Prairie Morning Photo

Photographer’s Note

I wanted to get a photo of a beautiful Alberta sunrise so I went to this field in the north part of town and waited. Unfortunately, a large cloud was blocking the sun as it came up from the horizon so I turned the camera around in the opposite direction and focused on the interesting patterns & tire marks in the field. The slight white markings in the tire treads is frost as well... It was cold out here!

Contrast, saturation, and color balance altered in Photoshop.

superpau, broglia, syd1946, pboehringer, pierrefonds, anney has marked this note useful

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Cormac (26461) 2006-10-23 11:24

Good shot Doug! I like the way you used the tracks heading down and away into the field to draw our eyes into the scene. I like the delicate lighting, with the soft shades and pastels. Very peaceful!

superpau (1460) 2006-10-23 11:34

Hola Doug
Lovely colors, so vivid...
the compo is also good, with the road on the left fading away...
Well seen!
Saludos, Paula.

broglia (3379) 2006-10-23 12:22

Hi Doug, a wonderful combination of colours. Nice composition too with the tyre marks leading off into the distance. Well worth the effort! Regards, Roberto

howardc (331) 2006-10-23 12:57

These are beautiful colors. Nice sunrise.

syd1946 (17999) 2006-10-23 13:29

Hi Doug,
I love this,very moody atmosphere from the "strange" colors.The patterns lead my eyes to this wonderful depth...

Greetings,
Thomas

barni (14569) 2006-10-23 16:53

Hello Doug
Magnifique. Le point de vue est très impressionnant.
Bonne journée
Christophe

placombe (7187) 2006-10-23 18:29

Hi Doug
Great feelings od depthness. Your eyes are directly attracted to the hay roll.
Pierre

vasyL (53) 2006-10-23 21:32

doug:

usually clouds are our friend when photoing sunrises, because of the blanket of light it throws over the sky.

thanks for your photo
vasyL

pboehringer (770) 2006-10-24 1:11

Good versatility by just moving 90 degrees around and focusing something different than originally planned. It worked out nicely. You seem to be a PS master. I wish I could learn a little bit from you how to achieve all these effects, although I'm kind of a purist. I don't know for sure if you overdid on this one ...
Cheers, Peter
P.S. It would be probably be interesting to have the original posted on WS to see the difference that your PS did on the final version.

pierrefonds (26797) 2006-10-24 5:45

Hi Doug,

A good POV of this field with the ball of hay and of the forest, the photo has a good composition, DOF and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

Vincelavisse (443) 2006-10-24 22:42

Hi Doug,

Great composition. The colors are a bit unreal, that gives a nice look to your picture.

TFS,

Vince

Photo Information

Copyright: Doug Cawker (dcawker) (5691)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-10-22
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D70s, 18-70mm F3.5-4.5G ED AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor, 67mm Hoya Circular Polarizer
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-10-23 11:18
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