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Prairie Barns

Posted by Eric Cousineau (Sherwood Park, Canada) on 25 April 2010 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

In older style barns, the upper area was used to store hay and sometimes grain. This is called the mow (rhymes with cow) or the hayloft. A large door at the top of the ends of the barn could be opened up so that hay could be put in the loft. The hay was hoisted into the barn by a system containing pulleys and a trolley that ran along a track attached to the top ridge of the barn. Trap doors in the floor allowed animal feed to be dropped into the mangers for the animals

Pentax K200D 1/350 second F/8.0 ISO 100 222 mm (35mm equiv.)

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B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States

Interesting capture and information.

25 Apr 2010 5:43am

kate from lincolnshire, United Kingdom

this is a fantastic shot!! is there a Prairie /Barns magazine? for sure it should be in there
or country living:)

25 Apr 2010 7:17am

Veronique from Sarrouilles, France

très bons cadrage, couleurs et lignes. Merci pour les explications

25 Apr 2010 8:08am

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

A very interesting symetry

25 Apr 2010 9:26am

philippe from dijon, France

Une très bonne composition et un paysage de rêve au couleurs superbes, très agréable cette image, bravo !

25 Apr 2010 10:34am

Ralph Jones from Detroit, United States

I love the simplicity and symmetry of this.

25 Apr 2010 3:44pm

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

Nice line and design, but I find strong cyans in a sky a bit off putting Eric.

25 Apr 2010 5:52pm

Sugata from Newark, United States

Wow! Superb symmetry!

25 Apr 2010 5:56pm

Judy from Brooksville, Florida, United States

Another lovely prairie shot, Eric.

25 Apr 2010 6:58pm

Satvik from Columbus, United States

Nice shot Eric, love the composition !

26 Apr 2010 3:13am

StarCosmosBleu from Bedford.Qc, Canada

Interesting line-up of barns...never heard of such a system....lovely shot..

26 Apr 2010 5:04pm

GJC from Kyoto (京都), Japan

I really like the lines in the foreground and the strong graphic elements throughout.

27 Apr 2010 1:24am

@GJC: Thanks very much GJC! ;-)

Self-Indulgence from Chicagoland, United States

You really have a good symmetry thing going on in this photos. Bravo.. I like your work!

27 Apr 2010 3:01am

@Self-Indulgence: Thank you very much Kristen! ;-)

Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan

Pleasant symmetry here and good composition all in all.....very interesting to me, as I don't get to see them here, not on such a wide spread.

27 Apr 2010 4:34am

Lee from Fort Frances Ontario, Canada

Very nicely seen and caught. A marvelous series. The roofs seem to be in much better shape than the one I am trying to refurbish. Take care till next time.

27 Apr 2010 12:24pm

@Lee: Thank you very much Lee! Nice to see you out and about...... ;-)