Covered Bridge & Pond Scum

I've always wanted to photograph an old covered bridge. I just haven't been to places where they are easy to find! On a summer trip back home a couple years ago, I did discover where one was located and I dragged my family out there for some photography adventuring.

I wasn't really happy with how the images turned out, and since I really do love to manipulate photographs anyway, here are a few artsyfartsy versions.

I do have fun adding ghostlies to photos, usually cemetery shots. When I edited this image with an X-ray filter, I thought an ethereal figure would add the perfect eerie touch. (note: I don't actually believe in ghosts.) 

I just did some light color editing on this one. There was sooo much bright green surrounding the bridge, that it overwhelmed the red color. I also had to edit out some graffiti that was popular at the time, an acronym referencing Joe Biden. Clearly the graffiti artist was not a fan.

But going back to the abundance of green, you can see what I mean in this photo. In addition to a bountiful number of trees, the water under and surrounding the bridge was totally covered in some kind of pond scum. There were shades of green every way you turned. 

By the way, pond scum has a fancy name - filamentous algae. Much more fun to say than "pond scum!"

So after a break from photography art and blogging, I've used this entry to dip my toes in the water again, so to speak, (but not the pond water). I've been editing some other pictures from that trip and will post them soon!