A Father, Photographer and Computer Geek living in Chester County (PA).
My Photo Journal of images taken in Chester and Lancaster Counties, including Covered Bridges, Barns, Nature, Fine Art and Events. Images can also be found on VisitPA.com and ExplorePATrails.com.
I went back today after taking my daughter on a Nature walk in new area.
When we got there, she really seemed to open up to the bridge.
It was “cool”!
The sun was just hitting the water at such an angle, that light was coming up from underneath, which was very helpful!
The weeds have NOT gotten any better!
and JPEG Compression can REALLY kill a HDRI image!
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Here again was an instance, where I had been over this bridge, many a times, while visiting a friend in that area and near gave it much thought.
I parked in the little lot to the right of the bridge, as you’re heading away from Phoenixville, and noticed a family of four, playing along the creek, enjoying the wonderful summer day.
Note – I did use Photoshop to make this read a little bit better…
From the Parking lot, I crossed the street, and setup to for this traditional long side shoot of the bridge.
Moving a little closer to capture some more detail of the construction.
The flow of the river has cut out the roots of a tree on the other side of the bridge, which can just be seen in this picture.
Then I walked under the bridge, and was captured by this view…
This was my first shoot taken under a covered bridge, and I have been doing them ever since!
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July 27th 2012 – Got a chance to revisit Rapps Damn Covered Bridge after the 2011 Reconstruction.
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It was a very sunning day, great temps, with clouds and some winds.
While taking this picture, standing in the water, I felt something brush across my foot.
Not thinking about it too much, I continued to shoot, thinking it was just some leaves or a small twig, but it persisted, and when I looked down, it was a small cray fish!
Gotta love nature!
From this location, I moved up-stream, and was able to capture these images.
From there, I moved back to the road.
I setup the last shoot, and it took longer then expected because of all the traffic!
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July 27, 2012 – I got a chance to Revisit this Covered Bridge
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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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After spending the morning at a clients, I was able to go out photographing in the afternoon, and I let the GPS lead the way!
I was able to visit:
with a quick stop at St. Matthew’s Church after seeing “it” from the road.
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