Abandoned Farmhouse by photosynthesis

Photography • Rural/Countryscapes • posted on Mar 16, 2016

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Taken a couple of years ago in the Applegate Valley, where I lived at the time (though not in this house!). I have previously posted a couple of photos of this house here & here, experimenting with different postwork approaches & thought I'd give it one more go... Please zoom.

Comments (11)

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Faemike55

12:23PM | Wed, 16 March 2016

I bet this place has some interesting stories to tell

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romangirl

2:29PM | Wed, 16 March 2016

Very pretty!

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calico_jester

3:06PM | Wed, 16 March 2016

This is far more common than one would think, when Family members move on, leaving their elders to fade with the farm, that which was once a dream is abandoned and lost to the money changers.

Quite often a governing body" will claim the residue, for non payment of taxes due.

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kgb224

3:08PM | Wed, 16 March 2016

Superb capture my friend. God bless.

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SunriseGirl

3:20PM | Wed, 16 March 2016

All three photos are very good. I love the close up shot and the one with the orange sky looks like something out of an apocolypse movie set. But, this one....I do not know what you did exactly, but this one lives. I really think the clouds are moving when I look at it. I know it is an optical illusion, but honestly, Claude, you always been good, but this is magic.

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MrsRatbag

3:36PM | Wed, 16 March 2016

Shabby dignity; what a lovely and graceful old homestead!

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durleybeachbum

3:41PM | Wed, 16 March 2016

I love all three!

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npauling

3:48PM | Wed, 16 March 2016

I love the digital finish you have given this beautiful capture, it looks lovely and rich, and with very clear detail. ☺

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beachsidelegs

5:25PM | Wed, 16 March 2016

It is a shame that cant fix it up and give it to a homeless family, I love all three pictures :)

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giulband

2:22AM | Thu, 17 March 2016

Great photo with a great atmosphere !!!!!!!!!

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anahata.c

8:17PM | Sun, 17 April 2016

I love when you dig into shots and take liberties, in order to bring out inner essences. I think it was Elie Wiesel who said that sometimes you have to tell "untruths" to get at the deeper real truths...Well I looked at the other 2 versions, and I loved them: Apparently this sight brought out a lot of inner poetry in you. I love this shot as well. You really explored inner presence and grit and extreme light and contrasts and the dignity and decay of age, and so on. This piece has a desolate feeling, with a wonderful expanse of gritty bleached growth in front, and all that scraggly tree and tall grass to the right. Your postwork brings out the scraggliness. (The "scraggle"---I don't think that's a word, btw.) The house has an almost etched feel, and the deep dirty brown is wonderfully decayed and soiled in appearance. And you contrast that not only with those very dark hills, but with a bleached white sky, with billows of reds and marble-ized pinks, blues, dark greens, etc. I love this piece. When I saw the other 2 versions, I noticed I left lonnnnnng comments on each. (I see my comments sometimes and want to say, "Mark? shut the f___ up!" I write so long sometimes...) But I obviously love this approach of yours. A depression era feeling, with dusty golds to give it the feeling of an antique...beautiful.