Tag: Barn

Indiana Fall 2022 – A Short Walk and A Short Drive

One morning before going out for the day, I walked just less than a mile down the  country roadway that went past our cabin.  I knew there was an old barn in the neighborhood that I had passed by many times and never taken time to photograph.

Overgrown, iPhone Photo
Fall Lean, iPhone Photo
Around the Bend, iPhone Photo
Fading in the Fall 2, iPhone Photo

After conversion to black and white, I use selective colorization to bring out a little of the fall color in the nearby trees and a little color on the barn.

Fading in the Fall, iPhone Photo

 

Cypress Fall, iPhone Photo

We had friends with us for the first week of this fall visit to Indiana.  I wanted to show them at least one covered bridge, since they had never seen one.  They did not want to spend hours in a vehicle to get to an area with lots of covered bridges, but there was one small covered bridge just a few minutes away, one that I had seen on a previous visit to this area.

Bean Blossom Bridge, iPhone Photo
Bean Blossom Bridge, iPhone Photo

This bridge is located along a narrow country roadway, where there is limited space to pull over and turn around.  Our friends were driving today.  I routed them to the bridge along the best part of the access roadway, but turning around to get back out was a challenge for their minivan.  Continuing without turning around would have presented other problems, if another vehicle came along going in the opposite direction.

More Indiana Fall later,

Ken

 

Indiana, Fall 2022, Part 5 – Rustic Barn and Abandoned Home

Faded Red Barn

I first saw this old barn and a nearby abandoned house, while in route to another destination.  I came back a few days later to photograph these old, rustic buildings.

Quaint, Old, Abandoned Indiana Farm House

The image above was selected for Flickr’s Explore Page.

Abandoned Home and Barn 1
Quaint and Old
Abandoned Home and Barn 2
Rusty Fall

More fall in Indian 2022 later,

Ken

 

Indiana, Fall 2022, Part 3 – Rustic Farm Barn and Sheds

Monochrome Barn

Traveling an Indiana backroad I saw a group of old, rustic farm structures in various stages of structural failure.  The roadway was narrow.  Parking alongside the roadway and photographing from the roadway would not be satisfactory nor very safe.  There was only one house nearby, so I stopped and knocked on the door.  A lady with her hair in curlers opened the door and I briefly explained why I was there, asking if it would be ok for me to photography those old structures.  She quickly said she was sure it would be ok, although, I’m rather sure she was not the owner, but maybe others have asked her this same question.

There was a short grassy, dirt road at the old buildings.  I parked on that dirt road, just off of the pavement far enough for safety and proceeded to walk around the area photographing the buildings from various angles.

Stacked
Gathering Grass – Monochrome with Selective Colorization

A rolling stone may gather no moss, but a stationary wheel can gather grass.

Relaxed
Indiana Farm Sheds
Fall Lounge
Support
3160

I lived in a house with this same number many years ago.

Wet, Rusty, Tin Roof
Full Tilt Fall
Log Barn
Colorful Fall Hillside

After photographing the rustic farm building, I continued to meander around the backroads looking for other fall photographic opportunities.  This final photo is a teaser for the next post.

Ken

Indiana, Fall 2022, Part 1

My wife and I began a tradition of spending a couple of weeks in Indiana in the fall a few years ago.  There are multiple reasons why we established this tradition.  1.  My wife has relatives in the area, having lived in Indianapolis during her early childhood.  2. A relative allows us to stay in their weekend cabin that is very near Brown County State Park, which is a very popular place in the fall.  3.  We both enjoy seeing fall color in the hardwood forests in this part of the U.S.  4.  I get to photograph the fall color and write about it in this blog.

Timing our visit to see the best of the fall color is always hit or miss.  Sometimes we are too early, sometimes too late and sometimes we see the peak fall color.

Photographing in the same location at the same time of the year is a challenge and I often worry about my photographic images being too repetitive.   After all, how many ways can one photograph trees, forests, barns and fall scenes?  Lots, actually, but how many are unique? Trying to get unique and interesting images is a challenge.  I can only hope that the scenery varies sufficiently, year by year that my images will not be too boring.

Fall Backroad

Driving the backroads of Indiana is a good way to appreciate the fall color and other rural fall country scenes.

Fall Medley
Indiana Barn

The barn in this image sits far back from a roadway on private property.  I shot it with a telephoto lens from the edge of the roadway, hand holding the camera.  I shot from different perspectives trying to get shots with the least amount of that pile of debris in front of it in the image.  However, this image may be the best overall, even with that unsightly mess in front of the barn.

Fall Progression
Bramble Morning

I was a little late for the actual sunrise at this location in Brown County Park, so I walked down a slope into the briars, weeds, grasses and brushy growth, thinking a shot from within all that foreground clutter might at least be different than that of the early photographers that were wrapping up their sunrise shoot from the top of the slope and there was no way to avoid getting that messy foreground in a shot from anywhere here.

I had to spend a considerable amount of time picking the stick tights from my clothing after this mornings’ shoot.

Crooked Tree Fall
Puddle Fall
Exposed
Up a Fall Creek
Fall Tease

Until next time,

Ken