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a clean, well-lighted place (6)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 213 W: 0 N: 92]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (492) | This was shot last summer on yet another sunny summer day, but this time in Nebraska. The horse barn is huge and is painted red on the outside. It sits on some beautiful grounds in North Platte, Nebraska where Buffalo Bill Cody made his vacation home. The grounds and buildings have recently been turned into a museum, open to the public. The house is a very picturesque green and white Victorian with lots of gingerbread and charm. I was told that this was where Buffalo Bill came to relax and "get away from it all" when he wasn't touring with his Wild West Show. He apparently enjoyed entertaining and had many celebrities of the day as house guests.
I've seen many a barn, but this one is really huge and impressing to look at from the outside, just for the sheer size of it. But when I stepped inside, I was captivated by the beauty of it and the gorgeous light streaming in. Instantly I was transported back in time and imagined the stalls filled with horses, stable workers coming and going, mud and hay and oats strewn about the floor. No electric lights, or so I imagine. I could almost smell the horses. The interior of the barn is really immaculate now (Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" was never meant to be a barn!) and all the tack is in good, clean condition, if authentically worn. The place reminded me of a movie set and, of course, I thought "Sea Biscuit," although this is a horse barn in the west, built by Buffalo Bill, so I'm not sure if eastern barns would look just like this. However, I'll bet Sea Biscuit would have been very comfortable here. I imagine Buffalo Bill had some nice pieces of horseflesh in the barn, however.
I wished that they would have turned out the lights; have no clue why they were on in the middle of the day, the sunlight provided plenty of illumination. Also, it would have added to the authentic feel of the place. Upstairs is a huge hay loft and equipment storage area, all natural wood, not painted like the downstairs.
I snapped it with my Canon on Auto, natural light. Around 3 p.m. How would I decrease the brightness in the foreground patch of light? I took another shot down the stairs from the opposite end of this room. That picture has some pretty neat shadows and bits of light streaming, but also one really bright patch on the floor that is problematic to me. I see now that i've uploaded it, it suffers from fuzziness like the crab I posted the other day. I took the suggestion to resize in increments which I did with this one. I guess it's the "sharpening" I really need. I have yet to purchase the software. The original photo was very sharp and clear. Sigh . . .
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