I had no intention of going out at sunset on Sunday because an hour earlier there were no clouds.
While doing dishes in front of the west facing kitchen window, I saw clouds building on the horizon and moving fast.
No time to go far, so I chose the barn spot ten minutes away. Good spot anyway. Highest spot on the ridge with a nice sweeping view to the west.
The winds were still intense, but not as bad as the day before and at least this time they were no where near as cold.
In the shots, this time, that’s rain coming down.
Colder than I thought it would be.
But at least I could get next to the east facing wall.
The wind would die completely, I wasn’t getting pelted by rain and if felt down right balmy out.
Bob Long
4 Apr 2016we’ve no barns in chicago. not fair. we have old, abandoned buildings, but none with the character of barns. dammit.
Ken G
5 Apr 2016Found even more of them in my Saturday wandering. Went to a couple of others only to find out they were torn down. Bummer.
One of my goals this year is to wander around Montgomery and shoot the old industrial/manufacturing buildings that are left. Reminds me of Chicago.
howard levett
9 Apr 2016Good barns are hard to find. I really enjoy looking at them as well. There is nothing prettier than weathered barn wood.
Ken G
9 Apr 2016I found quite a few others out that way Howard, but none of them are in such a perfect setting like this one. I’ll be visiting them all again. I’m sure I’ll find something interesting about them. I agree on the barn wood. Amazing the termites don’t do a better job on them.
mike metager
15 Apr 2016Ken I came across an article (http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-avoid-boring-sunsets/) that referenced this web site “http://sunsetwx.com/” today and though of you. I can only imagine how crazy the thought of a web site to predict sunset beauty will be to you.
Have a great weekend, find a morel patch, and keep doing well.
Mike
Ken G
15 Apr 2016I’ll go check those out Mike, thanks for thinking of me.
I shoot them if I find them interesting and hope I’m in a decent spot. No clue if they’re boring or not, they aren’t to me and I hope others find them at least a little interesting. Especially if they didn’t get to go see it in person themselves.
Morels are elusive for me, but my friend Ed tipped me off a couple of years ago where some may be. Since I’m not fishing much, may as well go hunt them down. You can bet I’ll put up pictures if I find them, but not the location 🙂