HSV Round Barn: I attended a course in composition at the Hancock Shaker Village and took many shots of the round barn. Any comments or suggestions for improvement is welcome. The...

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

I attended a course in composition at the Hancock Shaker Village and took many shots of the round barn. Any comments or suggestions for improvement is welcome. The first few are to show where you stand makes a difference as does zooming. At 89 years old it is difficult for me to get down real low, but I did kneel a few times and got help standing up LOL.

Bud

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woodworkerman Loc: PA to FL

If you go many miles north and south on that road where this is located, you will find "many" covered bridges to photograph and they are amazing. You can find them with a Google search.

Thanks for sharing.

fbeaston Loc: Vermont

Nice captures ... & I tip my hat to you, to take a course & be out shooting at 89!!!! YEA you!!!!
Outstanding!!!!! I should be so lucky when I get to that age. Keep up the good work & I hope you have many more years out shooting interesting scenes. Best to you.

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Good set, and good memories.
Thanks.

BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

fbeaston wrote:

Nice captures ... & I tip my hat to you, to take a course & be out shooting at 89!!!! YEA you!!!!
Outstanding!!!!! I should be so lucky when I get to that age. Keep up the good work & I hope you have many more years out shooting interesting scenes. Best to you.

Well said, and I agree!

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

woodworkerman wrote:

If you go many miles north and south on that road where this is located, you will find "many" covered bridges to photograph and they are amazing. You can find them with a Google search.

Thanks for sharing.

I was born and raised in Pittsfield and while route 20 goes east and west, I can assure you that I have at one time or another seen most of the covered bridges in northeastern New York and Western Massachusetts and southern Vermont. May have missed a few in Connecticut. Thanks for looking and reminding me of a new quest - going back and photographing the bridges.
Bud

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

fbeaston wrote:

Nice captures ... & I tip my hat to you, to take a course & be out shooting at 89!!!! YEA you!!!!
Outstanding!!!!! I should be so lucky when I get to that age. Keep up the good work & I hope you have many more years out shooting interesting scenes. Best to you.

Thanks for the nice comment. My wife and I are members of the HSV museum and the main reason I went to the course was to be with other photographers as I wandered around.
Bud

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

RichardTaylor wrote:

Good set, and good memories.
Thanks.

Thanks for looking Richard. I spent most of my summers as a youngster about a quarter mile from the the Shaker Village. Used to here them ring the bel for various part of the day.
Bud

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

BassmanBruce wrote:

Well said, and I agree!

Thanks for looking and the nice comment
Bud

trackmag

Thanks for the nice shots. Have not been in that part of he world in decades, but I would love to personally observe that barn. I love well-preserved old barns, and I know of just one round barn in this part of the world . . up north of Dallas.
There is another old three-story barn down south of Fort Worth that was built by a German farmer more than 100 years ago. It was assembled without a nail, using wooden pegs an and still stands erect. Need to
get over there and look at it again soon. And maybe take some photos of.
Thanks for your nice photos. I am 76 and still taking a bunch of photos. Hope to till be doing it at 89. Keep it up.

Stash Loc: South Central Massachusetts

Thanks for sharing your very nice photos WF2B. I've been there several times. My daughter lives in North Adams.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice variety there! I can certainly appreciate and relate to the getting down low problem.

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

trackmag wrote:

Thanks for the nice shots. Have not been in that ... (show quote)

I will look in my archives and post some shots of the inside of the barn that I took a few years ago. It has an interesting setup. The hay wagons came in at the upper level, and the hay was then dropped down the center. The cows were on the first level where they were fed and milked and the manure was scraped to the lower level where it was removed by the manure wagons and used to fertilize the fields.
Bud

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

Stash wrote:

Thanks for sharing your very nice photos WF2B. I've been there several times. My daughter lives in North Adams.

Stash, thanks for the comments. Are you from the Springfield area or the Wilbraham area?
Bud

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good series, Bud.