Plowed earth, California Photo

Photographer’s Note

I took this photo at 7 a.m. in a recently plowed hay field. I was happy with the antique-looking color (although now that I see it on the site I think I might need to calibrate my monitor again). These fields surround my small town and, though bare, have a spare beauty about them.

Thanks for any comments.

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sohrab (7423) 2004-08-11 14:24

hi i was in a hurry in the morning ,so couldnt leave a critique then
i like this photograph a lot. the blur on top of the photograph suits the atmosphere been vreated just fine. a very high quality photograph in my opinion, but my opinion generally differs from others. have you given a sepia tone to a black and white photograph??
take care

torben (3084) 2004-08-11 15:11

The way you concentrated on showing "just" some dark earth is very strong, the tones are great on my recently calibrated Apple LCD screen.
The use of a narrow DOF is good for the "earthy" mood, I would consider cropping some of the sky, perhaps as far down as halfway down on the pole to have the whole area of sky covered by lines of wires and poles.

dom_inik_m (1707) 2004-08-12 10:36

Intriguing contrast, in terms of both form and content. Tranlucent sky and dark earth on one side, of course, fugitive time lapse for renewals on the other: a new day is about to begin and what might look like a sad desolation scene symbolizes in fact nature's eternal vitality (though tampered by man's hand and crisscrossed by powerlines), a plowed field to be sown again, a harvest in becoming...
Keep on looking, Cosa!