Windmills, Farmsteads & more

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Here's a lonely farmhouse in the dead of winter in Ontario. Canada. Chances are good the owner spent his winter somewhere warm, like Florida, perhaps.
One of my first landscapes with my new at the time Nikon D70S. I terribly underexposed the image, but thankfully I could salvage it.

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Rassie said:
Here's a lonely farmhouse in the dead of winter in Ontario. Canada. Chances are good the owner spent his winter somewhere warm, like Florida, perhaps.
One of my first landscapes with my new at the time Nikon D70S. I terribly underexposed the image, but thankfully I could salvage it.

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Koos, I hadn’t gotten to these, wowser! I like the farmstead, but the barn with the sun behind it is simply outstanding. These pictures are what I want to be able to capture when I grow up. All of these in this thread are simply exceptional. Please keep them coming. Makes me anxious to get back out. Thanks all.
 
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Bill Schone said:
Koos, is the barn with the sun a single exposure? What were the settings on that one if I may ask? It’s really good!
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Thanks, Bill. It was a single exposure: Nikon D7100 with Nikkor 70-200mm F/4 lens. ISO 100, 1/800 sec, F/11.
Driving by there one day after work I saw the potential in the scene, so I went home and used The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE) to determine the best time of day to catch the sun through the gaps in the planking. I went there and waited probably about half an hour for the sun to be in the right position. It was worth the effort.
 
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Rassie said:
Thanks, Bill. It was a single exposure: Nikon D7100 with Nikkor 70-200mm F/4 lens. ISO 100, 1/800 sec, F/11.
Driving by there one day after work I saw the potential in the scene, so I went home and used The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE) to determine the best time of day to catch the sun through the gaps in the planking. I went there and waited probably about half an hour for the sun to be in the right position. It was worth the effort.
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OH WITHOUT A DOUBT! (All caps intended).
 
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Bill Schone said:
This past weekend, weather here turned out much nicer than it's been, wild fire smoke at least for now has cleared out, overcast skies - hit some real highlights! At least in my opinion. The school was built in 1896 from Kansas native limestone, 18 inch thick walls. What a structure! View attachment 24315View attachment 24316View attachment 24317
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Well done, Bill. Really like the sky in each one. What a structure indeed. Durable materials and attention to details like the church corners. Unfortunately they're not building like that anymore. The new metal roof bodes well for the longevity of the Barn. Cloud background to the windmill says summer.
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SonoranDesert said:
I know Massey-Ferguson…now I know about Massey-Harris!
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I did some reading on this. Massey Harris was a Canadian tractor manufacturer in the 1950's. Ferguson was a tractor manufacturer in the UK and USA. In 1953 Massey Harris bought Ferguson and the new company was called Massey-Harris-Ferguson. This merger made the company #2 in the world behind International Harvester. In 1958 the company simplified its tractor offering and changed the name to Massey-Ferguson. By the mid-60's the company claimed to be the largest farm tractor manufacturer in the world.
 
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Palouse said:
Grain Elevator at sunset, aided by harvest dust and smoke. Whitman County, WA.
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Whitman County, WA. Same grain elevator, but in context, and a week later under a full moon.
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Nick, the elevator shots are simply stunning! They each present an entirely different view from the same subject. Both are simply excellent! Being particularly partial to nightscapes, I love that one. Thanks sincerely for sharing. This thread is really taking off. Really good photos.
 
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This series is from a trip we took about 3 years ago, stopping along the way in Lincoln County Kansas, not quite square in the middle of the state, but very close.

I guess this first one is a bit of old & new.
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This second one is a farmstead that is viewable from a rest stop on Interstate 70. To see it you have to walk just a short distance behind the facilities, so I suppose most people never get to see it, but it was a nice setting. I guess also you have to be in the west bound lanes.
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This third one, while I guess it fits the thread subject, never the less, I thought it was a cool subject!

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Now don't assume this is the state of the education program in Kansas, but here's a couple shots of an old school building found in NE Kansas. Don't think (hope) that classes have been held here in a while!
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