Well, here I go starting another photographic interest. A friend got me
interested in SPOOM - the Society for the Preservation of Old Mills
(https://www.spoom.org). This morning I joined SPOOM, downloaded their
PDF of existing old mills in Virginia, and I spent the afternoon in
nearby Floyd Co., VA. I located five of the eight mills they have listed
for Floyd Co., and had previously photographed one more (Mabry Mill,
photographed about a year ago). I still have to locate two Floyd Co.
mills, whose descriptions in the SPOOM list of Virginia mills are vague
and incorrect.
Today's trip was what some might call a fishing trip, but which I call a
scouting trip. A scouting trip has three purposes:
1) To find the desired locations (old mills in this case) and plot them
accurately in Microsoft Mappoint on my laptop so that I can find them
again (or direct someone else to their locations).
2) To take establishing photos so that I can decide which view of a
location (i.e., mill) works best. I like overcast days like today for
scouting trips so I don't have to deal with bad sun angles or shadows.
3) To decide what time of day will give the best light for each chosen view.
I will review the photos tomorrow (it's tired and I'm getting late
(bonus points for anyone who can name the song and artist from whom I
stole that line)). The two mills I didn't find have no GPS coordinates,
but have locations in a brand of Virginia atlas that I don't have, so a
trip to Barnes and Noble tomorrow is in order. I hope to plan a return
visit on a sunny day later this week or next week, that should yield
some photos good enough to share. Mind you, Mabry Mill is a silk purse
and today I saw a lot of sow's ears. I hope to use some of the
techniques I used in the Mabry Mill photo to make the Floyd Co. mills
look less like run-of-the-mill (pun intended) swine and a bit more like
Miss Piggy.
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around lens, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm telephoto lens
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