Photo of the Week 2020-04-20

I knew little of Windfields Farm before it caught my eye while driving by sometime early in 2012. I first photographed the gates and exterior fences on a snowy February day and returned on at least 3 additional occasions, twice entering the abandoned, vacant property to photograph what was then a deteriorating Canadian icon. This is the third recent 'Photo of the Week' post featuring those images from Windfields.

As I have revisited, remembered and reprocessed, the image below stands out and continues to have a haunting effect on me. Marked as Barn #1, I envision it as the barn where the cream of the crop would have been housed. It was by far the most well appointed of the barns I was able to explore.

While inside, as I explored, looking for a composition to capture the disintegrating equine luxury, I could almost hear the neighing, snorting and the sound of hooves from famous thoroughbreds in the chilling icy silence.

High Rent District

DJE

Photo of the Week 2010-11-15

misty mount


I stood beside the road and watched this horse and it's companions in the fog, early on a recent fall morning . The intensity of the mist would diminish and intensify in slow moving waves as it responded to the gentle breeze. The feeling was surreal ... the scene fading in and out in front of my eyes.

DJE