farmfriday

Barn with the Rusted Roof – Ontario, October 2013

Posted by Ellie

I was reminded last week that it had been some time since I posted a farming photograph (for Farm Friday, our own theme!) and this reminded me that I have a few waiting to be shared. This one was taken on an outing with my host in Ontario, on an overcast day in October. He had heard of our theme and was determined to drive me to picturesque barns and scenes and this is one of them. I don't know exactly where it was, but not too far from Ottawa.

For one of our favourite themes, #farmfriday  +Farm Friday curated by +Steven Kennard and myself, +Ellie Kennard  and for 

#hqsplandscape , +HQSP Landscape curated by +Hallie Guilfoyle +Michael Garza +Nader El Assy +Vinod Krishnamoorthy +Luca Ferroglio +midori chan

#colorsonfriday +ColorsOnFriday by +Britta Rogge +Karsten Meyer
and
#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +Jim Warthman +Kevin Rowe +Jeff Beddow +Tom Hierl +Carolyn Lim +Tom Sloan +Howard L. Smith +Jack Stepanyan +Kai Kosonen +Tony Heyward +Sheila B. DuBois +Sandra Brown


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Antique Carved Box with Farming Theme – 29/365

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This lovely little box (just a little bigger than 1" in diameter) is intricately carved with an oriental scene depicting an agricultural theme. Tomorrow is #farmfriday  and so I can safely post it for that theme, to remind everyone to post their images tomorrow! The curators are always looking forward to seeing your farming related images from around the world. This is an antique box. It was made long before there was an awareness of the threat to the species, at a time when piano keys were made from ivory. It is not meant to glorify the use of ivory, simply as a record of a piece of craft from a byegone era.

Last night I spent quite a bit of time working with the external flash. I bounced the light off a home made reflector (a big piece of thick white paper) and used the Fong diffuser to spread the light. I was not able to use auto focus as the light was so low, so used my app on my tablet to gauge the manual focus and to fire the shutter. The app (which is a live view) drains the battery super fast, so I was just beginning to enjoy myself when it all went dead (flash and camera batteries).  But it's all about learning.

#365project +G+ 365 Project by +Simon Davis-Oakley +Patricia dos Santos Paton


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Ontario Autumn Fields

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I spent a grey day in Ontario driving around the area that I had briefly lived in, when I was in my teens. As I drove back towards Galetta, I suddenly saw these bright sumac leaves and the red bushes behind, nicely framing the pale, newly harvested fields. I reversed the car back up the road to be able to photograph it.

I drove around to try to take the photograph when the sky was not quite so dull, but I never found the spot again. I wish the countryside still looked like this… but it will be pretty with all the snow soon, no doubt.

I might not be making many submissions for a while as I go for eye surgery on Monday, but I didn't want to miss the #farmfriday  posting today. +Farm Friday is, of course curated by +Steven Kennard and +Sofie Løve Forsberg and myself +Ellie Kennard.
and for
+HQSP Landscape  curated by  +Claire Jennings +Terrie Gray +Michael Thomas Jeppesen +Hallie Guilfoyle +Karol Drozd +Sebastian T. +Stefan Kierek +Michael Garza +Anja Wessels #hqsplandscape
#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Landscape Photography Show +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +Jim Warthman +Kevin Rowe +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl +Carolyn Lim +Tom Sloan +Howard L. Smith +Jack Stepanyan +Kai Kosonen +Tony Heyward +Sheila B. DuBois +Sandra Brown


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The Harvest is almost all in

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The harvest is almost all in - Ellie Kennard 2013
The harvest is almost all in – Ellie Kennard 2013

“The Harvest is Almost All in”

To remind all you good folks that tomorrow is once again #farmfriday  , I am sharing an image of a field you have seen more than once – featuring the tractor that was harrowing, the lines of the newly sprouted corn etc. This time you can see that the harvest is well under way, the fall colours behind showing the urgency to get everything safely put away before winter sets in.

We on the Farm Friday team are all looking forward to seeing your great images of farm life from around the world, shared with our theme.

#novascotia #novascotialandscape