Posted by Sean Bagshaw on April 3, 2007 at 11:56 PM
Marc and I seem to have both spent some time in the Steens in March. Other than my previous post, the air quality and atmospheric conditions weren't great when I was there, so I spent one day driving around Harney County doing some scouting. I had heard about the famous Round Barn, but never been to it before. It was built by Pete French, the eastern Oregon cattle king of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He built the round barn and two others like it to be able to exercise and train horses even in the most harsh winter conditions. The round footprint of the barn enabled the horses to walk a circular path and stay out of the cold. Apparently this sort of thinking was way ahead of its time. Pete French was eventually shot to death in an argument over land with someone who was squatting on his ranch (which covered a good portion of Oregon at the time).
I wasn't planning on taking any photos, but when I looked inside I was drawn in by the intricate roof structure and the even reflected light. I ended up shooting a ton of compositions for about an hour, which turned out to be a great use of my time near noon on a hazy, flat day. It isn't a nature shot, but given its location in the middle of nowhere in eastern Oregon and Mark H's body of barn work I thought I'd give it a share.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm, tripod, one or two seconds at about f/11
Sean,
Definatly a unique shot. It does fall into the abstract catigory IMHO. Did you get any different comps? I realize that there probably were restricted in the area you were shooting. I'm thinking maybe a wider angle so the progressive circles of the roof are whole. I could just be out in left field and not know what I'm talking abouut also.
Cool shot, I like it but I'm not sold on it. I think it could easily go in one of those Oregon coffee table books though. As a former carpenter, I'm all over that roof, I'd love to have built something like that.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 4, 2007 at 1:04 PM
Very interesting - similar to some of the lighthouse lens close-ups I have done...
An interesting perspective - looks almost like a mushroom from underneath. The chromatic aberrations around the holes in the roof are a bit distracting.
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7 repliesI wasn't planning on taking any photos, but when I looked inside I was drawn in by the intricate roof structure and the even reflected light. I ended up shooting a ton of compositions for about an hour, which turned out to be a great use of my time near noon on a hazy, flat day. It isn't a nature shot, but given its location in the middle of nowhere in eastern Oregon and Mark H's body of barn work I thought I'd give it a share.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm, tripod, one or two seconds at about f/11
Definatly a unique shot. It does fall into the abstract catigory IMHO. Did you get any different comps? I realize that there probably were restricted in the area you were shooting. I'm thinking maybe a wider angle so the progressive circles of the roof are whole. I could just be out in left field and not know what I'm talking abouut also.