Farm Barns

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Tuesday ~ August 20, 2024

Posted by Dave Updegraff on August 20, 2024
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Welcome!

Believe it or not I have wanted to get up close and personal with this barn and the other farm structures at this property for over six years.

You need to  understand that I will not go on someone else’s property without permission no matter how bad I want to photograph a structure or person.

So I stopped at this farm several times in the past and knocked on the door and rang the bell but could never raise anyone.  So I got back in my truck and left without any images.

But today was different.   I was able to meet the owner of the property and got permission to photograph the barn and other structures on the property.  I was able to take my time and photograph the way I wanted to.

Enjoy your day and be careful.

Friday ~ November 18, 2016

Posted by Dave Updegraff on November 18, 2016
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Happy Friday!

I have three images for you today, that I took on Wednesday of this week.  There was a fair amount of lens distortion on this image as I was at 18 mm and it proved to be quite the challenge to get it looking this good.  It’s not perfect but I like it.

I had an interesting experience this week.  Monday I received a call on my cell phone and the calling city showed San Francisco, California.  I assumed it was a telemarketing call so I didn’t answer it.  Then I saw that there was a voice message so I listened to it and was both surprised and delighted with the message.

It was a lady who lives in the San Francisco, California area by the name of Ann.  She owns a company of consultants and she had seen an image (on the web) that I took three years ago of a vintage fire truck sitting in a harvested cornfield.  She tracked me down on the internet and got my phone number and then called me.  She said that her Nephew had decided on a career of a firefighter and she wanted to buy a large print of that image to give to her Nephew for his graduation from the academy.  Needless to say I was blown away.  So I called her back and we visited a little while.  A very nice lady and very thoughtful.  She told me the story of her Nephew and it really made me feel good.

I found the image and remembered photographing it.  I sent her a digital copy and gave her permission to do with it as she would.  I had no interest in selling the image.  The experience made my day.  🙂

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Saw this juvenile eagle in a cornfield feasting on a carcass.  He was too far away for the lens I had (200 mm) but when I looked at it in post processing I thought it worthy of today’s post.

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Finally this old barn.  I saw it on the way to Cedar Rapids (and have photographed it before.)  I was sad to see it being torn down.  I was on time for a meeting so I didn’t have time to stop and photograph it but on the way back I did.  The workers were gone but as I was processing the image I noticed some new lumber in the frame.  So I’m hopeful they are in the process of restoring the barn and not tearing it down.  I’ll monitor the progress.

That’s it for today.  Thanks for stopping by the blog.  Quite a change in the weather predicted for today in our part of the world.  We had 71 degrees and sunny yesterday.  For mid November that’s wonderful.

Enjoy your day and be careful.

Wednesday ~ February 04, 2015

Posted by Dave Updegraff on February 4, 2015
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Happy Hump Day Wednesday!

I have barns for you today.  I love to photograph barns.  The older the better and in many cases the more deteriorated they are the better.  These old barns have so much character and perhaps it’s that they remind me of my youth working in the hay fields and spending so much time the hay lofts of barns.

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I experimented with black and white on all of these images but in the end I only liked this one.  Maybe it was because this one was a faded gray to begin with and the other two were red or it was just the starkness of this barn.  What ever the reason it was what I felt most comfortable with.

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I sent some time with an employee yesterday who is retiring in a few weeks.  I enjoyed listening to her talk about her retirement plans.  She is a talented lady and quite an artist as well.  She is self-taught playing the guitar and even has written some of her own songs.

She took a free art app for her iPad and made a beautiful scene of the Cedar River that flows in front of their cabin.    I have a half-dozen art apps on my iPad and haven’t made anything that you can identify. 😦

I will miss visiting with her as she is always interesting to talk with.

That’s all I have for you today.  Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy your cold, snowy day.  Stay warm and be careful.

Wednesday ~ April 16, 2014

Posted by Dave Updegraff on April 16, 2014
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Happy Hump Day!  ~  338

Yes I still love to photograph barns.  I was on the way back to the office from visiting one of our newest banks when I saw this barn against the brilliant blue sky and the big puffy white clouds.  The fact there was also water in the shot was just the icing on the cake for me.    I haven’t shot many barns this year because I’ve focused on wildlife during the migrating season.

This year I hope to shoot more farm scenes and perhaps the planting of crops, something I haven’t really paid much attention to in the past.  We’ll see.

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I do enjoy capturing images of wildlife.  Although yesterday I didn’t have the right lens with me.  Generally when I’m traveling to one of the banks I take the most versatile lens I have, the 28 – 300 mm.  It does a good job for a variety of shots but wasn’t long enough to capture the swans up close and personal.  This was a nice marshy area close to Scott County Park.  I’ll have to visit this area again.  Lots of ducks, geese, coots, and swans.

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A complete departure for me with this image.  I liked the pattern of trees reflecting in the water.  I don’t know it just looked cool in person.  I’m not sure I really captured what I saw but overall on second look I like it.

Lots of profound thoughts bouncing around in my head this morning.  Fortunately for both of us I’m out of time and need to get the day of work started.    Knowing my short-term memory issues I’ll forget about them by the next time I sit down in front of my computer.  🙂

So I guess that’s it for today.  Enjoy your midweek hump day.  I’m off to Cedar Rapids today.  Might be some photo opportunities on this trip.

Thanks for stopping by and be careful.