Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn

This barn is just a couple miles up the road from me. It's been there for years as you can tell. CC appreciated.

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I like it, nice work.

The DOF looks kinda fake for some reason? Any blur added in photoshop?

Cool.

Jon.

Very nice. The barn looks to be in great condition (standing - lol).

You have a good eye. Yes I did blur it in Photoshop. Maybe I'll try one without.

Thanks everyone for the comments.

Plain subject and nice treatment.

Nice! So sad to see the old barns with their backs breaking....at least this one is still neat....nice capture...

Nice useage of Gaussian blur there

I have a habit of using that myself sometimes, good work!

Great capture of a wonderful subject. You could find these old Mail Pouch barns all over the northeast 30 years ago.

Hope you don't mind me intruding on your post, but I couldn't resist posting my photo of a Mail Pouch Barn. This one is just over the West Virginia line near Winchester, VA.

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Don't mind at all. Didn't know there was more.

Bob, I can think of about 4 others in the MD, PA, and WVA area still standing right now. Your barn is a new one for me. Might have to take a Sunday drive to your neck of the woods to get a photo of it.

Mail Pouch Tobacco used the barns like billboards for advertising while the farmers got their barns painted for free. You'll see them near main highways - or at least highways that used to be main thoroughfares. There is still two of them visible from the PA Turnpike that I know of. I havn't had the nerve to stop on the turnpike to snap a few photos - too many trucks and narrow lanes.

Mick

Nice one Bob, love the sepia tone effect you did on it. zeker that's a sweet shot of the barn also. It looks in darn good shape, almost new as a matter of fact, nice to see someone actually taking care of there barn.