Grain Elevator-Enid, Oklahoma

One year ago, I waited by the pond for the light to hit 'just right'. Right place, right time. Of course, that's not counting the twenty some different days I sat at the pond hoping for this light. You can see the shadow line along the bottom of the elevators, which is part of why I like this image. The sun was just about to fall away behind a hill far in the west and this light was gone in seconds.

It helps to have a person somewhere in the frame for scale when dealing with this 'Prairie Battleship' and we have a fellow fishing along the left side of the pond. Cool.

The old Equity 'Z' and 'Y' elevators. They built Z before Y because they were sure the area would not need more storage in the future. Nope.

In 1956, Y was the largest conventional grain elevator in the world.

Enid, Oklahoma, has the largest grain storage capacity in the USA and the third largest in the world. Small town, big elevators. More to come.

Beautifully captured
Perseverance paid off.

Thanks, much appreciated.

I had seen this image in my mind's eye for over 10 years and was thrilled to be given the opportunity to capture it.

We had an absolute drenching rain hit the area and I knew the pond would be full. Finally. All I needed was the permission of the owners of the Elevator to access the pond, etc. A copy of this image now hangs in their offices in the building you see between the pond and the Elevator.

I used the Canon 17mm TS-E for this image.

It's wonderful when a plan comes together.