Grass & Hay Bales

I was driving to the Molokai airport after a day of shooting. I was

tired, grimy and sweaty. The sky had been heavy overcast all day. My 1

gig microdrive was full, after heavy editing of every marginal shot.

It was getting brighter by the minute as the cloud cover began to

thin. This scene flashed by the passenger side window. It was a half

mile before I could find a place wide enough to turn the car around on

the 2 lane road. Then I had to drive past this point to come back in

the original direction.

 

I had been interested in the hay bales until I took a quick look

through my 105 and saw this. I was too tired to get out of the car and

set up my tripod. I deleted one shot from the microdrive and shot this

almost wide open at 1/1500 across the passenger seat through the open

window. As I drove away, I realized I hadn't even turned off the engine.

 

VL

I really love this - I'm not sure it would ever occur to me to focus on the grass and leave the impression of the haybales as background. You have an excellent artistic vision - nice work.

The background is more interesting than the foreground in this picture. I'm not sure how you could have adjusted the angle to either isolate one leaf/stem or tackled the background as your subject. I would suggest simplifing the composition. Eliminate as much clutter as possible.

Timothy,

 

Thanks. I agree. I should have explored this shot more at the time, but just didn't have the opportunity as I explained. I tried to eliminate some of the grasses on the left by cropping, but that eliminated the second bale also, reducing the impact of the composition. It IS too busy.

 

VL

Please ignore my note... The correct it is 7/7...And not 1/1...I had some problems with my mouse...

The jpeg presented feels oversharpened. But the composition is a delightful representation of a hay bales and I quite like it.

 

well seen,

 

Sean

It is NOT too busy--it is complex and beautiful. The out of focus areas are rendered mysteriously...it is intriguing.