Field of Dreams Photo

Photographer’s Note

The world production of rapeseed exceeds 20 million hectares, making it the third most important oil plant after palm oil and soybeans. The crop thrives in mild maritime climates and historically the highest yields of rapeseed have occurred in England and the Netherlands.

Rapeseed is derived from two Brassica species. Brassica crops are among the oldest cultivated plants in the world. The plants are mentioned in ancient Sanskrit literature dating from 1500 BC and the Chinese word for rapeseed was first recorded at about the same time.

When the rapeseed crop fails or falters, as occurred in England in 2004, there is a huge negative impact on birds such as turtle doves, reed buntings, and linnets, which have become dependent upon the seeds for their diet. Bumble bees too rely upon winter rapeseed pollen.

kermit350, Emile, danielswalsh, riclopes, jhm, Buin, Cricri, papagolf21, plimrn, weswang, fabio_ts, Henryk_Bilor, Paolo, elihesamian, PJE, quantabeh, Tue, aloyho has marked this note useful

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rosaline (0) 2006-06-20 10:44

Hi John
So this is your field of dreams? I hope they are good ones. A great shot with a sea of colour. The sky looks nice with a good supply of cloud and makes me feel at home!! A great shot with nice, rich colours and the contrast is good too. Well achieved.
Aubrey

danielswalsh (13324) 2006-06-20 10:51

Perfect timing John...

I was just wondering where your most recent shot was.. and there it is.

I like the close detail of the yellow flower (seeds) and how the individual flowers blend into a sea of yellow as the eye is lead into the distance. The tall flower at left makes for a nice focal point. Just not sure if I'm a fan of the wire cutting through the lower third.

Not many days to go before I'm back in BC soil! Yeeehaaa
All the best,
- Dan

siolaw (25774) 2006-06-20 10:51

Hi John,
A fine compo with that flowering field.. nice colors and sharpness, good idee to have a taller plant sticking out in foreground... nice cloudy sky... i dont know if i d have included the barbed wire though!! good pic anyway!!
Well done
Laurent

coco (27866) 2006-06-20 10:53

Very nice John... and hello.
I would say a classical composition... that's good here. And the colours are... I love them.
So colorful, so life,... so...

Thanks for share.

P-S-I-G (24482) 2006-06-20 11:05

Hello John,
Beautiful scene. I like seeing these flowers.
Very nice colors. Well captured.
Best regards,
Fabrice

mlopes (492) 2006-06-20 11:37

Hi John,
Beautifull landscape, but i find the barb wire a little distracting. Everything else looks cool
Mario

rbcy1974 (20742) 2006-06-20 11:43

Hello John
WOw,
beautiful simple lanscape but with a very dramatic air specially given by the sky.
Well done
Regards
Daniel

jhm (82629) 2006-06-20 12:14

Hi John,

The oil of future! I like the small hill in these picture, together with the yellow colours of rapeseed. One remark John, I can see much noise the clouds at the sky!
But I like this picture so!

Best regards,
John.

markstaples (15670) 2006-06-20 12:56

Oil Rapeseed fields do indeed feature highly in the British countryside at this time of the year. Nice bold colours. What postprocessing did you do to get this painting-like effect?
Best wishes
Mark

Fis2 (45889) 2006-06-20 13:04

Witaj John!
Wonderful landscape, beautiful colors. Good composition and frame. Well done.
Thanks and regards.
Krzysztof

Graal (58065) 2006-06-20 13:08

Hi John,
nice view, beautiful colours and landscape with the flowers of rape but there's a bit noises with artifacts in clouds. Interesting note.
Rgs, Aleksander

Ann75 (0) 2006-06-20 13:24

Hello John,

Wow, that's a beautiful shot with that yellow colour of the rapeseed flowers! I love how you captured this photo from a lower angle. I draws the viewer right into the photo and moves the eye towards the hill and the beautiful sky. Great composition with stunning colours, lots of details and great sharpness.

Greetings,
Ann

PS: I do agree with jhm that there is a littel too much noise in the sky. I posted a workshop to reduce the noise by running the photo trhough NeatImage...I hope you don't mind!

