Thanks, Mike. Not far to go along that "River". It's just a creek and drains into the Stones River about a quarter mile to the right of the mill. It's also right in the middle of Murfreesboro, TN. If you go to This URL on Google Maps you can see the facility and how it is surrounded by the city of Murfreesboro. This mill is under the big group of trees at the upper right of the aerial photo. There are other buildings in the facility, blacksmith shop, school, telephone exchange, church, etc., and it's a really interesting spot. Lots of antiques and history there.
Actually I didn't crop the roof off, it got lopped off when I corrected the distortion from using a 17mm lens
I've got another one from a similar, but not exactly the same, angle from early last year. This one was shot in portrait mode but there was (almost) enough room to crop it and leave the roof intact.
And another one from a couple of years ago that I have always liked despite the blown-out snow:
I took your advice and went back this morning to reshoot the one from yesterday. I gave myself a bit more room to correct the distortion and still be able to crop them, and also shot them as 5-shot HDR. I don't care for the second color version since the HDR conversion did something weird to the sky, but it isn't as obvious in the B&W and sepia versions.
That's a really nice period piece there. What I found missing in the image was not the building, but some texture in the sky. In the last set you kinda filled that in (photoshop?), and I think it looks much better. Does that place have any lights? One idea may be to shoot at dusk, with the sky dark, and with some light from the west lighting the facade. Unfortunately, the wheel is on the east side, and will be in the shade. Alternatively, you wait for a dramatic thunderstom to show up, and being the dedicated photographer you are, you will wait for just the right moment to snap the image before the deluge overwhelms you...
Thanks, Josh. 99% of the time I would completely agree but having seen this place in person it just seems to cry out for and old-looking format. I very, very seldom convert anything to color for that very reason but I tend to like these in black and white. If it means anything, though, the versions I posted on my web site were the color versions
Absolutely. Love to see them.
Southwest will get you as far as the airport. I'll get you the rest of the way
