More from Bents

invisibleinvisible Registered Users Posts: 440 Major grins
edited January 29, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
Here are some more photos from Bents, the ghost town in Saskatchewan that I visited back in October.

1. One of the grain elevator
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2. Another one of the elevator (not sure which of these two I like best)
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3. The view from the general store
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4. The fashion corner in the general store
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Thanks for looking...
I steal the soul of inanimate things.

Federico
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2010
    Love the series. We could use some close-ups of the old Farm equipment if you have some! :D Very popular around here!thumb.gif

    Don
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  • invisibleinvisible Registered Users Posts: 440 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2010
    DonRicklin wrote:
    We could use some close-ups of the old Farm equipment if you have some! :D Very popular around here!thumb.gif
    Laughing.gif, I've noticed that :D but unfortunately I don't have close-ups...

    Thanks Don for your kind words!
    I steal the soul of inanimate things.

    Federico
    Website / Flickr
  • Wicked_DarkWicked_Dark Registered Users Posts: 1,138 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2010
    The second grain elevator (Saskatchewan Pool!!) really conveys a sense of space and proportion, while the first captures the texture of the building itself. They work well together. The shoe looks especially lonely. Excellent work.
  • Dancer72Dancer72 Registered Users Posts: 90 Big grins
    edited January 28, 2010
    Terrific series! I especially like #1 & #2. It's unfortuante that you couldn't get any close ups of the farm equipment; I would have loved to see those shots with the rust punched way up!

    Great work. Thanks for sharing!
    Caroline
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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2010
    Nice series Federico thumb.gif
    Randy
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2010
    Hi Federico --

    Your series of photos are wonderful. I just love old grain elevators ... and finding ones made out of wood is a "find" indeed. Perspective is great!!! Pool..that's a different word I've not seen on elevators. Does it mean that it's were everyone "pools" their grain for pickup?

    I'm getting ready to re-new my passport so when I head up Hwy. 81 I can just keep going into Canada :D
  • invisibleinvisible Registered Users Posts: 440 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2010
    Dancer72 wrote:
    Terrific series! I especially like #1 & #2. It's unfortuante that you couldn't get any close ups of the farm equipment; I would have loved to see those shots with the rust punched way up!

    Great work. Thanks for sharing!
    Caroline
    Thank you, Caroline! I didn't do close-ups, but here's a tighter crop for the farm-equipment fans of the forum:

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    I steal the soul of inanimate things.

    Federico
    Website / Flickr
  • invisibleinvisible Registered Users Posts: 440 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2010
    rwells wrote:
    Nice series Federico thumb.gif
    Thank you, Randy :)
    Dogdots wrote:
    Hi Federico --

    Your series of photos are wonderful. I just love old grain elevators ... and finding ones made out of wood is a "find" indeed. Perspective is great!!! Pool..that's a different word I've not seen on elevators. Does it mean that it's were everyone "pools" their grain for pickup?

    I'm getting ready to re-new my passport so when I head up Hwy. 81 I can just keep going into Canada :D
    Thanks, Mary, for the kind words! There's still quite a few grain elevators made of wood around here. I'd say more in Saskatchewan than in Manitoba, but plenty in both provinces, although somewhat scattered. I've seen the word "pool" in many elevators; I don't know what it refers to, but you might be onto something with your theory.

    Where does Hwy. 81 take you? Saskatchewan?
    I steal the soul of inanimate things.

    Federico
    Website / Flickr
  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2010
    invisible wrote:
    Thank you, Caroline! I didn't do close-ups, but here's a tighter crop for the farm-equipment fans of the forum:
    Thanks. That works for me, lacking a reshoot.thumb.gif

    Don
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2010
    invisible wrote:
    Where does Hwy. 81 take you? Saskatchewan?

    No...unfortunately it will take me into Manitoba. I would enter Canada on highway 75. If everything goes ok I will be in western ND in July..that will have me entering Saskatchewan from ND. I'm crossing my fingers that everything works out as I really want to get up into that area.
  • invisibleinvisible Registered Users Posts: 440 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2010
    Dogdots wrote:
    No...unfortunately it will take me into Manitoba. I would enter Canada on highway 75. If everything goes ok I will be in western ND in July..that will have me entering Saskatchewan from ND. I'm crossing my fingers that everything works out as I really want to get up into that area.

    Well, drop me a line when you're travelling north. Even though I'm in Manitoba, I might join you to shoot abandoned houses and barns (depending on what part of Saskatchewan you decide to visit, that is).
    I steal the soul of inanimate things.

    Federico
    Website / Flickr
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2010
    invisible wrote:
    Well, drop me a line when you're travelling north. Even though I'm in Manitoba, I might join you to shoot abandoned houses and barns (depending on what part of Saskatchewan you decide to visit, that is).

    I will :D
  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2010
    Really nice capture of this neat ol grain silo and surroundings.
    While I like image 2, I'd have to pick #1 over it. Pulling
    in the tractor for higher detail is a pretty nice result also.
    Like that too. :D
    Michael
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