McConnell’s Mill Red Covered Bridge

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you’ve all have got a great start to 2015. McConnell’s Mills is still one of my very favorite parks. There is something here for everyone and more photographic opportunities than you can shake a stick at. It has been a long time since I’ve visited in the winter and another photographer friend has never been here. So I decided it was time to head back. All the times that I’ve photographed here I never took the time to make a good shot of the iconic red covered bridge. The bridge was built in 1874 using a Howe truss system. It’s one of only two covered bridges in Lawrence County when the park is located. Along with the Mills, it is probably one of the most photographed places in the park. Maybe that’s why I’ve stayed away. Though I realized I didn’t have a single photograph of the bridge in my library that I liked. One thing about McConnell’s Mills that I like is that it isn’t a particularly hard place to reach on any given day and aside from the really steep hill getting down to the Mills, by car. McConnell’s Mills is extremely photogenic in the winter, or any time for that matter. Speaking of…I arrived around 8:30am and while awaiting the arrival of my friend another photographer pulled in. I watched him take photo’s in and around the Mills area before he headed off for a hike. Saw him again on the other side of the creek as I was making this photograph. We also ran into another photographer up-stream of the Mills hiking a bit up that way. All and all four of us making pictures of the same location. Not necessarily a bad thing. Just goes to show you how popular McConnell’s Mills is.