Old Things,Farms,Barns,Buildings, Plus

[Robert Langham]

Side of an old barn North of Hearne, Texas. No filter. 210mm on 5X7.

[austin granger]

Joseph, Oregon


https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

[RPippin]

Couple of shots on 4X5 FP4 developed in Pyro. Scans for now, prints to follow after the new darkroom is set up in Staunton VA.

[RSalles]

Hi,

First to the thread - Train garage (a neighbothood told me that trains were fixed at this facility years ago).

6x9_2014-4836+37 by Renato__ Salles, on Flickr

Remains of a train garage - Dilermando de Aguiar - RS - Brazil
Sinar F2, Tominon 4/105mm, Fuji Across 100 ISO, Graflex RH-8 back 6x9, Agfa Rodinal 1:100 in stand 1hr 20ºC.

Renato

[austin granger]

Abandoned Farmhouse, Goodnoe Hills, Washington


https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

[jcoldslabs]

Austin,

One of the things I admire about your work is your use of negative space. I guarantee if I'd taken this photo I would have moved closer to the dwelling, but your willingness to leave so much empty space all around really anchors it and gives it context. The symmetry between the open sky and road is remarkable.

Jonathan

[austin granger]

Thanks Jonathan. I had this idea of trying to show here (in my typically heavy-handed way) the past and present simultaneously, and also to suggest how progress often leaves the past by the wayside (sometimes literally). But yeah, the shapes worked out pretty well too. It's kind of hard to tell, but I'm actually set up right in the middle of an intersection here, which I wouldn't normally recommend, but this part of Washington is one of the least traveled places I've been to (baring the wilderness). Seriously, You could spread out a blanket in the middle of the road here and have a picnic without worrying about being run over.

You can't really see them here, but there is a line of futuristic windmills in the far right that echoes the fence posts nicely. Synchronicity man! :-)

[Corran]

There's a lot of tension in that image due to the lines and crookedness of it (unless that's just an optical illusion), as well as the triangle composition in the center third. I like it. Jonathan makes an interesting point regarding the differing ways of "seeing." Personally I am seeing a 6x12 panoramic crop but maybe that's just because I've been shooting so many panoramas lately!

[austin granger]

Thanks Bryan. My camera was level-it's the world that's crooked! :-) I could see a panoramic crop but I like all the space. It makes the house feel more vulnerable. After all, it'll be gone in the blink of an eye.

[DennisD]

Hi Austin,

That's a marvelously powerful image considering it's mostly sky and asphalt !
The triangle wedge thru the center accented by the white line of the road is great.

What was the focal length ?