This yellow barn on Route 22, my road, is one of my favorite photo subjects, and one I get a lot of comment about. Yellow barns are rare around here, red paint was always cheaper, but in the Fall, when the Goldenrod emerges, this barn is especially beautiful, it looks as if it grew out of the field.

It is about eight miles from me.

I took this photo today with my Archomat art lens, and as I hoped, it captured the rich dimensions of the meadow around the barn, and the connection between the two – I can’t imagine the farmers who built the barn and painted it didn’t see that.

This photo evokes a lot of things for me.

I am offering  a signed limited edition of 20 prints,  8 1/2 by 11 inches on archival paper, shipped in secure tubes.

The photograph costs $75 plus $10 shipping (a total of $85.) George Forss, the photographer and artist and friend, will do the printing.

My new lens has opened a path for me to sell some of my photographs in a limited and inexpensive way, something I have been trying to do for years. I will only sell photos that have special meaning for me, and all of my photos, as always, are free for people to use in any way they wish. None of them are copyrighted or bookmarked.

The new lens is very popular with my readers, as it turns out, and it gives me a way to capture the sometimes otherwordly and magical feel of nature, or at least, the nature around me.

The lens is modeled on the very first optical lens used in photography, it was first built in 1837 and has recently been re-issued. It is a very simple lens with no auto focus or image stabilizer, and it is a challenge to learn. It only focuses well on images it likes.

The picture will be unframed.

Maria is handling the sales, she receives a commission. If you are interested, you can e-mail her at [email protected]. Thanks.