Highway 34 — Tornado House
Here’s a couple from Highway 34. The exact same house, but I can’t decide which one I like better. I’m leaning toward the straight on shot because it seems more graphic and since it is closer it seems more up front as well. It’s odd how you can see through it as well.
What are your thoughts?
Highway 34 — Barn and Fence
Highway 34 — Sorghum Field
Tucked away in a valley along the highway is a grove of trees. I’ve been wanting to try and shoot the grove, because it’s characteristically Nebraska. Back in the old days, trees were primarily found near water. This was the plains afterall and not Michigan. I hopped out of the car and looked for a way to shoot the woods and the dappled light and nothing looked right. So I turned a little to my right and saw the sorghum field between the farmhouse and the trees and the picture fell into place.
Highway 34 — Part 1
I’ve begun a new project to keep myself occupied. Every day I drive from Lincoln to Grand Island or the other way, and the next day I reverse it. I’ve become very familiar with the scenery along Highway 34 and decided to start up a medium format project to illustrate what I see. It’s a landscape project, or maybe an architecture project or even a people project. It all depends on my mood and what I decide to shoot.
At the moment it is still in it’s begining stages and I’m mostly focused on the major things I see. I haven’t really delved into detail shots and I haven’t been shooting long enough to show seasons. So here is the first image to be shown, and one that kick started the idea for the project. A neat barn with a flag and date. Nothing special, but it caught my eye. And the more I think about these old barns I realize they aren’t going to be around forever and will eventually be replaced by quonset huts that are far easier to maintain.
When I rolled up, I had the image of just the barn and the farmyard, but then I saw the mailbox and thought the old rusted thing added a nice touch to the frame.
