Lonesome Stables
This barn sits unused and uncared for on a piece of land about ten
minutes south of my house. The farmland is still sown but the barn is
forgotten. A relic of simpler days when horse and ox were the only
source of power for plows and carts. Now they use machinery that costs
three quarters of a million dollars to do all the work. Not to mention
spraying fertilizers and pesticides that cost a pretty penny aswell.
And they wonder why they can't make any money farming anymore.
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Comments and faves
Mary Bogdan, Supercapacity, lystor, Hypnotic Aubergine, and 162 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Mary Bogdan (74 months ago | reply)
fantastic!!!
Tous les noms sont déjà pris... pfff... (74 months ago | reply)
! Like it !
kilaloe_sinrise (74 months ago | reply)
Nice
Adam Holte (74 months ago | reply)
beautiful pinhole shot. i need to find an old barn around here to shoot.
Sammeh [deleted] (74 months ago | reply)
I adore this photo, it's the lighting that gets me
Haiku Garry (74 months ago | reply)
great shot. has a nice aged feel to it. beautiful.
Notraces Flip Side (74 months ago | reply)
Wonderful
McNeney (74 months ago | reply)
Fabulous! I love the sky, and the great converging angles.
As for farming... yeah, it made more sense in the old days. Now, like almost everything else, it's been spoiled by rampant capitalism/corporatism/commercialization.
shadowbox (74 months ago | reply)
A way of life that is fading faster than most realize.
Sandra Freyler (71 months ago | reply)
I love the treatment used on this image. Barns are always fun to photograph! :) Beautiful!
Ian David Blüm (71 months ago | reply)
no treatment necessary this was scanned straight from a large format negative. Barns are always fun to shoot, I think we can all agree.
McJark (70 months ago | reply)
Lovely!
vastveranda [deleted] (68 months ago | reply)
wow. what a shot! i love working with 4x5s...this barn seems to demand it.
judyboy (66 months ago | reply)
Fabulous, great comp and I love the edges.
Fantoccio (66 months ago | reply)
great)
blob renno (65 months ago | reply)
stunning image.
Mister Phill (64 months ago | reply)
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alice of the palace (58 months ago | reply)
I LOVE this pinhole shot! I've worked with pinhole photography some, and I think that it's just so much fun. This is an excellent piece!
mithraea (58 months ago | reply)
Hi there - this is a great shot! Found it via the Zero Image group. I was wondering - what focal length were you using here? (I don't have a Zero, but I believe the LF ones can expand - 25mm, 50mm etc). I have a home built 4x5 pinhole, which I have just started to use - focal length is about 25mm, but I find that with LF film, I get the strong vignetting, as the image circle is relatively small. So was just curious as to how you seem to have got a full frame coverage!
Thanks, Craig
miquelet (56 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Blanc i Negre, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
;-) !
Boris Taratutin (53 months ago | reply)
wow this one has amazing post-processing, i love the "old" feel to it, and the "dirty" border!
phenominal!
rhythm n hues (50 months ago | reply)
wow! absolutely stunning.
hm-art (50 months ago | reply)
Nice shot, but it lacks effectiveness. Over processed with lost sharpness. The dead center composition and horizon in the middle does not work as well. No for now, others may disagree
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Farfarm (taking a break) (50 months ago | reply)
Fine and unorhodox pinhole...normally the falling over is not appealing, but here it adds to the state of the barn and the type of photography..love the basic tools of these shots ...good work ! a YES to me
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G.Benard (50 months ago | reply)
i like the whole image and aesthetic here. the pinhole one and the way it brings up the barn. the compo is good and i like the decay mood of both photo and image. Yes from me.
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Kristina J. [deleted] (50 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The JURORS / 20 Personalities, 20 Different Views, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Yay, a real pinhole camera shot with none of that ps fakery. Love it.
YES. Take thee to the pool.
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Kristina J. [deleted] (50 months ago | reply)
@ hm-art, just a note, this shot is not over-processed, it's the real thing ;)
Lnr Mck (50 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Upshots of Derelict Addiction: Collection of the Commendable, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Abut Jamesbury (49 months ago | reply)
it reminds me of my childhood when i used to play in an old house looked a bit similar with that 1 up there. btw, you've got a nice 1 dude
~zed~ (49 months ago | reply)
so cool, I love the mood
šæ öf blånkètš. (48 months ago | reply)
this shot, outrageously beautiful!
Frans Peter Verheyen (45 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The International Analogue Photographic Society (THIAPS), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Frans Peter Verheyen (44 months ago | reply)
Featured on THIAPS (Film is not dead it just smells funny) website
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georgia.g (35 months ago | reply)
These pinhole shots are really something! Must try this sometime.
r.yen (26 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Blackandwhiteology, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
cobytate (26 months ago | reply)
really jealous of this shot in so many different ways!
fstop186 (16 months ago | reply)
Super image and perspective
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