Christian Schmoeger

Perfekt gesagt!

Darker

Scenery in Montana during harvest time - working late into the night.
Now the day‘s work is done, and a dark silence is awaiting an upcoming busy and bright morning.

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#bluesky
#grainelevator
#montana
#americana

Same goes to his „wife“

She is Putin‘s puppet and a disgrace for my country! Putin’s Puppets are never patriots, always a shame for their countries…

Hells Bells Are Ringing

An abondened grain elevator in Southern Montana - for me, they are the Cathedrals of the prairie.
For some reason, Hells Bells Are Ringing by Josephine Foster is my recommended song for delving into this picture…

#photography
#bluesky
#montana
#grainelevators
#americana

Traveling Lights

Scenery in the northern prairie. A truck underneath the Big Sky, which is providing a beautiful light. Found it traveling around…
The title is a song by Leonard Cohen.

#photography
#bigsky
#bluesky
#montana
#prairie

You want it darker

A rural scenery with a Grain Elevator in Montana. In fact it is a row of five elevators, sadly they are not active anymore.
You want it darker (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix) is the perfekt song for looking at that scenery.

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#bluesky
#montana
#americana

Absolutely! Some of the best Drinks I ever had!

My 2024 Trip through Minnesota, Montana and the Dakotas… it was amazing!

Best Out West

A classic grain elevator in a Smalltown in Montana. Prairie wind and almost horizontal rain - camera proved to be absolutely weather sealed, I got soaked wet to the bones. But Equipment is always first!

Music: Small Town by Bill Frisell

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#bluesky
#smalltown
#montana

How’s it Gonna End

A Smalltown which turned into a Ghost Town after railroad closed in the 80‘s.
The try to make an attraction out of it failed. So that makes you thinking of How‘s it Gonna End (Tom Waits) Listen to it while delving into the pic.

#photography
#smalltown
#northernplains
#bluesky

All American Coop

I love that scenery, the huge grain elevator backing the family home right in the Heartland of America
Enjoy this picture with:

Harvest Moon - Neil Young

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#smalltown
#heartland
#midwest

I can‘t „like“ that tragedy, but you are absolutely right!

RUN

Scene in a ghost town in the Hinterland of Oklahoma. For a split second the Walking Dead appeared right before my eyes. Enjoy the pic with this song:

Run - Awolnation

#photography
#ghosttown
#abandoned

The Bronco

A classic Ford Bronco after the rain, looking just awesome…
Recommended song:

Western Bronco - Hermanos Gutierrez

🤡

Frosty Haven

Well, i am going to stand right here with an ice cold drink in my hand - waiting for big flakes of snow, the shining Polar Express arriving and Frosty cheering on the roof top… then i press the shutter button on my camera!

#photography
#smalltown

Love classic Pinball machines!

Thank you!

#63

Truck # 63 in front of an old, rusty grain silo.
Recommended song:

Lullaby - KUSO GVAKI

The Ranchero

An old Ranchero next to an old Diner.
Ford stopped producing the Ranchero in 1979. a Pity because it really is a beautiful design.
Recommended Song:

Ranchero - Pancho Trackman

And now to something completely different - it‘s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Vosges, France!
Recommended song: read above!
☃️❄️🌨️🎄🎿⛷️

I want to capture photos like this.

Thank you! Yes, I wish I had much more of those…

„What a Wonderful World“

One of my all time favorite pictures - afternoon mood in a Small Town.
While strolling around, I was thrilled by that view and knew I had to capture it…
Recommended Song of course:

What a wonderful world - Sam Cooke

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#smalltown
#americana

Your horses are beautiful!

„United“

I am closing tonight with an elevator - and „United“ is a word becoming more and more important…

#photography
#smalltown
#grainelevator

„The Sheriff‘s Home“

A smalltown in Oklahoma - The photo took quite a while. My son texted me right here -Dad, is everything ok? Why is your car standing next to a liquor store for one hour?-
(Sharing location when on tour)
Recommended song:

House a Home - Youry Lentjes

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#smalltown

„My Boat, My Car, My House“

Scenery in a Texan Small Town around noon. Nobody outside, all looks sleepy and I am strolling around.
Everything ist there but life has disappeared, don‘t know when, how or why…
Recommended song for this photo:

Frontera - Galexico

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#americana
#smalltown

a detached three story building in poor shape. The bricks are burnt and the windows are either smashed or boarded up. There's a for sale sign on the lower left third of the building. On the right there's a lamp post with a pigeon that looks a bit fake but isn't, flying past it

For sale

#ThePhotoHour #Photography #Abandoned #Architecture