Henry Heerschap
March 2025 - Lowell Covered Bridge
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About the Image(s)
Lowell Covered Bridge is near the town of Lowell, Oregon on highway 58. It's not in use and sits alongside the main road. There's a small parking lot nearby where I was able to get this image. I decided to make it a long exposure to smooth out the reflection a bit. It was overcast and dreary, making for a mostly monochromatic scene, so I decided to go all the way and make this a black and white. I cropped it, did the black and white conversion, and did basic adjustments in Lightroom Classic, finishing it off in Photoshop. I decided to darken the entrance so as to obscure the metal screen covering the entrance.
Sony A7R V, Sony 24-105 f/4 lens. ISO 200, 30mm, f/13, 30 second exposure. Used a 6 stop ND filter and a tripod.
5 comments posted
(Groups 63 & 75)
Hi Henry: Really nice monochrome image of the Lowell Covered
Bridge. Your 30 second exposure smoothed out the water very well. You had a very calm day without any breezes at all as the tall grasses along the left river bank are all tack sharp and not moving in the wind.
The use of f/13 really helped to keep the left river bank rocks very sharp, and also good sharpness through out the entire scene.
Oregon has many covered bridges, think I have visited 4 thus far.
Posted: 03/11/2025 22:45:25
Bridge. Your 30 second exposure smoothed out the water very well. You had a very calm day without any breezes at all as the tall grasses along the left river bank are all tack sharp and not moving in the wind.
The use of f/13 really helped to keep the left river bank rocks very sharp, and also good sharpness through out the entire scene.
Oregon has many covered bridges, think I have visited 4 thus far.
Posted: 03/11/2025 22:45:25
Thanks, Murphy! Good to hear from you. We've done a few covered bridges in Oregon over the years and would like to do more. This one was unexpected and demanded our attention. Posted: 03/12/2025 12:04:21
Well composed and technically executed. I'd consider cropping a little more aggressively from bottom, right side and top to make the bridge more prominent and minimize the negative space in the water and sky. Posted: 03/14/2025 12:33:56
Thanks, Sheldon. Good suggestions. Posted: 03/15/2025 17:52:52
This is lovely and so serene. I love covered bridges. You definitely made a good choice turning this into monochrome as I feel it gave the image more character. I also agree about the long exposure. Can you try cropping out a third of the foreground and some on the right and see how it looks? I wonder if a tighter crop would make this even better. Posted: 03/15/2025 10:35:17