"Field of Biofuel Dreams"

Taken from the roof of my car, the corn plants at this location stand about 10 feet tall.

Thanks for your opinions!!

Very nice summer morning feeling here.

A very warm shot. Great feel to it.

A wonderfull warm minimalistic image, the soft warm colours are so relaxing. Well done.regards-Ross

LOL... A new acronym to go along with DOF... ROC=Roof Of Car! Regardless of location, a very pleasant, soft shot.... Mike

 

 

You created a great tripod, but having the corn stalks this brightly lit with the very low setting sun in the background is just too incongruous for my eye.

Thanks Steve, Robert, Ross, Mike and Stephen for your comments and suggestions. Stephen, I believe you are on to something. If no ND grad was used and no post processing were applied, there would probably be very little detail in the foreground. I have grown so used to current treatments where a balance of exposure is achieved, values near to far are rendered equal. Therefore, I have been lured in because I can. After your comment, I see the image the same way you do. I have looked at photographed sunsets for years and this one is unusually, or unnaturally bright in the foreground. I still like the effect, but I have attached another version you may feel has better balance. I am probably going to spend more time looking at my post procedures with a different notion. The attached version works well for me. Tell me what you think!

My two-cents is to pull the original and replace with your alternative version. That is just fabulous in all respects. Gotta tell you, Amigo; this is one hell of a composition. I gotta see the dents in the roof of your car the next time I'm with you. 'Course you don't weigh as much as I do. I think if I climbed on top of mine; I'd fall through... Excellent work, truly a great photograph. Cheers! Chris

 

BTW, my 7/7 is for the revision. C

Mark, I think you've replaced it as Chris suggested, and it's a lot more plausible to my eye. It's hard to know where to draw the line, and I suspect folks will be all over the board regarding the amount of light to be shown on the stalks. You've shown the amount that I probably would have selected, so I think it's perfect! Anyway, nice shot.

Thank Chris and Stephen. Years ago, this image would almost be a waste of time because the foreground would be a wasted space of near black, with only a fraction of the detail. I now rejoice in the ability to complete the circle, to have a foreground that has its own space of luminosity in a photograph. Sometimes we go further than what looks real, but what really is. While scanning a scene like this with our naked eyes, we see everything at near equal value, but a camera's light meter reveals what is true. I believe, however, what my eyes tell me, I trust their response also. I feel the only way to know what is over the edge is to go there and see for yourself, you can't really get hurt trying. I have attempted to replace the original photo in this post, but for some reason it will not successfully update. I guess P.N.s server prefers the first one.

Mark... Regarding updating images, this is the response Josh Root gave me in May Forum Link .... I guess it's still not updating immediately. It will eventually though... Mike

 

 

Yeah, you just have to make sure you reset your browser at each stage; i.e., at the folder page, at the individual photo, and I have even had to reset the browser when I make the photo larger. Weird, but sometimes when I would make a replacement photo larger the old posting would show up. That link that Mike gave you is probably worth following up with Josh and see if the server fix has been made. This really is a wonderful photograph, Big Guy! Cheers! Chris

Hi Mark- I the scene is a little surreal in the first place, and I light the additional FG lighting. The lit corn tassles- is that what they are called- are eyecatching. If the lower leaves were lit equally, I think it might have lost some impact. You have created a piece of art out of what would have been a dark mass and a bright sun. I use the top of my CR as a base for tripod as well. I leave a thin rectangular piece of plywood in the back of my car, and throw my dog's blanket and then the wood on top and it's a solid base with little chance of busting through-so far.