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A black and white landscape image of an old weathered barn. The front is in shadow on the left. The right side is in daylight. There are two doors, one above the other. The lower door is a large single door. The upper door is two doors. They are set in a part of the barn that extends out from the main structure, but there is no landing. These doors accessed the upper part of the barn for loading hay bails. Winter bare trees surround the bar.
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Ambivalena
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Wow, what an awesome shot, and a great looking barn. I wonder how long it will be standing up though.
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Bob Tregilus
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@ambivalena Thank you! I love it when I find an old barn to photograph. All too often, however, there's an ugly old RV next to it as well.
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I am a bit jealous of that ;) Around were I live it is extremly rare to find abandoned houses or other buildings, so it is nice to see those kind of photos.

What does RV stand for? Some kind of vehicle?

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@ambivalena Oh, sorry, Recreational Vehicle (RV). We have lots of abandoned buildings on public lands in the west but also there are a lot of really interesting old buildings on private property. I can often get a good composition from the public road but ninety percent of the time there is an ugly broken down RV next to or inside of the old building. I suppose it could tell a story, but it is not the story I am interested in. I like a clean shot of how the building and wood are weathering.
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Thanks, now I learned a new word 😄

Some things like that (an RV) can really mess up your intention with a photo.

There are areas in Sweden with a lot of abandoned buildings to, but it is really far from were I live, unfortunately if you like to photograph.

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@ambivalena That's too bad you are not closer to where there are interesting abandoned buildings. I love exploring ghost towns. There are so many in Nevada, all with the same story: Someone finds a bit of gold or silver, a mine opens, the developers move in, and a town begins to form. After 10-20 years, all of the gold or silver is gone and the people move away leaving the town to disappear into the sagebrush. I like finding a place where an old photo was shot & making a "then & now" photo.
A color landscape photo composition. Two photos were used to make a "then and now" photo of a ghost town called "Wonder" in central Nevada. The original photo was made around 1911. It shows the small mining town on a gentle slope at the base of a mountain. That photo is in black and white. I found the spot where the photographer stood and shot the scene again using the same photographic settings. Then at home, I composited or blended the two photos such that the town, in black and white, is in the middle of the frame and extends up the side of one of the mountains and the rest is in color showing what the site looks like now. There are a few old rusty cans in the foreground. The sky is clear and blue.
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Thats a nice way to show the changes in a landscape with layers like that.

Whole ghost towns are really rare in our country as far as I know, but it must be a real treat to photograph?

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