Old Farm

Well...it's been a while since I posted a pic--longer than I wanted it to be (sorry about that, Ryan...). But, as usual, life got in the way. For now, I'm back...

A few weeks back I posted a sunset picture of an old farm that's on Interstate 55 about 90 minutes south of Chicago. This is a companion picture that I shot on the southbound trip a few hours before the sunset pic. I thought it was more interesting in B&W, and I liked how the elements of the picture sort of naturally arranged themselves according to the Rule of Thirds.

Hope you like this...another photo soon.

Farm at Sunset

I've been waiting a good long while to take this picture. This barn is on Interstate 55, about 90 minutes south of the Chicago suburbs where I live. I pass it every once in a while and keep hoping for the right conditions for a picture. Tonight, driving home from a dinner with family, it was finally the right conditions. I did only a little post-processing on this, but what you see here is what I saw tonight. It just goes to show that patience really pays off. This came out just like I wanted it to. Hope you enjoy.

Another photo tomorrow...

Tom's backyard

I shot this about a month ago in my brother Tom's backyard. He lives in a farm community and his house is surrounded by cornfields on 3 sides. He had an old tree that'd died, and it became fodder for a bonfire. I caught the tree and the moon at just the right angle here.

Truth be told, this shot got some pretty decent Photoshop work. I had the finished shot in mind when I took it--the moon was very far away and was just a small dot in the original picture. But I was able to pull it out, blow it up, and re-layer it back on the original. Pretty neat huh?

Another picture tomorrow...