Thursday’s Task

AlanLichty

Moderator
I don't often capture active farms but I did find some images that fit here. For the oldest one I wish I had been able to stop and shoot some images during a visit to Egypt back in 1977 when I was with a team doing survey work in the rural area between Cairo and Ismailia. Everything was manual labor down to and including the family cow going in circles to drive a water wheel bringing water into their irrigation ditches. Sadly I was never in a position to stop and shoot but I did grab a drive by shot of a guy bringing his produce to the market on a wagon being pulled by a donkey. Image quality wasn't exceptional from a moving vehicle. This is near the outskirts of Cairo.

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More modern times - small family farms along the North Fork of the Siuslaw River shot from my drone:

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And of course the one place lot of us have shot fields - the Palouse of eastern Washington:

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John Holbrook

Well-Known Member
I don't often capture active farms but I did find some images that fit here. For the oldest one I wish I had been able to stop and shoot some images during a visit to Egypt back in 1977 when I was with a team doing survey work in the rural area between Cairo and Ismailia. Everything was manual labor down to and including the family cow going in circles to drive a water wheel bringing water into their irrigation ditches. Sadly I was never in a position to stop and shoot but I did grab a drive by shot of a guy bringing his produce to the market on a wagon being pulled by a donkey. Image quality wasn't exception from a moving vehicle. This is near the outskirts of Cairo.

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More modern times - small family farms along the North Fork of the Siuslaw River shot from my drone:

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And of course the one place lot of us have shot fields - the Palouse of eastern Washington:

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Alan, interesting history with your first image—nice. Your drone capture of the farms along the Siuslaw River provides a unique view and nice landscape as well. My favorite is your final image of the Palouse—just perfect!
 

John Holbrook

Well-Known Member
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John Holbrook

Well-Known Member
Here are my contribution to agricultural scenes.

Hexagonal barn, WI

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Octagonal barn, KS

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Round barn, WI

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Round barn, WA

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Brussel sprouts on a farm in New England

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John Deere tractor on a farm in IA

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Doug, great farm scenes you’ve shared, I particularly like the New England farm with the old barn in the background with the Brussels sprouts foreground (who knew I would find Brussel sprouts a good thing). The Kansas barn and windmill is perhaps my favorite—nice composition. My wife, from Iowa, of course favors the John Deere tractor image.
 
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