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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2009 9:14:02 GMT -5
Every morning I drive by this shed. This time of year I pass right after sunrise and I like to golden tones combined with the wood of the shed and the surrounding ground. I have been meaning to stop. This morning I did. Nikon D50, 18-70 zoom.
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Post by vintageslrs on Jul 22, 2009 21:16:38 GMT -5
Glad you did too.
Love the gold tones also!
Bob
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Post by PeterW on Jul 23, 2009 9:53:11 GMT -5
Hi Wayne,
I like the shed picture and have returned to it several times. The early morning sunlight, and from the long shadow it looks very early, has brought out all the golden tones of the shed's woodwork and the surrounding area, almost like a monochrome sepia picture. I can see why it caught your eye and why you stopped to take it. I imagine that in the Spring when the rather sparse grass is greener, and later in the day in a more overhead light, it would look quite different.
Apart from this shot as a picture I like it because it's one of those pictures that poses questions in my mind.
What, for example, is a shed like this doing apparently in the middle of nowhere? What was it used for? Is there a farmhouse somewhere nearby? It doesn't seem to be used now because piled in front obstructing the door there appear to be the remains of a fence and a gate, so was the shed originally inside an enclosure?
I'm also intrigued by the seemingly inside-out method of construction with lapped weatherboarding inside the structural frame. I'm used to seeing wetherboarding outside a framework.
I like pictures that carry a story, even if not an obvious one, the sort of picture that the more you look at it the more questions jump into your mind, even though your imaginary answers may be wide of the mark. The sort of picture that, to a good fiction writer, might start a train of thought that leads to a compelling story.
I know, I'm just an incurable old romantic in a world that no longer has time to stop and look and think. I'm minded of the closing lines of the poem Leisure by William Henry Davies:
A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.
Thanks for posting it.
PeterW
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2009 10:35:21 GMT -5
Peter: As always, you ask excellent questions. The photo below may shed (ahem) a little more light on the subject. Off to the far left, just out of view, is a farmhouse that is beside a busy highway that runs pretty much parallel to the embankment that is behind the shed. The highway at one time followed the contour of the land but some years ago, road crews dug a lot of gravel out of the area behind the shed and used it to build an embankment that carries the highway across the depression where the shed is located. That project pretty much boxed the building in and the removal of the soil destroyed the plot of about five acres as farmland. I'm not sure what the original purpose of the building was or why it is "inside-out." I suspect some old time farmer from the area could explain why it is that way.
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Post by mickeyobe on Jul 23, 2009 13:26:03 GMT -5
Wayne,
The picture is wonderful. The colour of the shed perfectly melds with the sere landscape.
Here are a some possible reasons for the inside out construction. 1. The interior walls are relatively clean and smooth making it unnecessary to finish them with more lumber or expensive paint. 2. In violent wind storms the horizontal panels are not prone to being ripped off by gusts of wind. 3. The vertical 2x4's (or whatever their dimensions are) are great for hanging farming tools without violating the draft proofing of the clapboards. 4. The clapboards on the front of the house are secured to the vertical 2x4 at the corner greatly increasing the structural stability, assuming all four corners have been treated in the same manner.
Mickey
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Post by Randy on Jul 23, 2009 13:27:28 GMT -5
Very nice photo Wayne. The building is built in form of what they call "cribbing" around here. It would have been used for several purposes, probably one to hold Grain. With the inside out construction, there is less nooks and crannies to hold less than desirable items. I used to work for a feedmill, and I saw sheds like this used to hold Oats and Buckwheat.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2009 17:21:04 GMT -5
BINGO! I think we have a winner! Thanks Randy. I knew that but had forgotten.
Wayne
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Post by PeterW on Jul 23, 2009 18:40:58 GMT -5
Thanks, Randy.
I can see now the logic of building a grain shed 'inside-out'. It's an explanation I wouldn't have thought of.
Thanks also to Wayne for the reason why the shed is no longer in use and seems to be just left in the middle of nowhere.
Here in the overcrowded south-east of the UK even half an acre of land is far too valuable to be just left with an old shed on it. The land would be sold for development and, with luck, the shed would be rescued by enthusiasts and set up in a 'working museum' of rural life.
PeterW
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Post by olroy2044 on Jul 23, 2009 21:14:11 GMT -5
Nice shot Wayne. Gives me hope for a shed near my home. I have shot it several times and got nada. Perhaps there is still hope Roy
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