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Shadow Valley Motors

Shadow Valley Motors in the Palouse
Shadow Valley Motors in the Palouse

As I have stated in previous posts, the Palouse offers many surprises.  This image was made at a place I have been going to for years.  It is known as Shadow Valley Motors and is a collection of old trucks, an old Texaco gas station and more.  These are arranged by a fellow that does this as a hobby.  Funny thing is he doesn’t have an iPhone, computer or even an email address and he says he never thought the place would be a must see for photographers on tours in the Palouse.  I have given him a pile of images I have made at his property over the years.  He’s a cool guy and has even more things he’ll be adding.  I plan to go back to the Palouse in the spring.  This summer’s harvest and my last visit wasn’t the best for pictures.  They have been suffering a terribly hot and dry summer which made them have to harvest the wheat a month early.

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Only In The Palouse

Nice guy, old car and old barn in the Palouse
Nice guy, old car and old barn in the Palouse

The Palouse offers up a lot of things.  While photographing there last week we came across this barn.  As we were shooting the owners of the barn came out and were real interested in what we were doing.  They went to great lengths to get this old car out of the barn and place it where we could take a picture of it with the barn as a background.  I did this image with my iPhone.

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Old Truck

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This truck and shed remain unchanged even after fifty plus years

For years I have visited the Palouse in Washington.  It is a beautiful area with rolling hills and all sorts of surprises like old trucks in fields and abandoned houses.  Every year for the last n6 years I visited this one location and I am amazed that it is still there and has never been vandalized or even removed.  There is a small farm along one of the main roads.  You can’t miss it as the barn is collapsing  in on itself.  Off to the side is a small shed and this truck sits in the shed unchanged for 50 plus years.  It is like one day someone just left and all the things they were working on were just left as is.  This is typical of a number of places you find in the Palouse.

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A Bit Of Abstract

Peeling Paint Abstract
Peeling Paint Abstract

If you have been following me for a while you know I love rust and decay.  One thing I really love is peeling paint.  I am thinking of doing  project where all I shoot and show is peeling paint.  The image above was made looking straight up at a ceiling in an abandoned house in the Palouse.  I centered the lightbulb and like that with all the abstract of the peeling paint there is the circular object obviously man made.  Fun stuff.

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Gold and Browns

The Golds And Browns Of The Palouse
The Golds And Browns Of The Palouse

Where on earth can you find colors like these.  The Palouse is like the color chip rack of a paint store. The is a classic example of the natural beauty in the Palouse during the harvest.  Freshly plowed fields next to fields that have just been harvested.  And, for a real treat you should see this place in the spring time.

 

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Old Truck Headlight

Old Truck Headlight
Old Truck Headlight

In the Palouse as mentioned in previous posts there are a lot of abandoned trucks and cars, not to mention houses. This shot was made at the Texeco station where the owner collects old trucks.  I loves the color, rust and especially the lines of the headlight and truck.  So retro, so nice.  Shot with a Fuji XT-1.

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Trucks

Old Truck Cabs
Old Truck Cabs

While in the Palouse I have a favorite place I like to visit every time.  It is an old Texaco Station that was moved to a location of a mechanic.  He also has collected a large number of old trucks.  You could spend several hours at this location shooting all there is on the property.  This is a long lens shot I mad of the truck cabs.

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Iconic Palouse

The Palouse a small corner of Southeast Washington is a beautiful region that attracts photographers in the spring and during middle to late August.  It has one of the richest soils in the country and it’s an area that is famous for growing wheat and other similar crops.  I have visited the Palouse many times and it always provides me with a ton of new images a sit is a dynamic landscape, always changing.  This is one of the more iconic pictures of the Palouse.  A hillside, harvester and windmill.  Shot with a Fuji XT-1.

The Palouse Doesn't Get More Iconic Than This
The Palouse Doesn’t Get More Iconic Than This
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It’s A lonely Job

It's A Lonely Job, In The Palouse, Fuji XT-1 55-200mm zoom
It’s A Lonely Job, In The Palouse, Fuji XT-1 55-200mm zoom

The Palouse Harvest is all about big open fields, perfect skies and harvesters bringing in the grain.  The drivers and farmers of the harvest work endless days drive combines through the fields.  This image was captures with a long lens from the top of Steppe Butte one of the highest points in the Palouse.  I think it explains itself.