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Lonely Barn, Revisited

Posted at 23:21:00 on Sun, March 02nd 2008 by graham
in: barn bowland countryside d40x farmbuildings forestofbowland photography repeat three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008

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Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 61

This is slightly running-out-of-ideas-y, but seeing as how we were up there yesterday with the sun shining, bringing out the colour in the scrubby grass, I decided that it was worth it.

I also like the fact that said barn actually has a cousin in the far distance.

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The Lonely Little Barn

Posted at 20:18:09 on Wed, January 30th 2008 by graham
in: barn bleak bowland d40x desaturated farmbuildings farmland lancashire lonely nature photography three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008 trough troughofbowland wildland

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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Graham Binns is a writer, photographer, musician and software developer from Lancaster, England, with far too much hair, a penchant for odd t-shirts and a magnificent hat. He has been making things up for as long as he can remember and has been making code work for long enough to make a living from it.

He has written one novel, which is in the process of composting, and is working remembering how to write before embarking on a second. In the meantime, he photographs things, since it's easier not to have to make the world up in his head all of the time.