Cyberkinesis70 Loc: Northern Colorado

The first is an abandoned house on hill. I sat in the grass to get the perspective I wanted. I took 20 shots of it. This is the one I liked noise and all. But there is a bunch of history in the Grasslands. From what I've heard and read, this land was settled by homesteaders who tried to eek out a living out of the prairie dirt. Then the Dust Bowl came. It wasn't as bad as Oklahoma or Kansas, but devastating none the less. Folks couldn't make even a meager living, they left the grasslands. They loaded up their Model Ts or Hupmobiles, whatever was available and headed for the land of milk and honey known as California. Some made it and others fell by the wayside. You can read about this in Grapes of Wrath. I'm pretty sure this house is more from the 1950's. I wonder what the hopes and dreams were, that were dashed by some drought or economic turn or maybe personal financial tragedy. All memories good or bad left behind. They left no personal history and moved on. I took pictures of a number of abandoned homes. I only saw a mere fraction of this area. I will go back for more.

The second is a windmill used to pump water for cattle to drink. While windmill silhouettes are pretty much cliche, I saw a couple of similar on some ads for diarrea or arthritis recently. This one is unique in the fact that I took it and own it. Good or bad it is mine.

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Photobum Loc: Auburn, Washington

Whoa! Two nice photographs. As much as I enjoy black & white photograph, These two are very, very, nice. (In the back of my mind I'm thinking how nice they would be in a full tonal range of b&w. That's just me though.) Nice shooting!

Cyberkinesis70 Loc: Northern Colorado

I was going to go monochrome. In fact, I actually did it. but I couldn't pass up the color. I love billowy and ominous clouds. Thanks for the vote of confidence and Merry Christmas or Holiday.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

As far as I am concerned, there is no such thing as a "cliche" image. A photograph is your interpretation of a scene and just because the Statue of Liberty, the Hollywood Sign or a prairie windmill has been shot a zillion times, does not mean that yours will not be unique.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice scenics!

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Very nice set, Marianne!

roder10 Loc: Colorado Springs

Very nice and I agree it is an interesting area to wander and photograph. Good work.

Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

I really love the colors and the solitude of the windmill. It is beautiful, B&W would not convey the same feelings.
Ken

Tazzy Loc: Tampa area

Great shots, I like the color

DonB Loc: Port Royal , Tn

Nice story telling photos. I thing I have found out about a lot of these abandoned homes in Americas heartland is that the owners were offered a good deal for the farm, the kids did not want to stay and work it so the parents took the money and left. The large mega-farms did not brother to remove the buildings (not cost-effective) and so now we have these great story telling site to fire our imagination. Happened to my uncle in North East Mo. Three mega-farms own about half the county, and the owners live in New York!

guardineer

Excellent photos!

loosecanon Loc: Central Texas

Wonderful, evocative photos. Nice job and vision.

Cyberkinesis70 Loc: Northern Colorado

Thank you all for your kind comments.

fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York

You did very nice with these images...nice work.

woodweasel Loc: bellingham Wa

Worth the wait, excellent