Statler wrote:
> Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> 
>>Tim Nikias wrote:
>>
>>>>I love the addition of the barn.  I think it adds much to the picture
>>>>both compositionally and narratively.  The shadow seems a bit
>>>>disconcerting, not because of its sharpness, but because it is not
>>>>laying flat.
>>>
>>>
>>>What you're actually seeing is not the shadow of the barn, but a
>>>side-addition. Attached to this post a small photo gathered somewhere from
>>>the web as reference.
>>>
>>>That aside, the shadow probably does fall on some hills or such, the image
>>>makes heavy usage of forced perspective, but *looks* okay.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Oh.  That's called the "bridge" of the barn
> 
> 
> 
> We always called it the "lean-to" :)
> 
Okay, anyway the idea being that the hay and equipment is stored up 
above where the livestock actually is.

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