The unique grain elevator with the twin headhouses in Meriden, IL witnesses a nice sunset on the tail end of a low pressure system that moved through earlier in the day on September 11th, 2022. […]
Tag Archives: Grain Elevator
New Work: The Reaper’s Scythe
The last remaining bits of the ADM grain elevator in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood are still standing on June 20th, 2021 but the end is near for this venerable business. Demolition equipment from Heneghan Wrecking […]
New (Kinda Old) Work: Grain Elevator Complex – Minooka, IL
The grain elevator in Minooka, IL stands quietly on January 12th, 2020.Nikon D800, Tamron SP 20-40mm f2.7-3.5 Just doing a little more testing with NX Studio and getting a feel for how it works this […]
TBT: Grain Elevator – Simla, CO
Today’s Throwback Thursday takes us to 2012 when I photographed this grain elevator in Simla, Colorado along the abandoned Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific line east of Colorado Springs. Sadly, not terribly long after I […]
Film Friday: 5 Minutes of Light
You might remember my post about waiting for the light. I finally decided that I wouldn’t have access to my film developing equipment (stored at my Mom’s house) for awhile, so I sent a few […]
New Work: Grand Ridge Grain Elevator
Another photo from Sunday’s rainy outing. This is the old wood grain elevator in Grand Ridge, IL framed by the newer concrete elevator. When I was working on the map that I discussed in this […]
Trip Report: Spring Around the I&M Canal
While Illinois’ shelter in place order was extended through the end of May, it did provide some forms of relief for its cabin fever weary denizens. One new provision was the opening of some state […]
The Waiting Game
Forgot to get a post up this morning before I left home, so here’s a photo taken into the road while I wait for the good light that was present when I set the camera […]
Sunrise – Bethune, CO
I came across this image while digging out images for the Old Trucks and Grain Elevators post from yesterday. For reasons that I cannot remember nor extrapolate from my Lightroom notes, I never even marked […]
Old Trucks and Grain Elevators
One thing I’ve discovered while organizing my Lightroom library is that I really love shooting old trucks while working on my grain elevator project. Old trucks and grain elevators just seem to go together perfectly. […]