Covered Bridge

[VTphotog]

Bridge connects Columbia NH with Lemington VT. I wanted to try out the High dynamic range blending feature in Photoimpact on a fairly dificult subject. The full size image is quite nicely detailed. Resizing for posting of course loses this, but the exposure should look OK.

brian


Edit: I slipped up when I posted this, and resized to the wrong aspect ration, stretching the bridge a bit. This should be correct.

[mommy_culleton]

Nice shot! I love covered bridges although they scare the heck out of me! I think I saw the "Headless Horesman" one too many times.

Did you take one from inside as well?

Rose

[VTphotog]

Thanks for the reply. I did several shots. This one is the interior from the NH side.

[VTphotog]

This one is from NH looking through to VT.

I like the covered bridges too, but I am not a fanatic about them like some people I have met, who plan their vacations around visiting the bridges, and have checklists of every one in the country.

brian

[mommy_culleton]

Great inside shots...........the first one especialy. To those who are covered bridge enthusiats, there is one in Fort Colonge Quebec, near the Ontario border. I think it's one of the oldest in Canada but don't quote me on that. Last time I was there it was still standing. Every spring there would be a log jam down the river because of the bridge but it held up for a few hundred years. I'll check my old albums to see if I have a shot.
Anyway...........................nice shot of the inside.
Rose

[Widowmaker]

Cool picture for sure but the blending gives the bridge a added in effect. Almost like in movies when something is added that is not actually there.

[VTphotog]

Widowmaker wrote:

Cool picture for sure but the blending gives the bridge a added in effect. Almost like in movies when something is added that is not actually there.

I guess I don't see what you do. I was pretty careful to get the lighting balance and details tomake it look like what the eye sees rather than what the camera does. The 8x10 I printed looks very natural. Where I am disapponted a bit is in the cloud colors around the edges, which in some parts is a bit greenish.

Thelighting range on the bridge interior shot is stretched a bit beyond the eye's range. The detailin theroof wouldn't show up with the bright outside light.

brian