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Covered Bridge

This is one of the covered bridges in New Brunswick

This is one of the covered bridges in New Brunswick
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NIKON D5200

settings

Aperture f/8.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 18/1

upload_date

Apr, 2015

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185

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Awards

2020 Choice Award

Superb Composition

Outstanding Creativity

Absolute Masterpiece

Superior Skill

Top Choice

Peer Award

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 30 rank week 3

Top 30 rank week 2

Top 30 rank week 1

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in a little community called Bayswater, it sits on a peninsula called Kingston. The Kingston Peninsula is a peninsula in southern New Brunswick, Canada, located between the Saint John River and the Kennebecasis River in Kings County. The peninsula was the site of the first United Empire Loyalist settlement in New Brunswick in 1783.

Time

The time of day was around 1:00 pm within the first week of April.

Lighting

The day was warm with the clouds hovering in an overcast sky. The sun was shining in the front of the covered bridge giving the tunnel light at the beginning and a wonderful glow at the end.

Equipment

This was taken on a PT-tpm665-c Tripod with my Nikon D5200. The lens I was using was the 18-200mm Nikkor VR. 3.5-5.6 G ED. I also used a time release shutter to avoid camera shake. The image was captured at ISO 100, F8, 1/400 shutter speed at 18mm.

Inspiration

I love the history and nostalgia of old covered bridges they all have a story to tell. Its almost sad that they are like an animal on the edge of extinction. Once they are gone the only memories will be the ones that are captured.

Editing

I captured 3 exposures of this bridge, normal, over and under exposed. I put all 3 images into Adobe Lightroom and enhanced each one of the photos. They were then merged in an HDR application. Once the merge was complete I imported them into Photoshop CC for some fine tuning to create the final image.

In my camera bag

In my bag I always carry extra batteries and chargers including a car charger, a Nikkor 35mm prime and Nikkor VR 18-200mm lens, a Gopro hero 4 silver, lens cleaners with micro cloths, camera remotes, shutter release with bulb mode, lens filters including a polariser/neutral density, Swiss army knife and a flash light.

Feedback

Always check and recheck your settings! There is nothing worse than trying to capture a shot just to realize once you import it that it wasn't exactly what you meant the composition to be. Make sure to always use the lowest ISO possible to avoid image noise. Make sure you have your aperture set to allow the entire subject to be captured, unless you are trying for bokeh. in most cases your F stop should be between F8-F16 to capture a subject like this bridge. Set your white balance to the desired result for the lighting conditions. Use a tripod and remote shutter release. Set up bracketing if your camera has this feature, I used 2 stops difference. If bracketing is not a feature, capture 3(or more) different exposures at 1-2 stops difference. Remember to look up once in a while to make sure there are no cars coming through the bridge while trying to get your shot! Most of all, have fun and make memories :)

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Covered Bridge

This is one of the covered bridges in New Brunswick

Behind The Lens

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