My trip to Indiana was one of opportunity. Betsy was attending the Girl Scout National Convention in Indianpolis for a few days and I used that as a good excuse to do some photography away from home. The Sandhill Cranes of Jasper-Pulaski were my primary subject, but I knew there would be others.
I have to say that coming from New England I was pretty much blown away by the scale of the farming there. I’ve travelled a bit around New Mexico, South Dakota, and Wyoming so I’ve certainly seen large spreads of land — but mostly for ranching rather than intensive farming. I have a lot of respect for the people who make a living on the land, but that went up a notch to see where the corn flakes come from…
I was pretty much unprepared to capture the large vistas of these farms. Below are a few snapshots that I hope capture a bit of the flavor of agriculture on the large in Indiana (a couple are literally shot one-handed out the car window while hurtling down a county highway). I hope to return some day and try to do it some justice.
Here’s a panorama of a few of the farms. Click on it to load into your browser. You should be able to zoom and pan around it using the browser’s scroll bars.
