The House That Was a Barn

Photo Information

Taken:	6 October 2008 10:41 near Yorktown, Texas
Camera:	Canon Rebel XT / Cannon 18-55mm
Exposure:	ISO 400
	22mm, 0 EV
	f/11
	1/400

Backstory

This is another picture of “The House That Was” forming part of an archetypal rural landscape. The shadows from the trees, the overgrown brush blocking the front door, the ancient TV antenna, the rusty fuel tank, and the rust implement in the foreground all provide part of the ambience that screams, “rural” to me. But perhaps that’s because I watched this house’s slow decline from habitable to rubble. At this point, Dad was only using it as an occasional barn.

From a photographic standpoint, I like the way the temperature cools from the blistering sun to the cooler shade under the trees. Rust also seems to be a natural part of the color pallet. It’s a darker hue of the thirsty grass.

–13 May 2013