The Palouse
Dec 2, 2018 07:00:25 #
Guess some folks don't like hay. I think that the only way your image could be better is if you had given us the ability to see a larger, downloaded version.
Dec 2, 2018 07:46:26 #
mdpathjp wrote:
An abandoned barn in the Palouse taken in the spring of 2016.
Great! Keep the bales.
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Dec 2, 2018 07:51:48 #
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Dec 2, 2018 08:14:46 #
This is a lovely image. First off, it appears your DOF is deep enough that all of the bales and the barn are in focus. The hills are beautiful, and the combination of the green field and the blue-grey of the sky is really nice. I'm not sure why there's any squiggle about the barn AND the bales. They're all part of the same scene that is quite pleasing. At least IMHO.
Dec 2, 2018 09:28:32 #
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Dec 2, 2018 10:49:20 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
That is wonderful image and composition!
I’ve tried to get photos of fields of hay rolls and barns here in middle Tennessee but I can never get the hay rolls to appear this dominate in the scene while getting the structures a decent size. What is lacking is the clear space to step back far enough to use a telephoto and use the compressive effect to get the size relationships I’m looking for. You’ve done a wonderful job in this image!
Stan
I’ve tried to get photos of fields of hay rolls and barns here in middle Tennessee but I can never get the hay rolls to appear this dominate in the scene while getting the structures a decent size. What is lacking is the clear space to step back far enough to use a telephoto and use the compressive effect to get the size relationships I’m looking for. You’ve done a wonderful job in this image!
Stan
Dec 2, 2018 12:26:22 #
Very nice photo. I like the bales and wouldn't change a thing. 
Dec 2, 2018 12:50:19 #
JFCoupe
Loc: Kent, Washington
PixelStan77 wrote:
Your capture looks like an image in a Fine Art Gallery. I am planning a trip to Palouse. You have any suggestion for best time?Your image has lots of depth because of the bails, barn and sky.
There are at least two times a year where the Palouse is amazing. First in the April, early May time period when the young wheat is very green, and the bare earth is still very moist and dark brown/black. They do a lot of contour crop rotation throughout the Palouse so you get wonderful bands of color.
The late summer and early fall are also great as the wheat and pulse crops are golden color contrasted with the dark bands of soil.
Steptoe Butte is a great spot to take both early sunrise images and also sunset images as you pretty much have a 360 degree view from the top.
Flying into the Palouse Pullman/Moscow airport gives you a chance to see the area from above, or perhaps a short charter flight would be a great idea.
Also, heading SE of the Palouse along the Clearwater River into Idaho's Panhandle is a beautiful drive.
Dec 2, 2018 13:07:19 #
Why has no-one talked about the hay bales framing the barn? If the bales are, indeed, a leading line, they lead your eye out of the picture. Don't let yourself get "married" to a specific format (ratio of sides). The interesting part of the sky is just above the horizon. Crop off about 1/3 of the sky. That further emphasizes the barn as the "hero" of the story the photo tells. It's a very good photo, worthy of printing large, matting and framing and hanging on your well lit wall.
Dec 2, 2018 13:35:24 #
Not too sure why so many folks out there commenting on this picture think that if someone makes a suggestion they think would be an improvement to the photo treat that person who made the comment as a heretic and start persecuting them. The photo is a good photo with the bails in the picture. However, the bails could also be taken as the subject of the picture because they are so large and the barn is so small. Photography is all about what an individual sees and I don't think we need to be so sharp in responses that we don't necessarily agree with. Myself I would have focused more on the detail in the barn and have tried to find bails that were closer to the barn to use as leading lines. But, that is my opinion and does not make the photo a poor one.
Dec 2, 2018 13:45:07 #
Dec 2, 2018 14:51:36 #
No "bale-out" needed--like it as it is. Also really like the textures in the foreground grass. Had there been no bales, I think they would have carried the day just fine.
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