Star Trails

It wasn't the best night for star gazing, clouds coming and going, but it gave me some idea what is possible. Setting my camera on a tripod in northeast Nebraska, where the night sky is not contaminated with city lights, I tried several combinations of shutter speed and ISO.  My first attempt at making star …

Back Breaker

Does this look familiar?  Seen other barns like this?  It seems like most every barn that I've seen of this roof design has a broken back.  Must be a design flaw, or perhaps a mis-application of the design in this climate, where heavy snows are common.  Maybe the loft is too big; i.e. a loft …

Old and New

This scene really got my attention.  First of all, just the barn itself on a stone foundation, still standing tall.   A new paint job will do wonders, but the old gal is so sturdy-looking, the windows are still square, no sagging or leaning of the main frame.   The windows look like they have cardboard covering them from …