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More Palouse

If you have been following me for any length of time, you most likely know how much I enjoy the  Palouse.  The Palouse is the Tuscany of America.  Gentle rolling hills, abandoned things, and big skies.  These are three images from the Palouse from last year.  The grain silo is the old and abandoned General Mills silo.  The barn with the American flag is an icon of the Palouse as it is one of the first things you see from the road as you enter the Palouse region on the main highway. And then another iconic location is the Wagon Wheel Farm.  This is the location of an artist’s co-op, but also a fence that surrounds the location made up of old iron wagon wheels.

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Another From The Palouse

Like a lot of things in the Palouse homes and properties look worn down and abandoned. This is another example. However, the fronts of these building and the names on them are fake. These were used in a movine made in the Palouse a long time ago. I thought the image looked good in BW thus I changed to BW and a slight tonality.
Like a lot of things in the Palouse homes and properties look worn down and abandoned. This is another example. However, the fronts of these building and the names on them are fake. These were used in a movie made in the Palouse a long time ago.
I thought the image looked good in BW thus I changed to BW and a slight tonality.

This is a place I stop every time I visit the Palouse.  It’s in one of the many villages and towns that are half abandoned.  These two building were actually part of a movie set from many years ago.  They are abandoned and the names on the building never existed.

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American Flag Barn Of The Palouse

If you have been following this site, you know that the Palouse region is one of my favorites for taking photographs.  I do two workshops there every year in June, which is the ideal time to visit.  You can learn more about these workshops by checking out my Workshop Page.  This barn with the flag is iconic, and if you enter the Palouse going south from Spokane, you will see it on your right as you enter the region.  What makes this stand out is the amazing sky and clouds, which is another thing the Palouse is famous for.  I thought I would share this image in Color and BW.

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A Different Palouse

For twenty plus years have been visiting the Palouse.  Usually I visit in the early summer (middle of June).  I then occasionally visit in August for the harvest, which is great time to photograph the Palouse in a different color .  The landscape is dynamic in the harvest because it is always changing.  This year has been an exceptional year so far in the Palouse.  I have never seen it is a green.  There has been consistently cool temperatures and more rain than expected.  The area is all green.  Sometimes so green as it hurts your eyes to see so much green.

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The images presented present here are just a drop in the bucket. They were made with my Sony a7riv and Sony a1. I also used my iPhone as I wanted to see how it did on a journey like this.  More images from the iPhone series will be presented here soon.

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Kevin also runs workshops for photographers all over the world at Rockhopper Workshops

Kevin also has. a major website for all photography enthusiasts with articles, forums, tutorials, community, and more at photoPXL.com

Kevin also shares his work daily on Facebook and Instagram

 

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Truck and Farm In The Palouse

The Palouse is filled with surprises.  This was one of those surprises.  Along one of the main drags a farmer set up a great shot.  An old symbolic truck set against his barn.  I shot this with a Sony a7riii and then imported it into iPhoto where I then applied a couple of effects using the Snapseed app.  The sad thing is because of all the traffic-stopping and some abusive people the farmer has since removed this setup.

Please if you are driving along and find a shot remember that you are not entitled to trespass on someone’s property. Because this is becoming such an issue many of the good places to photograph in the Palouse are being blocked to photographers.

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The Magic Bus

Sometimes when traveling you come across some strange things along the roadside. In the Palouse area on the road to Palouse Falls State Park someone parke a bus.  And, like a lot of things in the Palouse they left it there, abandoned.  And, as is obvious the artist in people have had a chance to make this bus graffiti heaven.  The look of this bus changes every week as drive by artists add their own style.  You’ll find some magic markers and many times a few spary paint cans left over by other artists.  Use the magic markers to sign your name or try your hand at some graffiti.

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If you are interested in seeing more work by Kevin Raber and purchasing his work for your own, please visit RaberEYES.com

Kevin also runs workshops for photographers all over the world at Rockhopper Workshops

Kevin also has. a major website for all photography enthusiasts with articles, forums, tutorials, community and more at photoPXL.com

Kevin also shares his work daily on Facebook and Instagram

January 2021
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Getting The Shot

Palouse Falls

I miss traveling so much. For someone like myself who has been traveling at least a month for years and years, being stuck at home is devastating.   So, the images I am sharing now are from past trips.  This image is from one of my favorite places, the Palouse.  Specifically Palouse FAlls at the State Park.  This is showing the spot I use most to cover both the falls and canyon.  If you are lucky when photographing here you can catch cloudy and stormy skies or the sunset.  I usually use a 16mm lens here.  Put on a neutral density filter and I can then do 20- 50-second exposures and get that cool looking smooth waterfall look.  The picture below is a group shot from one of my workshops in the Palouse.  The 2021 workshops in the Palouse are sold out.

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Dash With Class

One of the things I love doing in the Palouse is exploring and photographing abandoned cars and trucks.  They seem to be everywhere.  It seems they all have their stories.  One day someone parked the vehicle and just left it there never to return.  I like to document the curves and textures as seen in some of my previous posts.  This image today is of an old pickup truck dashboard shot with my Sony 100-400mm lens.  I like using long lenses for images that some wouldn’t think of using a long lens for.  The thing that I love most is peeling p[aint.  I don’t know where this comes from but it is fun to see how time and nature change as well as reclaims things.