Normally, when photographers present their photos, they present the very best of their work after many, many shots and sometimes, post-processing tweaking. Normally, a photographer wouldn’t display or present a photo that isn’t good or weird or a mistake.
Well, weird does interest me and I do look for flukes in my photographs. I use a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens to photograph all my landscapes. This lens is sweet and it is one of my main lenses. I had read reports and others have told me that using an ultra wide angle lens will sometimes bow the scene in the photograph. I’ve been looking for that to happen. Finally, it did.
On a particularly crisp and picture perfect spring day, I shot a series of photos of a red barn, and the red barn with outbuildings and house. The photo above is of the red barn with outbuildings and house and the huge sycamore trees in front. The scene bowed titling the barn and house. I thought it is an interesting picture taken by the perspective of bowing from the ultra wide lens. I happen to like it and willing to show it to all as it gives us another view.
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I think its fun. All you need now is to have the traditional corney shot of some one pushing the barn with hands like the ones you see of the leaning tower of Piza.
I’m glad there are others, Anna, who love to play with photography. Play is good! Too many serious, strict rule-followers out there - for nobody’s good.
Hi sengdroma and welcome. A hand would have been a hoot! Thanks for commenting and stopping by.
Hi Bo. I find I am a strange mix of a photographer. I enjoy capturing the real-as-is and I also love to play with photography whether it is in digital art in the post processing or smiling when I see a ‘goof-up’ in a picture and decide to go with it instead making it ‘right’. Rules are good in photography as one learns them, but breaking them is also fun. I agree with you, Play is good!
Beautiful photo! Are there many houses or barns painted in red and with white corners in Kansas? Where they built by Swedish immigrant farmers? Over here in Sweden this is the traditional way of building and painting barns and houses. I’m just curious. The photo is amazing!
And in spring the countryside in Sweden looks exactly like in the photo
The photo could have been taken 4600 miles away
Greetings from Sweden!
Hi Thomas and welcome. I haven’t seen many barns painted in red with white corners here in Kansas. Red barns, yes, but not many I’ve seen with white corners. This barn was located where there are many horse farms.
There were Swedish immigrant farmers that settled in Kansas, though. Definitely. There is one ‘famous’ town called Little Sweden: Lindsborg, Kansas- http://www.lindsborg.org/
Thank you very much for your comments and stopping by, Thomas.
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