Two Relics

Small family farms and large American elm trees both seem to be relics of days gone by.

This old barn, next to a main road, is something of an Adirondack Icon. Many people have stopped over the years to photograph it as it decays. I wonder how many of them recognize that the old tree next to it (a rare survivor of the Dutch elm disease epidemic) is a species that once lined hundreds of "Elm Streets." Unless they remember the magnificent archways formed by those trees, and bought their food from family farmers like the one who built this barn, they won't have a clue.

Canon 5D3
Canon 24-105mm.
Three exposures at f/8; ISO 100; Nik HDR Effex Pro 2