Fine Art Gallery - "Thunderstorm moves out"

 

I had to make this image in black and white because that's what I really saw when I framed the scene in the viewfinder a few days ago. I love the absence of colors in a photo like this. I think it is a lot more dramatic and tells the story of the moving out thunderstorm a little better. The white on the weathered boards of the old barns doesn't overpower the clouds and the eye will always end up in the back.

One question I debated with myself for a while. Would it help this image to remove the power lines on the left hand side or not? I finally decided to keep them because they do not really cut across, they kind of lead into the picture. I don't like power lines and especially here in rural Iowa it is sometimes difficult to find a spot that isn't "polluted" by their presence. I may change my mind about this. I will make a print and look at it for a while... ;-)

Thanksgiving delight

Nikon D300s, Nikkor 24-120, f4

I hope you all here in America had a nice Thanksgiving. We spent the holiday with the whole family on the farm in Northwest Iowa. Thank you again Shelly, Shelby, Jessica, and Don for having us. We had a great time with outstanding food, fun, and good conversation.

This part of the state is very flat and landscape photography isn't always on my mind when we are there. The relative warm weather made it easy to spend some time outside and at the end of the day we were blessed with a gorgeous sunset over the neighboring farm. There was no doubt about that I would get the tripod out and shoot into the setting sun.

Nikon D300s, Nikkor 24-120, f4

Fifteen minutes earlier the sun gave the old barn a wonderful warm color. I love these old farm buildings and numerous images of this barn made it on my hard disk already during the last few years. My friend Dave Updegraff here in Eastern Iowa has an ongoing project and writes about it in his blog quite often. He shoots old barns and other farm related things and I'm sure he would like to point his lens on this one.