On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last souvenir from yesterdays drive. > This was taken at the South Yuba River state park, in a settlement named > Bridgeport. > It's claimed that this bridge, built in 1862, is the longest single span > covered bridge (251') in the U. S.. > I've shot a number of times over the years. From both ends and down along the > river, but it has never revealed its artistic side to me. > While this is 'prox a 40% crop, happily still allows a more than decent > detailed image. > Taken from a convenient bridge crossing the Yuba River. > I love this camera/lens.
That's a lovely photo, Jack. I've never seen a covered bridge with an arc described across it like that - it's quite striking and you caught it beautifully! As for the questions farther down on the thread, bridges were covered to protect the road surface from wet weather (snow or rain). Keeping the wood roadbed dry (or at least drier) delays rot and keeps it from becoming too slippery. BTW, the longest covered bridge in the world (not a single span) is in Hartland, New Brunswick Canada. It's the only reason one would want to go there, near as I can figure... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
