Farm

"There are three easy ways of losing money - racing is the quickest, women the most pleasant, and farming the most certain." -- Lord Amherst

A corn crib barn stands out in a Northumberland County corn field. Taken back on 4-2-2010 during a Covered Bridge trip through the Pennsylvania counties of Northumberland and Union.

I shot this as five bracketed RAW frames at 1/3rd stop increments handheld and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro. Textures applied from the commercial texture packs purchased from Flypaper Textures and Distressed Textures.

Update on my leg for those that have asked – Just got back from the Surgeon. He says after eight weeks, there isn’t enough healing so I have to wait at least another month. Because of some other long term health issues I have, the bone isn’t healing as fast as it should. Looking at the X-Ray, realistically I would guess that I may be able to walk and drive again sometime in the Winter. My entire Summer has evaporated. [insert very, very bad words here]

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Corn crib barn in Northumberland County

by Gregg Obst on July 20, 2010

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Corn crib barn in Northumberland County

I wish I could remember where this farm was located. It was somewhere after the Sam Wagner covered bridge but I have not been able to locate it on any of the satellite maps. From my 4-2-2010 trip through Northumberland and Union Counties covered bridge excursion.

I shot this as seven hand held bracketed RAW frames at .7th stop increments and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and finally, tone mapped that image.

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You have to wonder if the Cows ever use the bridge…

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..and then our eyes met and I knew my life would never be the same…

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