Month: August 2019

Technology comes to an old barn

Cheryl and I were barn chasing in East Hampton CT and photographed this  barn which was topped with a solar panel on Hurd Park Rd. I’ve photographed a lot of barns and this is the first one I’ve seen with a solar panel.  I like the old tractor they had […]

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Barn embraced by the old Elm tree.

Cheryl and I photographed this nice quaint barn on Hog Hill Rd. in East Hampton CT.  It was framed beautifully with this large old tree. Photographed with a Sony Nex 7, 24 MP mirrorless camera and a Sony 55-210 lens @ 55 mm. 1/320th, f11, ISO 800, Aperture priority

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The old Greenbacker Dairy barn?

This is a very attractive old barn whose silo’s peek out of the top right corner on Murdock Ave., in Meriden CT.  Across the street sits a building that once housed the Greenbacker farm dairy store.  As a kid in the 1960’s my parents would bring me here for delicious […]

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The Portland Bridge, Portland CT

To us locals it’s known as the Portland Bridge as it connects Middletown to Portland CT.  However, its official name is the Arrigoni Bridge.  This image was taken in Cromwell on the river bank of the Connecticut River. In the background is Middletown. Only about 1/3 of the bridge was […]

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Setting sun on a beautifully aged Meriden barn.

I had my list of barns to find this day and when I came upon this one it did not disappoint.  Not only had it aged beautifully but, typically, any barn scene with majestic silos will usually shine in an image. Just on the other side of the barn, (out […]

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Olson’s Bridge in Deep River CT

While “barn hunting” in Deep River CT the Olson’s covered bridge (private property) presented a beautiful site on manicured acres of property.  A nice winding road led up to the bridge allowing access to the other side of a small creek which fed into a pond.  As this was private […]

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A barn sits at the end of this long and winding road.

This was really the only vantage point I had on this barn.  The road you see appeared to be private so I didn’t dare travel too far down it.  There was some type of farm at the end but due to all the tree’s I couldn’t tell what kind of […]

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Pristine barn in Preston CT

Looks like a cow barn that has been fully restored or perhaps it still functions as a cow barn but it’s the cleanest, neatest cow barn I’ve ever photographed. Location: Mattern Rd., Preston CT Sony Nex 7, Sony 18-55 @ 39mm (35mm equiv. = 58) 1/50th, f8, ISO 100, aperture […]

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