This farm is located immediately north of the small town of Nicasio. On the day I visited, late in May, there wasn't much activity but just two days ago when I drove through the Nicasio Valley I noted that workmen were busy weeding plants in the field immediately to the right of the tractor. Since they had a newer red tractor next to where they worked I concluded that this yellow companion is now only a piece of sculpture left in the midst of this field. I wouldn't suggest this rivals Carlos beautiful photos of rural France, but then this palette is distinctly different from the rolling hills with which he works. Here you have rugged hillsides covered with fir trees between which lie deep valleys. California has a remarkably arid climate in which agriculture thrives only because of careful irrigation with what little rain is collected each winter. In a few days I'll show you the Nicasio Reservoir nestled between rock strewn hills to the north that serves both the farmers and homeowners of the Valley. But tomorrow I'll show you a barn...

Surprised that you replied that no color adjustment was done, I remembered that often I had a purple fringe on my photos when there was a lot of sun (also nikon 5700). At first I used a lot of cyan-filter to adjust it. Now I use a more sure method of a color balance layer adjusting: in the highlights selecting the white with the eye dropper tool on a part of the image that should be pure white and adjusting it by comparing in the color palet so that the sliders in the color palet are at the same level to get pure white.

I do the same for shadows (black leveling) and midtones (grey leveling) till I am satisfied.( I learned this recently from David Plummer, and I enjoy his method.)



So I applied this on the land with a tiny saturation up.



On top and for the fun I applied a soft glow on the sunny parts of the top of the land to evocate the sunny heat dancing on the mountain.



Like I said clors and preferences are undisputable, I didn't want to rehold my view and I hope you like it.( I did overdo it a tiny bit, I think, but you see now clearly the differance)