COMPOSITION... The elements in the photo are presented in a slightly static way. That is, it appears as a straight-on snapshot and can benefit from an interesting angle. Did you try going really low, perhaps more to the left or right, or how about a shot into the tunnel that adds a bit of perspective as you see the road wind off in the distance? Just some possibilities... of course, your goal is to attempt to hide people in the photo and perhaps other vantage points might not have achieve this too well... On a smaller note, since the covered bridge is your main subject, you could have had the bridge fill the frame more, excluding some of the trees.
TECHNICAL... The image is overexposed on the tree section. I would imagine the photo was taken on a very bright sunny day. Some clouds may have diffused the light a bit and allowed you to expose all areas evenly. As it stands, it looks like the light hitting the trees has quite a difference in intensity than the light hitting the subject. Since you don't control the weather, you have no choice in a case like this (without using some kind of graduated ND filter) than to exclude the trees altogether. Moving in close and letting the bridge fill the frame, as mentioned above, is one solution. Finding another viewpoint could be another.
OVERALL..Watch out for harsh lighting conditions where there is a large contrast between the bright and dark areas of your photo, and don't forget to try lots of viewpoints when you find an interesting subject to photograph.
This is an absolutely beautiful photo. I love covered bridges, and this one is fantastic. The photo itself is a 10. BUT....personally I don't feel hiding Waldo in the shadows is what was intended by the challenge. He was to be hidden in among things, making it hard to distringuish him from the things. So to me, and this is just my opinion, you have not meet the challenge. And that is a real shame because this is such a wonderful photo. Photo = 10; hiding Waldo = 1 Score = 5.5. I hate that too.
The people aren't really hidden, per se, but unobvious enough to make the photo interesting. I think the exposure might be a bit warm here, given the very bright upper hald of the picture.
Ooh, that bridge looks a little tipsy! The strong lighting seems to wash out some of the trees on the left, but looks nice in the foreground of the photo, imo.
I love these old bridges, reminds me of that film "The Bridges of Madison County" Great composition, the angle is great. I spotted the two Waldo's there, they are not really hiding but back there in the shadows anyway, so you met the challenge. You have made this place look very inviting to me and somewhere I would really like to visit oneday.
Looks like the whole bridge is leaning over sideways to the left and the colors don't look right. did you do this on purpose? Nice looking covered bridge, are vechicles still allowed to drive over it?
Pretty scene. Waldos are on the bridge. Color seems a little red, the rails in the sunshine and road, esp. The tree above/behind the bridge seems less than clear (mostly due to glare). 7 Swash
challenge met. well, technically, there's only supposed to be one person, and i see two, but i think that's ok. i like how the railings are leading the viewer towards the bridge, and how it is surrounded by all that green. those covered bridges are simply cool. i wish there wasn't quite such a light and shadow contrast (both the shadow on the ground, as well as some of the highlights on the ground and in the trees). maybe earlier or later in the day would've helped. but you might not have been near a bridge at that time ...
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