Red Barn Strawberry Moon
I had very few opportunities to photograph the June 2020 Strawberry Moon as the clouds failed to provide me ample windows. Our closest celestial neighbor is coy with me sometimes. Playing peek a boo behind cloud decks. Some of these events are no shows by the actors. I drive miles to get to the right spot, and no moon, hiding behind a cloud, then it drops into the window…. this moon had it’s own agenda in mind this particular (and most) morning(s).
I arrange my schedule around such sky plays. Finding opportunity to compose properly is the result of the complex map in my head. By knowing where the moon will set, I can adjust my location to provide the “vision” ahead of the event. You have to have a camera with you (Rule 1 of Photography) of course. So premeditation is a requirement for the job of landscape photographer. You plan ahead and you bring a tool to accomplish your goal.
I don’t know the background information on this barn yet but I suspect it was built coterminously with the Main Parks Ranch Homestead Building 300 feet away. There is wisdom to build your house Northeast of the cattle yard when the predominate prevailing with is the Northwest. Something about the Scent of “O dor Corral” that has to be considered when designing a ranch compound layout circa 1900. No air conditioning then. All of this is built with rough cut locally obtained lumber.
Location: Near the Bliss Dinosaur Ranch, Wyoming / Montana borderlands (Wyotana)
Title: Red Barn Strawberry Moon