Covered Bridge Shot

Kagan

A picture I took tonite at our local covered bridge. I havent done anything except adding a frame to it. I need any suggestions you might have. Thanks in advance.
Exif Info:
FujiS7000
F 3.1
1/250 sec
ISO 200

pathfinder

Kagan wrote:

A picture I took tonite at our local covered bridge. I havent done anything except adding a frame to it. I need any suggestions you might have. Thanks in advance.

Welcome to dgrin. Fill in your public profile infor so we know a little about you please. Like where are you from? Where is this bridge? What cameras are you using and why?

Covered bridges are a favorite subject of mine - I got lots of pics of them here http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/gallery/28447


What image editing software do you use? Increasing the contrast and saturation might help your image some. Does your image have an ICC profile for sRGB?

Harryb

Kagan wrote:

A picture I took tonite at our local covered bridge. I havent done anything except adding a frame to it. I need any suggestions you might have. Thanks in advance.

Hi Mark,

I love covered bridge shots, thanks for sharing yours. I'm looking forward to seeing some more of your work.

Dixie

Nice covered bridges. I've always been partial to them as well.

This is my "Covered Bridge to Nowhere" officially known as the Waldo Covered Bridge just outside of Talladega, Alabama.

cmr164

Kagan wrote:

A picture I took tonite at our local covered bridge. I havent done anything except adding a frame to it. I need any suggestions you might have. Thanks in advance.

Here is a quick mod to the levels in PSCS. You might consider an increase in saturation, and at least for my eye a slight CCW rotation.

pathfinder

Dixie wrote:

Nice covered bridges. I've always been partial to them as well.

This is my "Covered Bridge to Nowhere" officially known as the Waldo Covered Bridge just outside of Talladega, Alabama.

Great Bridge Dixie. Looks like the first step is a lou lou though!

Kagan

Thanks you Charles. I really needed some advice on what things SHOULD be done to the pic to improve it. It was a rather hard bridge to take a shot(without standing in the creek-i will wait a month for that) because on the other side the road ends in a T. Thus, nowhere to stand. I toyed with saturation, color balance, b/w sepia trying to find a nice look but decided to post it as is to get some advice from someone with more experience than me. Thanks again for the input!

cmr164 wrote:

Here is a quick mod to the levels in PSCS. You might consider an increase in saturation, and at least for my eye a slight CCW rotation.

Kagan

Another Version
From the other side-I toyed with curves after I posted this which gave it more pop but again was wanting some thoughts with the original ipretty much intact.

Dixie

pathfinder wrote:

Great Bridge Dixie. Looks like the first step is a lou lou though!

It definitely is. It is about a story and a half up. Goes to show why the old wooden bridges were covered however. The approach was elevated and not covered and it has totally disintegrated. It does make for a different covered bridge.

Dixie

Kagan wrote:

From the other side-I toyed with curves after I posted this which gave it more pop but again was wanting some thoughts with the original ipretty much intact.

Not sure exactly what you mean by "with the original pretty much intact." Because of the diffused lighting the color is virtually a wash and there wasn't too much I could do to bring it out trying to saturate.

My recommendation is convert to B&W and and add some sepia toning to give it that old timey look.

Kagan

Thanks Dixie. I meant without doing in photoshop work other than black and white. I didnt want to toy with anything so you could see the shot before I tried to process it. It is still so blah here that there was almost no color in that photo to start with and I felt like I should goto b/w but wanted to hear what more experienced folk thought. Thanks so much.

Dixie wrote:

Not sure exactly what you mean by "with the original pretty much intact." Because of the diffused lighting the color is virtually a wash and there wasn't too much I could do to bring it out trying to saturate.

My recommendation is convert to B&W and and add some sepia toning to give it that old timey look.

gus

Why did they cover the bridges ? Keep snow off possibly & do the cover new ones now ?

gus

pathfinder wrote:

Welcome to dgrin. Fill in your public profile infor so we know a little about you please. Like where are you from? Where is this bridge? What cameras are you using and why?

Covered bridges are a favorite subject of mine - I got lots of pics of them here http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/gallery/28447


What image editing software do you use? Increasing the contrast and saturation might help your image some. Does your image have an ICC profile for sRGB?

PF what lens was this ?

Dixie

Humungus wrote:

Why did they cover the bridges ? Keep snow off possibly & do the cover new ones now ?

Gus, they covered the bridges to protect them from the elements, snow included, but a lot of the reason was for water in general which would freeze and damage the bridge during the winter months. Since bridges are constructed with concrete and steel now, they are rarely covered.

gus

Dixie wrote:

Gus, they covered the bridges to protect them from the elements, snow included, but a lot of the reason was for water in general which would freeze and damage the bridge during the winter months. Since bridges are constructed with concrete and steel now, they are rarely covered.

Hmmmm...ta dixie..now i know why we never did it here.

pathfinder

Humungus wrote:

PF what lens was this ?

There is no EXIf data on smugmug, but I am certain that this was shot with a 10D and a Tamron 28-75 f2.8 DI at the wide end.

Like Dixie said,the roof was to protect the wooden road surface from moisture that promoted dry rot ( destruction by fungus - cellulose eating fungi )

Central Indiana was originally swamp like in areas - lots of moisture and that encouraged rotting of wood - the bridges were built with local timbers mostly - at least the ones I have illustrated here - They are intereresting because of their size and how well they have survived. Most of the ones in Park county are in rural areas with gravel roads and limited traffic. Some are closed to traffic now. Crooks bridge will probalby not be with us much longer as it is leaning badly and the weight limit has been reduced to only 3 tons -


This was shot with a 10D and I suspect a 17-40mm. Smugmug says 40mm but I'll bet it was wider than that at f22.

Dixie

pathfinder wrote:

There is no EXIf data on smugmug, but I am certain that this was shot with a 10D and a Tamron 28-75 f2.8 DI at the wide end.

Like Dixie said,the roof was to protect the wooden road surface from moisture that promoted dry rot ( destruction by fungus - cellulose eating fungi )

Central Indiana was originally swamp like in areas - lots of moisture and that encouraged rotting of wood - the bridges were built with local timbers mostly - at least the ones I have illustrated here - They are intereresting because of their size and how well they have survived. Most of the ones in Park county are in rural areas with gravel roads and limited traffic. Some are closed to traffic now. Crooks bridge will probalby not be with us much longer as it is leaning badly and the weight limit has been reduced to only 3 tons -


This was shot with a 10D and I suspect a 17-40mm. Smugmug says 40mm but I'll bet it was wider than that at f22.

I don't know about Indiana, but in West Virginia and Alabama they have been renovating the old bridges. Even the ones which have started to lean, have planks missing, etc. Hopefully they will do the same in Indiana.

SoloGal428

Haralson Mill Covered Wooden Bridge Conyers, GA (Rockdale County)

vciinc

16 Ashtabula County Ohio Bridges
Heres my collection.

http://www.pbase.com/vciinc/bridges

Thanks for looking! All comments are welcome, good or bad!
Jerry