The Lonely Little Barn
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on Wed, January 30th 2008 by graham
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Graham Binns posted a photo:
Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 29
This was taken during my lunch break, standing on the top of Jubilee Tower, looking down into the Trough of Bowland. It was, I might add, more than a touch windy.
I love how bleak and empty the Trough looks from this position. That's mostly because it's pretty exposed and, when the weather is inclement (as it frequently is) it's not a very pleasant place to be. Even on a nice-ish day like today the wind was biting; I could barely hold the camera for the cold.
If you go to other parts of the Trough, though, you tend to find that it's full of life and light and peace and tranquility. It really is rather beautiful.
I would have liked, ideally, to get closer to the lonely barn you can see in this image, but the ground was still incredibly boggy and I didn't dare attempt it without wellies for fear of getting stuck. A location for another time, I suspect. It's also darker than I would have liked, but there wasn't much I could do about that without blowing the sky. I need to invest in some ND filters for the wide-angle lens (or some adapter rings and a filter kit, perhaps).
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