Olsen Barn Nightscape
by Mike Lee
Title
Olsen Barn Nightscape
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Folks who’ve spent any time around Chester, California will recognize the Olsen Barn immediately as it’s a bit of a local icon. It sits in a 100+ acre meadow nestled between the North Fork of the Feather River and Lake Almanor. Some time back, the land was purchased by the Feather River Land Trust and, thanks to a very successful fundraising campaign, some restoration work was completed and the area serves as a publicly accessible nature preserve and historical site.
I confess that around 9:15pm on this particular night was the first time I’d ever actually walked out to this wonderful old structure, even though I’ve driven by it scores of times and always thought I needed to photograph it. I suppose that shooting it under the core of our little galaxy is a good place to start.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘯, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦-𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢. 𝘈 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳.
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August 22nd, 2022
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Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Mike, on your Special Feature in the June 2025 Homepage Showcase in the Four Seasons Art Group! Beautiful photograph! L/F
Liz Knight
CONGRATULATIONS! Your artwork has been nominated into the Members Appreciation Showcase for July 4, 2025 on the homepage of FOUR SEASONS Group! Please feel free to comment at the available discussion thread.
Robyn King
Congratulations your fantastic art is being featured in Over 2000 Views! Please share your artwork in our featured artist archive thread for a lasting record of your accomplishment!
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