Historic Covered Bridge

This is an example of Burr Arch Truss bridge design, common to many of the covered bridges in Indiana.  Here is a link if you want more info on it:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_Truss

I see the image as a good documentary picture where the details of the texture and the structure are seen. Also the DoF and overall sharpness are great.

I think the location would be good for also other types of images. The viewer is drawn in by the light at the end of the bridge. Maybe a silhouette or a horse on the bridge would tell about the history and a b&w conversion would make the bridge even more "eternal".

Thank you for the image and the link. It is interesting to learn about these structures. 

Hi Christal,

  Beautiful image with wonderful composition & details.  Take care, Patsy

Hi Christal, You've captured this very well. The structure itself is certainly interesting, best of all I like the light coming in over the walls on each side.

BR,

Holger

Oh my! I LOVE covered bridges! I'm more familiar with the New England variety but any covered bridge conjures up horse and buggy type history in my mind. Nice photo by the way!!

Andres......Yes, I agree.  In fact, I just went to a Joel Grimes workshop where he showed how to do composites, and this would make a great setting for me to place something in the bridge.  No chance of it actually happening in real life though.  This is in a really remote part of Indiana and we didn't see ANY cars or people for a long time.  Thanks for the suggestion to make it B&W.  I'll have a look at that.

Patsy....as always, thanks for taking the time to comment!  

Holger.....that light coming in the top was one of the things that I love too.  Thanks!

Warren, we have a lot of covered bridges in Indiana.  I want to do a calendar featuring many of my images.  I've never been to any of the New England bridges though.  We'll do that on one of my dream trips......we want to take an RV trip starting in the eastern provinces of Canada and work our way down the Eastern seaboard in autumn.  Can't wait!  I'm retiring in June!!!!!

Good take on the historical bridge and you have done well in managing the difficult light conditions to show the details of the arch structure,different than what we have in ours.Here in New Brunswick,we still have some survivors including the Hartland Bridge,claimed to be the longest of its kind at 1282 ft/391 meters long.Good work!

Meilleures salutations-Laurent

Thanks so much, and also for your reference to the Hartland Bridge.  I looked it up.....nice that they put a pedestrian walkway along side of it.  We also have a very long bridge here in Indiana, though not quite as long as Hartland.  I don't have a good image of it yet though.  I'm going to send you an private message asking you about New Brunswick. :-)

Is a very interesting doc. subject that me too I think can offer lot of opportunities for photos,like it.

One day I'll learn to do composites and be able to do something more with this image.  Thanks for your comment!