Covered-Bridge

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Located along the heavily traveled and outlet store lined Route 30 corridor in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, the Willow Hill Covered Bridge is one of Lancaster's more unique bridges.  It was constructed in 1962 by Roy Zimmerman who used parts from two former covered bridges including Miller's Farm Covered Bridge (originally built in 1871) and Good's Fording Covered Bridge (originally built in 1855).  The bridge spans Miller's Run, a tributary of Mill Creek with a length of 93 feet utilizing a Burr arch truss design with the addition of steel hanger rods.  The parking lot of the America Music Theater provides ample parking for those wishing to visit the bridge.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7 large format metal field camera with 4x5 film back.
90mm F5.6 Schneider Super-Angulon lens.  Yellow-Green filter on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 125.
1/2 second at F45.
Semi-stand development in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:100 dilution for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank.
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

There was a lot of unanticipated wind in Lancaster on Saturday which caused a lot of leaf movement in many of my shots but that comes with the territory in this part of Pennsylvania.

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A lensless pinhole camera shot of Herr's Mill Covered Bridge in Ronks, Pennsylvania.  This Lancaster County bridge spans the

Camera: Lensless Camera Company 75mm F225 pinhole camera.

Film: Ilford Delta 100 shot at box speed.

Exposure: 6 seconds @ F225.

Development: Self Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Kodak indicator stop bath.  Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo rinse.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.  Warm toned in post.

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Rupert Covered Bridge is the longest surviving covered bridge in Columbia County Pennsylvania.  It features a Burr Arch Design and spans the Fishing Creek at a length of 185 feet.  The bridge is located on Train road approximately 2/10th of a mile off of route 42  along state route 4001.  The bridge was built in 1847 by Jesse W. Beard and is named for the nearby village of Rupert.  It was extensively upgraded and preserved 2000-2001 to a Design by the Larson Design Group at a reported cost of $1.3 million which included a completely new support structure underneath to improve the stability of the bridge.  It's very easy to find and there is ample parking right next to the bridge.  There is also a train bridge running across the creek to the left.  The Covered Bridge is owned by Columbia County and is open to vehicular traffic.   It is WGCB bridge # 38-19-33.  As best as I could tell, the old railroad bridge along side is no longer used by active freight lines.   There is an even older abandoned iron railroad bridge just off to the left out of frame.

Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.

Lens: Schneider 90mm f/5.6 Super-Angulon lens.  Yellow filter on lens.

Film: Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film.  Purchased from zzmedical.com as 8x10" sheets and cut down to 4x5".  Film rated at 80 ISO.

Exposure: 1/4 @ F45. Zone III placed on shadows on the inside of the portal of the bridge.

Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adonol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert.  Semi-Stand for 15 minutes with initial minute of inversions then 10 seconds of inversion on minutes one and two then let it sit until minute 14 when I do a final ten seconds of inversions. Kodak indicator stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung to dry.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.