New Salem Saw Mill
A friend and I went out to visit another friend Sunday night. I knew that the trip to his house would take me past this old Saw Mill that sits on the Sangamon River just outside of New Salem. So I brought the camera with me to try to get a night shot of the mill. The location was much darker that I was counting on. Even 30 second exposures weren’t pulling in enough light. So we had to improvise a little car headlight spot lighting from the parking lot. Not the ideal lighting source but I think I managed an interesting photo. Too bad only one of the shots was usable.
September 19th, 2006 at 8:57 pm
You can’t leave, all the plants are going to die!
September 22nd, 2006 at 3:07 pm
It does have a Dust Bowl/ Grapes of Wrath kind of feel to it. I’ll have to get a few day shots of the mill so it’s more apparent what you’re looking at. It’s actually a pretty interesting little area… but who has the time to go take photos while there’s still daylight!
What is shown in the photo is actually the top of the mill (that does look kind of like an old house) which is level with the street. However the base of the mill extends down probably 30 feet or so to the river bank below. You can see a hint of the fence in the foreground that marks the edge of the ravine the mill is sitting in.