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Farley Elevator
Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 12 March 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
Farley, Missouri
Fuji GS645
Tmax 100
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
Like the composition and atmosphere. best...jerry
12 Mar 2009 5:19am
Teresa from Mountain View, United States
not at all a snow person but you make this look inviting.
12 Mar 2009 5:23am
@Teresa: thanks teresa. i don't like snow either.
Annie Viguié from Bordeaux, France
I like very much the snow in the foreground, as egg whites beaten in snow! What I find magnificent also it is the writing " Farley elevator " on black bottom. With a very beautiful development by the light.
12 Mar 2009 5:47am
Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australia
beaut softness here. delicate light here. curious name of business
12 Mar 2009 5:56am
@Matt Sutton: thanks matt. the picture cuts out half the building - it's a grain elevator.
cat from Tel Aviv, Israel
How untouched those fields of snow look and how silent. This place does look so lonely and its walls are a palimpsest giving clues to its history.
12 Mar 2009 6:25am
EYES WIDE SHUT from United Kingdom
Great composition and use of textures here. Superb in mono, with a timeless quality
12 Mar 2009 6:56am
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
A scene that evokes history and landscape, and peoples impact upon it, good shot.
12 Mar 2009 10:39am
dogilicious from Millerstown, PA, United States
Love the black and white tones in the building. Nicely composed.
12 Mar 2009 12:17pm
sherri from Little Rock, United States
This is a grand piece of history. Very nicely composed.
12 Mar 2009 12:27pm
Chris Parr from Jefferson City, United States
I love the "colors" on the side of the barn. Subtle differences in texture that really come out in b/w.
12 Mar 2009 12:59pm
Robert from Kingsville, Canada
It's all in the details and you captured them in this excellent photo.
12 Mar 2009 1:26pm
Thomas from Bangalore, India
It looks so lonely and in the middle of nowhere. Beautiful capture
12 Mar 2009 2:18pm
daina from New York, United States
Your processing is so much a part of your compositions i.e. The snow is whiter in this image exactly where you want your focal point to be. You “arrange” your lights and darks so very expertly. I love the stillness in this image and the simple shapes that contribute to that stillness.
12 Mar 2009 2:29pm
@daina: thanks daina. i appreciate the comment. it's funny though - i don't really think of my processing as anything but trying to eliminate sources of errors.
Marcie from United States
Especially love the processing here..the softness of the blacks and whites and greys. Intersting place.
12 Mar 2009 2:55pm
Don from spokane, United States
A fine black and white image. Daina is expressing some of the thoughts I'm sure many of your viewers think about. Very nice shot today.
12 Mar 2009 4:38pm
@Don: thanks very much don
Bill from Belton, United States
A most unlikely business in Farley, it would seem. I wonder, do they build them, or maybe install them, or perhaps repair them? Could it be this is just the front office for a grain storage facility? Such a mystery! BTW, an image of perfection Grant!
12 Mar 2009 5:51pm
@Bill: hmmm. i have a feeling you know the answer bill. but, the correct answer is d, the office of a grain elevator...
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
I like the use of space and the framing - excellent b&w image
12 Mar 2009 6:17pm
@yiannis krikis: thanks yiannis
Suzanne from Huntington Bch, California, United States
This plain old barn becomes quite picturesque with the snow. Excellent image.
12 Mar 2009 7:37pm
david from columbus, ohio, United States
i'm guessing it's a grain elevator (wahtever that is)? either way...it makes for a wonderful photo.
12 Mar 2009 8:16pm
@david: yep, storage for local farmers, right next to the train tracks.
Kurt from San Francisco, United States
Oooh, love this one. Stark, empty, soft, beautiful.
12 Mar 2009 9:34pm
@Kurt: thanks kurt
kerfendal from Paris, France
great variation in grey, I like the snow in front of the barn
12 Mar 2009 9:39pm
paolo from Castelnuovo, Italy
i like the close up of the building. it's a great compo with that vast space on it's back
12 Mar 2009 10:57pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
This is certainly an odd place for an elevator factory, but it does have very good scenery in winter.
13 Mar 2009 12:28am
@Howard F.: :-)
michele from Canada
i could spend a good long time looking at the paint marks and textures in that metal wall. and the crimp in one edge - that's a great detail.
13 Mar 2009 2:05am
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
And his brother didn't even leave footprints in the snow.
17 Mar 2009 10:19pm
