About 20 minutes into our barn scouting, this crop duster caught my eye. “Hey, Tim. Wanna photograph this crop duster? I’ve always wanted to catch one of these guys and here’s our chance.” “Sure!”, Tim responds.

I did get this great shot but the car and we both got doused with pesticide.

Tim knew about Yerkes observatory built by Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics in 1897. As we walked up, the moon was peering between the tree and the big dome.

We dumbed our way to this gem of a barn that looked to be in a perfect spot for a night scape shot. I knocked on the door to ask permission to return later. Unfortunately, the owner had a dog and didn’t want to be disturbed later in the evening.

Our host, Hope, recommended going to the White River Trail. It did not disappoint. Because of the bugs we endured, I am compelled to post this shot. The outcome could have been better.

After the poor shot from the back, we walked around and noticed the galactic core was hanging right over the silo. Too much city lights but possibly a portfolio shot.

After lunch on day 2, we hunted for barns again stumbling on this one that I believe is on
County Road H. Not too bad.

We noticed these red barns on the other side of the highway and found our way over to this outstanding scene. If we had only returned later in the day for better light.

This much better looking white farm house and barns were across the road from the red barns. The sky is all natural.

After dinner, the skies to our north-east looked very interesting. I walked to the back of the property with my 100-500 and captured this gem. Kinda looks like a African Sahara Storm. Another Portfolio Shot. That’s two!

Behind the barn is the White River the runs through the park where I shot this early-morning shot (6:45 AM CT). I didn’t think much of it but when Deb saw it, she said it could be “wall-worthy”. That makes this my third Portfolio worthy shot.