Abandoned Silo in Woodbury CT

Cheryl and I were photographing barns in the Woodbury/Roxbury area when she spotted this old abandoned silo off in a field.
I immediately turned the car around and drove down a very short dirt road to this beautiful relic of a silo.

I always find beauty in abandoned buildings, barns, silo’s etc. not to mention the “story” I conjure up in my mind of what life was like back in the day. I found this silo particularly beautiful in its own right complete with graffiti. It was surrounded by woods as far as the eye could see, except on the south side where the main road cut through not far off in the distance. There were no other buildings or barns anywhere. You wonder why they chose to let this silo stand. I suspect because it’s made of steel they’d have to pay someone to demolotion it and take it away. I’m glad they didn’t!

As usual Cheryl sat in the car and “supervised” while I took my shots. As I was wrapping it up I heard a pack of coyotes howling very close by. I’m used to their sounds as we would see and hear them often in the last neighborhood we lived in. Coyotes in general don’t scare me but packs do, especially hungry packs. I knew they were close and getting closer so I decided that was enough shots for time and hoped I would make it back to the car before they did. (smile), f11

Photographed with a Sony A7RV, 61MP mirrorless camera and a Sony 24-70 F2.8 GM lens.

Picture shot horizontally: Shot at 32mm, 1/40th, f11, ISO 500, Aperture Priority, 2 X Focus Stack.

Picture shot vertically from front: Shot at 32mm, 1/200th, f8, ISO 800, Aperture Priority, 2 X Focus Stack.

Picture shot vertically with sun star: Shot at 35mm, 1/100th, f11, ISO 800, Aperture Priority.