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Gibson’s Covered Bridge (1872) – Part 2

Gibson’s Covered Bridge (1872) – Part 2

Downingtown, Chester County [38-15-10]

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!

Gibson-Harmony Hill Covered Bridge - HDR 001
Gibson-Harmony Hill Covered Bridge – HDR 001
Gibson-Harmony Hill Covered Bridge - HDR 002
Gibson-Harmony Hill Covered Bridge – HDR 002

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Rapps Covered Bridge (1866)

Rapps Covered Bridge (1866)

Phoenixville, Chester County [38-15-14]

Quick History

  • National Register of Historic Places
  • Built by Benjamin F. Hastman in 1866
  • Named for George Rapp, who ran the Snyder’s Mill in East Pikeland
  • Reconstructed in 1978 and 2011

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.

Rapps Bridge (Main Sign) 065
Rapps Bridge (Main Sign) 065

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.

Rapps Covered Bridge (Exterior Long View) 016
Rapps Covered Bridge (Exterior Long View) 016

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.

Rapps Covered Bridge (Side Detail) 028
Rapps Covered Bridge (Side Detail) 028

Then I walked under the bridge, and was captured by this view…

Rapps Covered Bridge (Underneath) HDR 043
Rapps Covered Bridge (Underneath) HDR 043

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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Sheeder-Hall Covered Bridge (1859)

Sheeder-Hall Covered Bridge (1859)

Bucktown, Chester County [38-15-12]

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!

Sheeder-Hall Covered Bridge (Exterior Long View Up Creek) 002
Sheeder-Hall Covered Bridge (Exterior Long View Up Creek) 002

Gotta love nature!

From this location, I moved up-stream, and was able to capture these images.

Sheeder-Hall Covered Bridge (Exterior Long View Down Creek) HDR
Sheeder-Hall Covered Bridge (Exterior Long View Down Creek) HDR
Sheeder-Hall Covered Bridge (Exterior Low View) 048
Sheeder-Hall Covered Bridge (Exterior Low View) 048

From there, I moved back to the road.

I setup the last shoot, and it took longer then expected because of all the traffic!

Sheeder-Hall Covered Bridge (Entrance) 027
Sheeder-Hall Covered Bridge (Entrance) 027

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July 27, 2012 – I got a chance to Revisit this Covered Bridge

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Larkin’s Covered Bridge (1854)

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 Covered Bridge (Information plaque) 001
Larkin’s Covered Bridge (Information plaque) 001

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…

Larkin's Covered Bridge (Interior View) 01
Larkin’s Covered Bridge (Interior View) 01

From here, I stepped back some, and got this long view…

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Larkin’s Covered Bridge (Long Exterior View) 018

I moved to the other side of the bridge, to where the cat o’ nine tails are growing, looked back and captured this…

Larkin's Covered Bridge (cat o' nine tails) 060
Larkin’s Covered Bridge (cat o’ nine tails) 060

Moving back to my car, I decided to go again go underneath the bridge…

Larkin's Covered Bridge (Underneath) 084
Larkin’s Covered Bridge (Underneath) 084

in this image, notice the detail of the bird’s nest.

Larkin's Covered Bridge (Bird Nest Detail) 098
Larkin’s Covered Bridge (Bird Nest Detail) 098

I finished up, and got to my car, packed up, and headed on.

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Three (3) bridges in an Afternoon!

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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