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Thanks all for the compliments! My original plan was to shoot this on a stormy day, with the wind blowing, possibly a bit of rain. So, yeah, that didn't happen! I managed to find a shot with more sky to balance the comp. a little more, but there are no hopes for shooting this under different lighting now, as it has all been cut down :(

Nice work, the processing is very effective. Thanks for sharing, Rich

Sorry if I am boring you with this subject, but I thought it was worth

revisiting in a different lighting condition, if for anything just

observation. For me the bluring of the grass in the wind works better

than the original, more static scene. But I feel the general

composition isn't as strong... I don't think the horizon right in the

middle works particularly well, I think including another frame of sky

would be more effective? This was two shots stitched together... which

is where I often seem to mess up on the composition.

 

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Thank you Jose & Kallol. Jose, you put that beautifully, thank you for your thoughts.

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I'm not sure about this one. I like the way the angles in the photo

hit from different directions (the path, the corn, the sky, the trees)

but I'm not sure if it's 'all too much' or not. I have a slightly

different comp, a little higher, w/o the blade of corn reaching into

the sky... i'm not sure which one works better, or if this is a

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Yes, you have successfully scared the crap out of me. A great shot! The preparation and processing really work well together. t/y for sharing it.

thank you for your kind words.

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Thank you for the comments. I'm glad you liked it, I'm pleased with how it came out.

 

Hilary, I used photoshop to create the image. It's just the basic use of layers and textures - try googling, there are loads of tutorials on how to work with layers. Feel free to email me if you have any more questions.

 

Thanks again,

Rich

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Hi Gerry. Thanks for your compliments and thoughts on the shot. For what it's worth, there isn't any 'trickery' involved. This is simply one exposure with my camera with some adjustments in contrast to get it to where it was when I was there. It was naturally quite dark in parts because of the angle of the sun and the fact that I was shooting straight into it. But then again, I'm not one who believes a photograph is ever a representation of 'reality', so we may just have conflicting ideas :-)

 

Rich

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