Barn 150 yrs old

'Can't imagine moving that big boy. I don't see too much foreground. The snow's texture is excellent & ties w/ the snow on the roof, w/ icicle fringe. If much were cropped out, it would take away from the sense of it being winter. The trees have no snow. Whew - a drum scan. That has to be a wicked sweet negative.

I think it's a lovely image. I agree that the foreground snow adds to the effect. In fact, I would have included even more foreground. Living in south Texas, I haven't seen snow in decades and I do miss it... not the cold though!!

I have not gotten the hang of this gallery thing yet, so i have REPLACED the previous uploaded image with this image unintentionally. Also wiped out some of the background story of the barn. Another point i should have added to the story of moving the barn twice, is that it was just the original part of the barn that existed at that time. This has the two extensions on either side clearly seen where the roof slope changes. Jack, who vaguely remembers it being moved the second time in the 20's, does not remember how they did it, other than it was dragged by a team of horses. The barn framing is about 6x6 post and beam, mortised joints pinned with wood dowels and extremely rigid. He thinks with fulcrum they lifted one side at a time and liberally treated the bottom of the sole plates with lard, to ease the dragging. Had to be quite an operation. That time, it was only moved a few hundred yards. I am going to try to take some photos inside and capture a bit of the framing craftsmanship that went into this beauty.

Michael, interior shots could be insane. 'Catching light coming through gaps in walboards, implements, hay draped here or there beam angles, textures of wood. I think it has tons of great possibilities.

I like this image even better with more foreground. In fact, if it was my image, I'd crop much of the sky to just above the tallest trees leaving a print ratio of approximately 2:3 or even a bit narrower.

I like it, Feeble. i meant this to be a wide scene, meant to capture the barn in its farm setting, and the first image in an album. The album is really about the barn, but the wide scene i think is a good opening to the subject. i hope to can make some more visits and shoot during this year. Your crop suggestion makes it more what i aimed for in the beginning.

Yes! I like this as you show it -- the texture visible in the snowy foreground (vs the dead white that often tends to happen) makes it work quite well And besides, I like old barns!