I looked at the roads, and used the GPS as a guide, and finally made it to the bridge.
I pulled over as close to the bridge as possible, and grabbed my gear.
I free-handed this shot…
Larkin’s does not have car or truck access, and can only be crossed via foot or bicycle, which made it all the more easy to photograph.
So I broke out the tripod, and was easily able to capture this…
From here, I stepped back some, and got this long view…
I moved to the other side of the bridge, to where the cat o’ nine tails are growing, looked back and captured this…
Moving back to my car, I decided to go again go underneath the bridge…
in this image, notice the detail of the bird’s nest.
I finished up, and got to my car, packed up, and headed on.
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Bartram Covered Bridge (1860)
Newtown Square, Chester Count [38-15-17]
Built in 1860, Bartram Covered Bridge is located just off of Goshen Road about 2½ miles West of Route 252 in Newtown Square, Chester County PA.
It is not recommended to park on the side of Goshen Road itself, because many people drive to fast in this section of the road, but there is some road side parking available on Boot Road.
I had been driving past this bridge for years and never stopped to doing anything about it, until today.
The beautiful late “Indian Summer” weather, combined with the cold nights have cause a very vibrant and colorful Fall foliage surrounding the bridge.
The bridge crosses over Crum Creek, and there is a small area for kids to run around, or a blanket picnic, as well as a few benches and rocks to sit on.
When you approach the bridge from the park area, you will notice the free-standing main bridge information plaque. As you get closer to the bridge, the next sign that you will see attached to the bridge, is National Register of Historic Places plaque.
One can not walk into the middle of the bridge, because there are metal security bars covering both entrance ways from top to bottom, but as you look more closely through the bars, you can see some holiday string lights attached to the long side walls.
This picture was taken on the opposite side of Crum Creek from where you can park, and to reach it, you have to walk around the bridge, and into the woods, then down by the water.
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All images were taken with a Canon XTi on a Bogen (Model 3020) tripod with a Canon Remote Switch RS-60E3, using the native 16-bit Camera Raw (cr2) format. The ISO Speed was set to 100.
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