Old Reliable
by Mike Lee
Title
Old Reliable
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Wind pump for cattle watering on a ranch just south of Madeline, California with the sinking sun behind the blades.
Madeline is an unincorporated community in Lassen County, California, USA, approximately 45 miles north of Susanville on US-395. This is a very remote and rural part of northern California. The predominate industries here are cattle ranching and hay farming but there has been some mining, including gold mining in the region over the years.
I had monochrome on my mind when I saw the scene and in post production I opted for a toned, quazi-sepia, look. I think it pays homage to vintage images and works well for the scene.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘰𝘺-𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘈 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵.
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July 1st, 2020
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Comments (115)
Adrienne Wilson
What a beautiful sepia tone. Wonderful POV with the light coming through the windmill. Lovely!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your great image is being featured on the home page of the ABC Group. This art was accepted during our U is for USABLE week, FEBRUARY 24 to MARCH 3 2025.
Dr Debra Stewart
Excellent capture of the vastness of the ranch and the importance and beauty of the windmill!
Gabriel Cusmir
I remember seen those in the old fields in my country and off course in the movies , Great sun Shading in the blades
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