View from Below x2+ BW

To be honest, Marylynne, I like this a lot. It's an eye-catching, clever, and original Palouse image. The foreground grass is very cool, and the sky is really nice as well. I could see this as a calm, soothing print. So, is this the result of merged images? And how did you find a place where you were able to get so low and get such a clean and unobstructed look at the strip of grass? This image really has me scratching my head, which is a good thing. 

I think this perfectly fine. I would brighten the brights a bit though.

My kind of perspective - I like it!!

Thanks, everyone.  I tweaked the highlights a tish, and I played a little with the color temp of the sky.  I still don't have my monitor calibrated, but it felt a little steel-gray to me.  I've also been working more in black and white, so I feel a little off the color game for a variety of reasons.

Scott: Some of the dirt roads are deeply incised from years of farm traffic, so you can be standing on the road and have the ground adjacent to the road mid-thigh or waist high.  Below this reply I'll post a shot from earlier this spring (not in gallery, so it disappeared) of one of these roads (might not be the same road, but there were a lot of them). 

Edit: oh, and it is a single image processed in LR.  
 

It sure is enough for me! It's a little different perspective and I think it works great. The colors are very nice and that sky worked out perfectly for my taste. A very peaceful and calming feel comes from this image.
Edit: I see the repost now and I like that even more. Very nice work on that!
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

And here is a shot of our rented Sprinter RV on one of these deeply incised roads. 

This is great! And I much prefer the repost. If you do stock agency postings, this one would have great potential. Excellent!

Somehow I feel like I'm about to enter the miniature world of grass hoppers and ants. I find it interesting in a kind of obscure sort of way. 

I think this is really interesting. The layers of tonality, shape and color are quite unique. I agree that the brights could be brought up a little bit. If you do, do not go to far--the soft light here really adds to the mood. Well seen, and nicely done.
--P

This is awesome, Marylynne.  Love the low perspective and the subtle light on the greens.  Great sky to compliment. I think the repost is an improvement.  I am surprised that you didn't present this in B/W.  Might be fun.

Here is a BW conversion of the same image.  Silver Efex and LR.  Let me know what you think of that. 

Thanks for the suggestion, Gary.

This has a light airy feel. I like it more every time I look at it.  Temptation may be to clone out some of the small dark grey clouds on the right side

Although I like the b/w,  the color is winning with me.

Thanks folks. I settled on the color version as well, with a bit more highlight and a tish more saturation.  Couldn't do it without you all, as usual.
ML

The difference between color and B&W is remarkable to me. When you said you were converting the image I expected a B&W version of the subject. But in fact they are completely different images. As such I can't see how one can say that one is better than the other. The color image is about peace, balance, and tranquility. The B&W lacks this feeling due to that dramatic sky. The sky makes that image. I'm on the fence about the layer of detailed grass in the front, though. I don't think it helps with either the drama or the peace. It is somewhat intriguing though. 

To be honest, I like both images. At first I thought the B&W was much better. Than I went back and liked the feeling of color. A few minutes passed and another look and 'but the B&W is clearly better'. And so on and so forth.