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Buin (37756) 2006-06-20 14:28

Hallo John!
It's a great scenery you show here in wonderful colours. I like the fence in the foreground, which reminds to limits given by nature...
Thank you for showing this picture!
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

bantonbuju (48654) 2006-06-20 14:34

sorry mate but this landscape deserves a slightly more careful treatment, particularly knowing your tremendous skills;
for example: the colours seem to be too artificial,
i do nto understand the role of the wire in front of the frame;
this is supposed to be detailed image so why the remote area to the left of the image seems to present unknown, not clear object, simply nothing;
bit of dissapointment, my friend;
tc, j.

Cricri (43132) 2006-06-20 14:36

Bonsoir Georges,
Belle image de la nature, trés belles couleurs et lumiére, jolie capture du ciel
félicitations
amitiés
cricri

rhizomes (15325) 2006-06-20 14:43

Hi John,
Nice landscape with great colors ! Te yellow and the green are impressive !
Nice !
Christophe

papagolf21 (56451) 2006-06-20 14:50

Bonsoir John,
Ce champ de colza prend une dimension tout à fait exceptionnelle, tant par sa longueur que par sa beauté.
Vous avez raison, le colza prend une place importante comme élément supplémentaire de substitution face au pétrole.
Très belle prise de vue.
Amitiés.
Philippe

SophieL (6030) 2006-06-20 16:06

Lovely light and lovely colors here, John! I like the composition, with the differently colored layers, from green to blue... Two "details" attract my eyes: the plant in the foreground, on the left, standing tall and proud like an opinionated mind, but also the barbed wire. I can't imagine you have not included it for a reason, and it gives a somewhat sad feeling to your fields of dream... I feel that you are that opinionated, passionate mind, trying to break free above the barriers that life bring you.

ndb1958 (9248) 2006-06-20 16:26

What a nice yellow field, great colours. The sky is so strange. A very nice capture. Good composition and frame. Nino

LCannon (2776) 2006-06-20 16:46

I love the bright yellow colors of the sweeping hillside, falling off into the blue waters of the sea. Very nice sky, the colors and focus are wonderful. Well done.

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anesugur (16922) 2006-06-20 17:01

Hi John,
Very nice and fantastic composition.
Good work. Best regards. Uğur

Cormac (26449) 2006-06-20 17:13

Great shot of the brilliant yellow colour of the rapeseed fields. I like this because of the close up of the plants, especially the one standing up on the left, the barbed wire fence running through the frame, and the beautiful sky. It looks like the weather wasn't all bad. Well done John!

danyy (68887) 2006-06-20 17:13

Bonjour John,
Les couleurs sont superbes mais tout le monde le dira, un bruit très gênant et j'aime le WS de Ann qui l'a réduit.
Un somptueux paysage.
Bien à toi.
Daniel.

plimrn (19682) 2006-06-20 22:45

Hi John,
In your beautifully framed photo, the detail of the golden flowers fade into a huge crved golden pathway leading to almost the reverse curve of clouds that seem to be reflecting the gold of the flowers. Even the strand of barbed wire seems harmonious, just amazing!!...Pat

weswang (18223) 2006-06-20 22:56

Hi John, I like the color contrast in this picture. Nice saturated colors. I enjoy the view of the yellow flowers merged to be a sea of yellow colors before reaching the sky. A well taken picture.

riclopes (33005) 2006-06-21 3:37

Hi John,
What a great visual impact that this yellow field of rapeseed have. I love the way it transforms from a yellow/green pattern in foreground to a yellow smoth carpet in the background. Those white clouds also make a dramatic impact and it's also nice to see the blue of the sky in the top of the image, as it works well with the yellow. A very beautiful painting!
p.s.-I don't know about the barbed wire in foreground...
Ricardo

Albrecht (11098) 2006-06-21 5:36

Hi John
Well chosne compo and POV;good colours and atmosphere.
gr.Albrecht

fabio_ts (13674) 2006-06-21 7:32

Another stunning landscape John, wonderful picture, with great details and fantastic lights and colors.. BRAVO+++

have a nice day,
Fabio.

