Week 15
Appalachian Spa
April 15, 2010
April 15, 2010
I can see the advertising copy now..."Vintage outdoor spa-bath among the green foliage and quaint 19th-century architecture....".
Ok, ok...so it's not supposed to be a spa:). This image was actually taken on my overnight trip last week to the Blue Ridge Mountains. My family has a cabin in Amherst County situated in the Appalachians less than an hour's drive from Lynchburg, VA. This picture was taken on the property of our neighbor up there who was kind enough to let me prowl around his family farm in search of interesting things to photograph. Well, I wasn't disappointed. The property is on a beautiful piece of land with rolling hills, forest-land and pasture, as well as an old farmhouse and outbuildings for what was at one-time a fully operational and working farm.
Not in use aside from some grazing rights for cattle-farmers nearby, the property is populated with over-grown buildings, old and new farm equipment, and parked trucks and cars that our neighbor uses for parts and scrap, occasionally resurrecting one for use on the road. After scouting it out the day before, my father and I rose early in the morning to get to the farm and witness the morning fog and amazing light that awaited us when we arrived. I was able to capture a number of great images that morning, any one of them would have been a worthy installment to 52Photos, but I liked the disposition of the old tub in the overgrown grass and weeds, and overall uniqueness of the image. It seems to tell a story and begs you to guess at what that story is.
Taken with a wide-open aperture (2.8), and a fast shutter (1/500), some other things I like about the piece are the shallow depth of field on the front side of the tub, the fog-masked farm-building it the background, and the foliage we are peeking through in the foreground.
Enjoy the image, and until next week....
Ok, ok...so it's not supposed to be a spa:). This image was actually taken on my overnight trip last week to the Blue Ridge Mountains. My family has a cabin in Amherst County situated in the Appalachians less than an hour's drive from Lynchburg, VA. This picture was taken on the property of our neighbor up there who was kind enough to let me prowl around his family farm in search of interesting things to photograph. Well, I wasn't disappointed. The property is on a beautiful piece of land with rolling hills, forest-land and pasture, as well as an old farmhouse and outbuildings for what was at one-time a fully operational and working farm.
Not in use aside from some grazing rights for cattle-farmers nearby, the property is populated with over-grown buildings, old and new farm equipment, and parked trucks and cars that our neighbor uses for parts and scrap, occasionally resurrecting one for use on the road. After scouting it out the day before, my father and I rose early in the morning to get to the farm and witness the morning fog and amazing light that awaited us when we arrived. I was able to capture a number of great images that morning, any one of them would have been a worthy installment to 52Photos, but I liked the disposition of the old tub in the overgrown grass and weeds, and overall uniqueness of the image. It seems to tell a story and begs you to guess at what that story is.
Taken with a wide-open aperture (2.8), and a fast shutter (1/500), some other things I like about the piece are the shallow depth of field on the front side of the tub, the fog-masked farm-building it the background, and the foliage we are peeking through in the foreground.
Enjoy the image, and until next week....
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