Old Barn--nearing the end: I shot this last week, but after this week's wind, which has been ferocious since Monday (still is), I'm wondering if the end may have arrived. The field has...

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

I shot this last week, but after this week's wind, which has been ferocious since Monday (still is), I'm wondering if the end may have arrived. The field has a slope so I left it that way.

Shot with a Canon 60D and the kit 18-135 mm lens and a lens shade; the sun was about 90 degrees to the shooting line. There has been no PP other than cropping.

angela k Loc: Long Island

Nice shot, while it's still standing, but I think with a huff and a puff, it will come tumbling down.
It really is sad that these old structures end their lives in these conditions!

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

angela k wrote:

Nice shot, while it's still standing, but I think with a huff and a puff, it will come tumbling down.
It really is sad that these old structures end their lives in these conditions!

Thanks for viewing Angela, and if I haven't commented before, your shots taken out at the Eastern end of Long Island were spectacular.

This area is still agricultural, and there used to be a lot of the old wooden barns around here, but time and economics have taken their toll. There comes a point when it's cheaper and faster to abandon the old structures and put up a new metal structure, but I still miss seeing the old ones; they had more individuality and character. If you look closely at this barn there is also an old pick-up truck still inside; if times are tough, I'm a bit surprised that it wasn't pulled out and sold for restoration.

angela k Loc: Long Island

JCam wrote:

Thanks for viewing Angela, and if I haven't commen... (show quote)

You didn't check the store original buttons so it was hard to notice the truck... that's a shame!! I love photographing old and rusty, the more textures the better for me to play with! It is a shame that these older structures are leaving one by one and I see nothing pretty about the new, metal ones!!

I'm glad you enjoyed my out East shots... there are still some old barns and machinery scattered around out there!

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

angela k wrote:

You didn't check the store original buttons so it was hard to notice the truck... that's a shame!! I love photographing old and rusty, the more textures the better for me to play with! It is a shame that these older structures are leaving one by one and I see nothing pretty about the new, metal ones!!

I'm glad you enjoyed my out East shots... there are still some old barns and machinery scattered around out there!

Sorry Angela, I meant to so just for you

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angela k Loc: Long Island

JCam wrote:

Sorry Angela, I meant to so just for you

Thanks Jim (?) now I can really see it!! I'm sure there's a hogger out there that can ID it from the hood and grill!!
Hope they rescue it before the collapse!

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

Angela,

I'm not a truck fanatic, but if I had to make a guess, I'd make it a Studebaker, probably shortly pre-WW II vintage. When I was just a teenager (mid-50's) our church had one that was used around the church and graveyard, and as I recall the front end was similar. I learned to drive stick shift on that truck and used it when several of us were helping to clean up the yard. The "good Father" let us use it--uninsured, unlicensed (me and the truck), and with little maintenance. Thankfully, my parents never found out!

Even doing good deeds wouldn't have stretched that far.

Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England

Dont go in there and Sneeze!!

Richard Spencer Loc: Evansville, Indiana

I don't know. Where I lived several years ago there was an old leaning barn quite similar to this one. Every time I passed I looked to see if it had fallen yet. One day a tornado came through and destroyed several of the newer buildings that had been built on either side. The old barn? It was still standing proud.

angela k Loc: Long Island

JCam wrote:

Angela, br br I'm not a truck fanatic, but if I h... (show quote)

The yellow truck I just posted was ID'd as a '47 studebaker... give a look and see if it resembles that. Isn't nice when an image from the past stirs up wonderful memories from our youth!!

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

angela k wrote:

The yellow truck I just posted was ID'd as a '47 studebaker... give a look and see if it resembles that. Isn't nice when an image from the past stirs up wonderful memories from our youth!!

Angela. No picture. Did you post it here or in another forum?

Jim

angela k Loc: Long Island

JCam wrote:

Angela. No picture. Did you post it here or in another forum?

Jim

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-447041-1.html

Jim, here's the link, maybe you can make out if your hidden truck is the same!

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

Angela, These are very nice pictures of a '47 Studebaker, but it isn't the same design truck. If you download the picture of the barn and enlarge it, you will notice that the front portion of the truck's hood extends much further down the front, almost to the headlights, and in 'your' truck that front portion isn't as deep. Even if my 60 year old memory is hazy, the 1947 date confirms that your truck is newer. The period I was driving the church truck was probably 1956-57 which would make the truck only ten years old. There were very few retail trucks available between Pearl Harbor Day and about 1946 when civilian truck production resumed. The church truck was considerably older; one could almost say it was barely hanging on (like the barn) which is why I guessed late pre-war.

Thanks for posting that series; they are neat shots!

angela k Loc: Long Island

JCam wrote:

Angela, These are very nice pictures of a '47 Stud... (show quote)

Glad you liked my '47, but if yours is older, they should really get it out of there.... it's priceless and they should try to save a piece of history!! Wish you could get in touch with the historical society and maybe they can do something!!
Enjoy the day, Jim.... they're calling for more snow tomorrow :-(