feather (49862) 2006-06-21 10:21

You were here at the right time to catch all the yellow fields. You also captured a typical sky. I like the inclusion of the cow parsley at the bottom. Is that a sea view on the left?
Kath

Henryk_Bilor (20367) 2006-06-21 10:52

Hello John
Beautiful capture of this field, it looks like a mountain of flowers :). Amazing colours, but a little too noisy ;).
Regards

Paolo (40703) 2006-06-21 10:59

Hi John, amazing view of that yellow and green field on a hill.
amazing view from a great POV to have a so long view to the hill, good colours and light.
thanks, ciao

capthaddock (28640) 2006-06-21 12:44

Hi John - once again you were able to keep the nearby wire perfectly in focus, really remarkable feat, did you use the A-dep mode? The different layers of cklouds on top are also interesting, giving you 2 skies in one shot.

elihesamian (26091) 2006-06-21 13:11

John,
no doubt this is an invitation for our eyes to enjoy the fields and its fantastic colors and contrast,a pity about noise,some friends mentioned about that,but despite that,I see a very well composed picture and really beautiful with a great real colors at all,a wonderful and fantastic sky you had in the day with those superb clouds,I like it,John,Thanks,

Best Regards
M

PJE (19459) 2006-06-21 17:46

Well John I must say I like how you cropped out the barb wire in the workshop. This one with the wire is a pleasant presentation too. I love the deep colors and the rich tones in the sky. Nice work John!

quantabeh (5203) 2006-06-21 17:55

hello John,
a beautiful image, with good colors and great compo. This is certainly like a beautiful painting, the image is superbly exposed and the note is pretty useful.
cheers,
behrang

hdl (6735) 2006-06-21 18:21

Hi John. Nice view again; I like all those colours; it's really very lively. I'm not sure about the barbed wire though. Have a nice day.

Emile (20001) 2006-06-21 23:33

Hola John.
Another beautiful landscape taken with great perspective, you are posting excellent shots from your trip to UK, the yellow color of the rapeseed flowers produces an endless depth effect. Nicely captured, good POV.
Well done. TFS.

Tue (25608) 2006-06-22 6:20

Hej John,
A very nice view over this field of rapeseed. The quite low POV works well here and apart from the yellow of the field, I also like the blue of the sky. Good work!
Hilsen,
Lars

kermit350 (8988) 2006-06-23 4:43

Hello John, extraordinary this field of colza, for a very beautiful yellow simply, and losing itself to the horizon, like this spectacular background, sincerely

Kititit (813) 2006-06-23 9:11

Hi,
Think this photo is one of youre best ones. It looks like a painting really. Just wonderfull and thanks for sharing,
Rita

sam224 (5851) 2006-06-25 14:23

I love the depth of this shot and the mix of colours you captured here. The barbed wire cutting the image is well placed. You have already mentioned the noise in the clouds, so I won't do it:-)
Very good job!

devimeuxbe (55867) 2006-06-25 22:30

Hi John
This landscape is great and i like also the cloudy and beautifull sky.
I don't know what to think about the wire in front. I deserve little bit the composition.
However it's nice.
BErtrand

aloyho (6109) 2006-06-27 5:28

Hi John,
This is a lovely shot especially so with the two layered sky and I like your choice of allowing just one stalk to penetrate the sky as if to beckon us to make a closer and more detailed appreciation of the plant. I also enjoyed the visual dialogue that this scene is able to generate especially on the barbed wire. I am sure it's there with a purpose right from your heart. Most interesting!! All the best.

t0mmm1 (5434) 2006-08-19 5:31

Hi John,
wonderful picture... also I've dreamed about making a photo like this, but didn't have time at the right moment... but who cares, if I can go into your gallery and look at this one. So magical the field that goes to meet the forever on the horizont. Wonderful!
Have a nice day,
Tomi

Budapestman (42056) 2006-08-27 13:24

Hi John!
Fabled natural photo! Great harmony and amazing mood! Gorgeous colours and splendid lights! Super!
Thank you, nice days
George