Spring!

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted March 26, 20161,081 views11 comments

A field along the road in the Tehachapi Foothills. It was a grey overcast morning and this was the most dynamic sky I saw that day.
these are Fiddlenecks, with Lupine and 2 or 3 other types of flower.

D800
24-70, 2.8

Thanks
Chris

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on March 26, 2016 at 8:01 AM

Hi Chris,

There are quite a few interesting elements in your landscape. The intersecting triangular patches of orange and green are nicely placed..............................Jim

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Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on March 26, 2016 at 11:35 AM

Well done, Chris, love the contrasting colors and all the angles.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on March 26, 2016 at 12:11 PM

Nice to see some poppies and fiddlenecks this year. Nice addition with the fenceline. Lovely sky. Hopefully this will seed out for an even better year in 2017....rain permitting.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on March 26, 2016 at 1:02 PM

Angles and colors work really well here, nicely seen and executed! I think the sky is very fitting with the rest of the photo.

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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on March 26, 2016 at 3:59 PM

Some nice Spring hillsides...the fence line is good and the posts firmly anchor the image, although I wish the top wire was a uniform color, the spliced-in strand keeps calling my attention. Nothing you could do on that. I would be tempted to see what it looks like by cropping the sky to just before the deep blue. The low storm clouds work really well and add another level of interest...the blue sky portion, not so much for me. Plenty of color with the grasses, yellows and oranges. Nice job.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 29, 2016 at 5:59 PM

Great poppy field and fine rural scene. Springtime!

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on March 29, 2016 at 11:32 PM

Love the contrasting colors and the angles and the fence. Lots of great elements in a really pleasing overall composition.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 6, 2016 at 5:31 PM

Chris, Beautiful picture. I really like what the fence adds to this scene and excellent work on the comp. The colors are wonderful.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on April 8, 2016 at 3:19 AM

This has turned out very nicely, Chris. Great textures, curves and colors. The inclusion of the fence provides a lot of additional interest too.

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Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on May 1, 2016 at 12:03 AM

I love a a nice fenceline with grass and flowers, and this one is especially nice. I like the z lines in the diagonal hills and the depth of the clouds along with blue sky. The different color of wire does distract a little, but too much. You might be able to go really crazy with cloning it at 100% magnification, but I don't think that's necessary for the viewer to appreciate the image.
ML

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on May 1, 2016 at 12:22 AM

Thanks! Yes, I thought about cloning that wire! :)

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