An accidental find: I came across this covered bridge between the Blue Ridge Parkway and Martinsville, VA a couple of years ago. The shots were not the best, but I love covered bridges...

erbiv Loc: Ellijay, GA ...retired from Anchorage, AK

I came across this covered bridge between the Blue Ridge Parkway and Martinsville, VA a couple of years ago. The shots were not the best, but I love covered bridges and the first hangs on one of my walls. Shortly after taking them, this bridge which was still used to access a church on the other side of the river, was washed away in a fall storm. My wife grew up in Martinsville and I thought I would have time to visit the site again ...but such is life.

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jak86094

I think the shots are very good. They might take a little more POP...but not much or you would lose shadow detail. It's nice that you got these pictures before the storm took away the bridge. Did they ever rebuild it...something?

erbiv Loc: Ellijay, GA ...retired from Anchorage, AK

jak86094 wrote:

I think the shots are very good. They might take a little more POP...but not much or you would lose shadow detail. It's nice that you got these pictures before the storm took away the bridge. Did they ever rebuild it...something?

They have not to date.

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

erbiv wrote:

I came across this covered bridge between the Blue Ridge Parkway and Martinsville, VA a couple of years ago. The shots were not the best, but I love covered bridges and the first hangs on one of my walls. Shortly after taking them, this bridge which was still used to access a church on the other side of the river, was washed away in a fall storm. My wife grew up in Martinsville and I thought I would have time to visit the site again ...but such is life.

Beautiful bw images bear!

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

So lovely they are.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Nicely done.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

merrytexan Loc: georgia

erbiv wrote:

I came across this covered bridge between the Blue Ridge Parkway and Martinsville, VA a couple of years ago. The shots were not the best, but I love covered bridges and the first hangs on one of my walls. Shortly after taking them, this bridge which was still used to access a church on the other side of the river, was washed away in a fall storm. My wife grew up in Martinsville and I thought I would have time to visit the site again ...but such is life.

merrytexan Loc: georgia

erbiv wrote:

I came across this covered bridge between the Blue Ridge Parkway and Martinsville, VA a couple of years ago. The shots were not the best, but I love covered bridges and the first hangs on one of my walls. Shortly after taking them, this bridge which was still used to access a church on the other side of the river, was washed away in a fall storm. My wife grew up in Martinsville and I thought I would have time to visit the site again ...but such is life.

I like these black and white shots of that beautiful covered bridge, bear...great compositions!

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

Nice shots, covered bridges have always been a draw to me! Would love some day to take a north east cycle trip just to see how many I could see and document.

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

It's great that you were able to get these very nice shots when you did. Thanks for sharing.

erbiv Loc: Ellijay, GA ...retired from Anchorage, AK

erbiv wrote:

They have not to date.

Thank you Karin!

erbiv Loc: Ellijay, GA ...retired from Anchorage, AK

AzPicLady wrote:

So lovely they are.

Thank you very much ...lucky, we had not planned on stopping in the area on that trip.

erbiv Loc: Ellijay, GA ...retired from Anchorage, AK

kpmac wrote:

Nicely done.

Thank you.

erbiv Loc: Ellijay, GA ...retired from Anchorage, AK

Longshadow wrote:

Thank you!