Abandoned Farm house
Dec, 2016Views
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Location
This photo was taken on an Alberta backroad near the Drumheller badlands,I very much doubt I could find the place again if I tried. It was a last minute stop on the way home after an uneventful morning that had left me feeling more than a little frustrated.Time
It was taken around 8am on a very foggy autumn morning. The initial intent was to go looking for wildlife who would be active in the early morning ice fog that had descended over night. After a morning devoid of anything other than a few deer tracks, this old farm house was a lucky find before the fog started to burn off with the rising sun.Lighting
The very dense fog was making for a good extended "golden hour". In my mind the contrast a fog gives in the early morning light can make almost any photograph fantastic.Equipment
All that was used in this case was my Nikon D750 with a 24-120 lens , and a willingness to lay down in a very cold, very wet field.Inspiration
Old forgotten farm houses such this one hold a strong allure for me. The questions of what the past might have held," who lived there, what was their life like, why did they leave" flood my mind every time I see one. I think these once loved but now abandoned homes say a lot about our nature and how we can sometimes so easily forget and move on. I always show respect to these places and never go inside or trespass on private land to get a photograph.Editing
I don't believe there was any post processing on this image. I'd like to think if I had, I would had removed that spot of dust from the top right of the picture.In my camera bag
Most weekends if i'm not sure where I'm going or what I might see I try to cover the field and take a bit of everything. But it's rare I'd leave home on a day like this without my Tamron 150-600 zoom lens. Nikon 16-35 wide lens and the Nikon 24-120mm. Nikon D750, tripod and a range of filters. There is also a couple of less conventional items too, since I live in Alberta. In the winter I normally carry extra gloves and hand warmer packets, summer time is more likely to find bear bangers in my camera bag.Feedback
Get up early. Really early. I am, by no stretch of the imagination a morning person and as the sun is rising at 5:30 this time of year I have to drag myself out of bed at some fairly horrible times to get where I want to be. However, when you're there, the sun is coming up and you know that you're getting the image you came all this way for, you soon start to feel better. A thermos full of coffee helps a lot too.
