Blossoming cherry tree in spring with blossoming field and deep blue sky.
Rural photography shows an old work horse which has been put out to pasture in its golden years. Farm equipment like this old tractor are reminders of the bygone era of the independent American farmers. Awarded Best In Show / 2007 Macon County Historical Museum Art & Photography Show
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A crop of canola in flower. Taken near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada MY BUBBLESITE
A field of sunflowers found near Woodland, IL. It rained the night before and the flowers were covered in raindrops and bees, and flies, and all types of flying critters.
Blue sky days are not always a common sight in Belgium. When the sun shines in the spring however, even these mundane fields look glorious.
In the early days fodder to get the stock through the winter was usually hay. The whole process was done by hand in the earliest days later a horse draw hay rake like the one shown was used. The hay then was place by hand into stacks around a pole to help keep it from blowing away. By pressing the hay down as they started and latter by the weight of the hay, it would become fairly waterproof. This took a certain skill by the stackers. The hay would cure by the heat generated by the release of moisture in the hay and compression. A fence was then place around the stack to keep the stock out until it was time for them to feed on it….Image was taken on The Mountain Farm Museum, GSMNP. The barn seen is the Enloe-Floyd Barn, and is of the Shotgun style
One of the more modern structures in Cades Cove. A lot of the barns that were there, have gradually fallen in and nature reclaimed them. I can remember back to when a few people still lived in the Cove. They were allowed to live there by an arrangement with the park service when the land was sold. They are all gone now including those that stayed in the cabins in the Elkmont area. This barn sits beside the Cades Cove Loop Road. It still is in great shape and will probably out live me. I wish I had thought and taken the time 30 years ago and shoot a lot of the structures that are forever gone. Hind site is always better than foresight. Never pass up a chance for a shot, what you pass up today may be gone tomorrow…a block and tackle was often hung from the overhang of the roof to pull hay up and into the window up top.. image taken as mornings 1st light tops over the ridge to warm the already beautiful colors,and intensify parts of the field back of the barn…Cades Cove is located in the Great Smoky Mountains and one of the more heavily visited areas.
Still life featuring a jug of Harvest Moon apple cider, loaf of bread in a basket, grapes, pears, and a peach.
Yet another highland cow, this time taken somewhere along the Pennine Bridleway in the Derbyshire Peak District. You can see Manchester in the distance. Shame it was so cloudy. See my Livestock Calender
The reflection of this old barn is like our memories of a life gone by. We remember the past in general terms but the details may not be perfectly clear. Reflecting gives us a warm, fuzzy feeling. It is nice to remember. Olympus SP510UZ; wide angle conversion lens Group Feature: / Rural Around The Globe – April 18, 2009 Challenge Top Ten Placement: / Country Bumpking – December, 2008 / Scavenger Hunt – March 16, 2009 Challenge Winner: / Rural Around The Globe; Barns Challenge – April 18, 2009 !
This may not look to be that comfortable to ride. It was a lot easier that raking hay by hand. This old horse drawn hay rake could rake bout what 8 men could do in a given time. That would leave a lot of time for other chores. More often then not, one of the younger kids would drive the rake, and the older kids and men would gather and put up the hay. This was pulled thru the field of cut hay. The tines would collect the hay. When they were full the lever would be pull releasing the hay in a pile. Then it would be gathered and taken to where they stored it. This may be crude by today’s standards but in its hay days this was a major improvement to putting up hay…….image taken at the Mountain Farm Museum at the Cherokee NC entrance to the Great smoky Mountain NP
A rusty gate into a frosty field on a foggy morning walk. Nikon D300 / Nikkor 24-70 / SB800 Flash / 1/60 at f8
Camomiles beautiful on pink sky
i posted a similar look.someone saw this and asked to publish.this ones much wider and a diffirent angle.the silhouette on the horison line is a pivot for iirigation.
The English countryside in late May, Oil Seed Rape adds a splash of yellow.
The Tithe Barn was built in the early 14th century as part of the medieval farmstead belonging to Shaftesbury Abbey. Its function was to store the produce of the farm, and of the farms of the manor. Tenant farms contributed a tithe, meaning a tenth of their produce. King Ethelred gave the Manor of Bradford, including the monastery founded by St Aldhelm, to the Abbess of Shaftesbury in 1001. The barn is now owned and maintained by English Heritage.
Greeting from Sunny Sunflower & friend! / Taken if field just out side of Winnipeg MB with Canon PowerShot A570IS on auto mode.
Another from Holland Marsh north of Toronto. Some people sure have the oddest things around their homes. Actually, this house looks like it used to be inhabited by seasonal crop workers, hard to believe they might still be living there but who knows, eh? / 3 exposure hdr tonemapped in Photomatix then textures added.
I was driving through the countryside, when I spotted this old barn. I thought the sky had an interesting pattern or coloration, and would accent the barn nicly. Even though the barn has seen its better days, it is still being used by the farmer. The photo was taken in Page County, Virginia. I did apply a slight curves adjustment in Photoshop CS3 to enhance midtone exposure. This is my second attempt at textures. /
While bow hunting high on a mountain top in Bergton, Virginia, I ran across the old farm house. The story has it that a family of nine (that’s right) daughters were raised in this tiny four room house. /
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