Harvest Time

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This photo shows some very good composition,if it isn't all photoshopped!!!!!?

There are lots of photos of hay bales on photo.net, but none has this elegant geometric arrangement. Nice.

Not just another hay bale shot! Good capture!

Michael, Andrew, and Kim, thanks for your comments and appreciation. PSP has only been used for minor adjustments of contrast and gamma and some dodging of a somewhat harsh and distracting shadow from the nearest bale of straw. The farmer had scattered a lot of bales all over the field, and I could choose among several different compositions.

Just give me some more contrast, please!

An excellent picture. It captures the lightness and transparency of a summer's day, and the elegant geometric composition is a plus. It is interesting to observe how the way this subject is best treated in black and white differs profoundly from the technique used in color pictures: here lightness, mild contrast and balanced composition play the trick, there chromatic contrast and bolder perspectives are probably more effective.

I do not agree with the suggestion of increasing the contrast. Just to be fastidious, it is true that the shadow on the right of the largest bale, which I understand has been touched up in Photoshop, looks a bit unnatural (too light).

Incidentally, I am a "hay bale shooter" myself and of course I find comments like "... there are a lot of hay bales pictures on PN, but this ...", or "... not just another hay bale picture ..." a bit questionable. There are also a lot of pictures of children, a lot of cascades, a lot of bugs, and a lot of Lucilles around, but this means nothing; each photograph ought to be judged for what it is.

Walter and Michele, thanks for taking your time to comment. I think I agree with Michele on the contast issue. On second thoughts, I think Michele also got a point about the shadow from the nearest bale. I have probably softend the shadow to much and perhaps later I will redo. Thanks again Michael

Good light and technic, well done

Good capture a litle more contrast in the front

 

I like it...great composition. Looks good in B&W.

It is a very nice interpretation of a classical theme. I like the way the first one is in the foreground, not taking too much of the picture and leading into the other planes of the picture, with the group of three first ahd the trees at the end.

 

The only small thing puzzling me is that the foreground roll sort of covers and interrupts the shadow of the second one: I wonder what it would have looked shooting from a slightly higher position. But you were there, and must have had your good reasons to compose this way.

 

Cheers,

This is a good take on a familiar theme. You have eschewed the conventional 3 dimensional representation in favour of a simple, structured graphic. Nice work.

Excellent composition !