Returning to the barn

We finally returned to the brick barn we visited earlier. Shown here is a recent photo. The owner granted us permission to look around and take photos, so we obviously took advantage of the opportunity. It was great to get some different perspectives.

This old piece... along with a similar house (which we did not get any shots of)... has a certain charm that separates itself from most other barns. A certain character. It and the surrounding grounds are well maintained, despite their age. The owners take pride in their place, and it shows.

The craftsmanship is also obvious in the original construction... painstaking brickwork, unique and consistent doors, and so on. This is the kind of thing that most people just pass by anymore. They're worth a stop to take a look.

Color or black-and-white?

Remember that brick farm house and barn I mentioned earlier? This is the barn from that original shoot. I purposely haven't been back yet because I promised Missy we'd go when we both could go.

This is one of those shots that looks equally good in either color or black-and-white. Either way you get a sense of the subtleties and nuances that the colors evoke... even when there's no color at all. Kind of like fine line's, and the experience of years, on one's face as they get older. You know there's a story there, you just don't know what it is.

Then again, there's also little things that jump out at you as not quite right in a humorous kind of way. The cinder block holding the door closed is one of those little things that might otherwise be overlooked. As carefully maintained and preserved as this structure is, they still use a cinder block to hold the doors closed.

You can see the color version at the main website in the New Additions Gallery.