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Chester County Covered Bridges Photo Journal Photography Photostream Projects

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…

Larkin's Covered Bridge (Long Exterior View) 018
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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Chester County Photo Journal Photography

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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Chester County Covered Bridges Downingtown Photo Journal Photography Projects

Gibson’s Covered Bridge (1872) – Part 1

Gibson’s – Harmony Hill Covered Bridge (1872)

Downingtown, Chester County – [38-15-10]

After I finally got to the bridge, it started to rain, so I was confined to shooting inside the bridge.

Gibson-Harmony Hill Covered Bridge 015 (Long Interior View)
Gibson-Harmony Hill Covered Bridge 015 (Long Interior View)

Tried to scout for future shoots, and did see several, but the weeds are so over grown at this point, it is not worth the effort.

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Lightroom 3 – First Look

Lightroom 3 has been out for about a month now, after being having many of it core components rewritten from the ground up over the past two years, and it shows.

In general, the application is quicker at most common tasks, and can greatly hence most images that it comes in contact with.

Already, I have been able to breath new life in several images because of the enhanced noise reduction algorithms, on images that were shoot with a high ISO speed!

Another area that I have been really taken advantage of, is the built in Publishing Service for Flickr.

In the previous version, one would have to export the desired files, and then bring them into Flickr.

With LR3, after you have connected to Flickr, you just export!

There is no need to create an additional set of files, which saves time and disk space!

Over the course of the long weekend, I have been able to publish many new images to Flickr with great easy, and I invite you to take a look at my Photostream!

There are a ton of new features that have been added or enhanced, and I plan on using and commenting in the future, so stay tuned!

– Andrew
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Flickr Photo Journal Photography

Flickr Pro – Finally!

Back in September of 2009, I joined Flickr.com, and started to upload some of my photographic work.

At first, visits to my “Photostream” were slow as I began to figure things out, but with some encouragement of Friends, I began to add more images.

Then, today, after having spent the afternoon with Family down at the Downingtown Good Neighbor Day, I decided to take my Flickr account to the next level.

So here begins the next adventure of my digital life!

– Andrew
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