Monochrome Madness 2 48\52 Silos

March 9, 2016 – 5:00 am
Posted in Agriculture, Americana, Black and White Photography, California, Monochrome Madness2, Photography, Sacramento Valley, CA, Silos
Tagged Agriculture, American West, Americana, Black and White Photography, Central California, Farming, Monochrome Madness2, Nikon, Sacramento Valley, CA, Silos

I am loving Silos at the moment, and wish I was a little closer to the central valley or countryside where there are more of them. In the right light I think they’re really interesting and tell wonderful stories.

These silos are located in Sacramento Valley where a lot of rice is grown.

Monochrome Madness 2 48 of 52 Silos

I added a border with the curly edges because it reminded me of the old black and whites

from my childhood, and I thought it worked for this image.

This is part of Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness 2 challenge. To view all the images

submitted this week click here. here.

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| PS CC 2015, Nik Silver Efex Pro, and On1 Photo 10

More to come…

11 Comments

- bayphotosbydonna
- Posted March 12, 2016 at 7:04 pm
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Great capture, Deborah, love the composition you created! 🙂
- - circadianreflections
  - Posted March 12, 2016 at 8:00 pm
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  Thank you so much Donna! I can’t wait to get back over there in good light to photograph more of them.
- belindagroverphotography
- Posted March 10, 2016 at 8:43 am
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Wonderful shot and feel.
- Robert Winslow
- Posted March 9, 2016 at 7:39 pm
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I really like the composition. The road adds a lot. Clouds in the sky really helps.
- - circadianreflections
  - Posted March 10, 2016 at 5:17 am
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  Thank you so much Robert! The clouds were really great that day.
- Lynz Real Cooking
- Posted March 9, 2016 at 9:51 am
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I really love this picture and it looks like something in our area!
- denisebushphoto
- Posted March 9, 2016 at 7:34 am
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Very nice B&W! I like the c-curve that leads us into the scene and your border choice works very well to look like an old snapshot.
- - circadianreflections
  - Posted March 9, 2016 at 6:16 pm
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  Thank you so much Denise!
- Dan Antion
- Posted March 9, 2016 at 5:52 am
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I love large industrial agricultural complexes. They are often hard to capture well in a photo, but you did a great job here. I think it helps to have this in B&W. I’ve driven in the past while my daughter has taken photos of places where there was no ability to park or even walk up safely.
- - circadianreflections
  - Posted March 9, 2016 at 6:21 pm
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  Thank you Dan! I actually wanted a different vantage point and started to walk up a dirt road to the right, but there was a man in a big truck dressed in full camo with a loaded gun rack who said to me when I started walking down that road, ” Hey, are you supposed be going in there?” I said, “No. I’m just going about 10ft in to take a photo of the silos over there.”
  He shook his head and said,
  I wouldn’t.” Okay nuff said. I found this composition on the way back to the highway. “)
  - - Dan Antion
    - Posted March 10, 2016 at 3:49 am
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    Under those circumstances, I would agree, no need to go there.