The Heartland
Captured in: Carthage, IL.
Pictured here is a view of a beautiful old-fashioned style barn located in Southwestern Illinois, which is considered...
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Captured in: Carthage, IL.
Pictured here is a view of a beautiful old-fashioned style barn located in Southwestern Illinois, which is considered to be in the Heartland (or Midwest) of the United States.
The shot was captured on a recent trip to visit with family, and I made sure to find a little time for some photography of the area around my wife's uncle's farm. This particular barn had an almost a Norman Rockwell-esque appearance, so I tried to take a little bit of inspiration from those works for the processing.
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"The Heartland" is an HDR image constructed from 3 separate shots, with a differential of 2 stops between images.
The resulting HDR image was processed using a combination of ACR, Photomatix, and Photoshop (includes the use of Topaz Labs plugins -- Adjust, Clean, Denoise, Glow, Impression, LensFX & Texture Effects).
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Pictured here is a view of a beautiful old-fashioned style barn located in Southwestern Illinois, which is considered to be in the Heartland (or Midwest) of the United States.
The shot was captured on a recent trip to visit with family, and I made sure to find a little time for some photography of the area around my wife's uncle's farm. This particular barn had an almost a Norman Rockwell-esque appearance, so I tried to take a little bit of inspiration from those works for the processing.
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"The Heartland" is an HDR image constructed from 3 separate shots, with a differential of 2 stops between images.
The resulting HDR image was processed using a combination of ACR, Photomatix, and Photoshop (includes the use of Topaz Labs plugins -- Adjust, Clean, Denoise, Glow, Impression, LensFX & Texture Effects).
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture f/8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 45/1 
Carthage, Illinois, US
May, 2020Views
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Winner in #nothingbutbarns Photo Challenge
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DaveCurtin
January 22, 2022
Thank you so much! I'm honored that you decided to select my image as the winner of your challenge, especially with so many outstanding images to choose from. It's great to hear how much you liked it, and I truly appreciate your kind comment as well. Many, many thanks! 😊
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