Fred Lynch retired in 2018 after capturing images for the Southeast Missourian since 1975, in that time moving from black-and-white to color, from film to digital and to video. The blog title is a nod to an earlier era of news photography and the 4x5 Speed Graphic: It's more important to be there for the shot than to worry about technical details.

Shocks of barley

Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at 12:00 AM

June 18, 1956 Southeast Missourian

A scene soon to vanish. Even today a field of shocks of grain is a virtual novelty, since combines have moved in and almost taken over the harvest picture in this area. But this scene, showing a field of shocked barley on the T.J. Miller & Sons farm north of Oak Ridge, is one of the few such in Cape County. In the background is wheat, to be harvested within a week. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)

Recent Video:

Wheat is cut and shocked for Egypt Fest 2013.

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I shot something similar at the Fred R. Nebel farm around 1965.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/fred-r-nebel-farm/

Here are shots of making hay on the John Below farm near Allenville.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/make-hay-while-sun-shines/

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Wed, Aug 28, 2013, at 9:56 AM

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