Sunday, June 13, 2004

Red Roofed Barn

Photo Information

Taken: 13 June 2004 18:36 near Yorktown, Texas
Camera: Olympus C200Z
Exposure: ISO 100
12.1mm, 0 EV
f8.1
1/250

Backstory

I have always been fascinated by these old barns and their doomed struggle to stand against time. I love the color the wood turns as it ages unprotected from the elements, the differences between the sunlit and shaded sides. The metal roofs rust to dried blood. Their cool interiors beckon in the heat of the day. “Trust me,” they whisper. “I won’t crush you. Not today.”

And, indeed, it usually takes more than one pass of the bulldozer before they give up their ghosts. Eventually, someone offered to tear this old warrior down in return for salvaging the wood, which is in great demand for restaurants. So the next time you eat BBQ, you may be sitting next to the bones of this old barn.