Skagit Valley Quince

Nothing much cookin' in the Skagit yet except a few daffodil fields. Tulips have hardly even broken ground yet. Nevertheless, I did find a few shots and enjoyed this one probably the most as my "find" of the day.

D200, 24-120 @ 35mm, tripod; f25, 1/15, ISO 200.

Couldn't see the darn screen in the field and forgot to check the histogram, so...
CS 3 saved me from being that rusty: shadow/highlight filter; tried to fix a weak sky by dropping in a fill and cloning a bit...

Anyway, a sign of Spring for you to see... because it was awfully cold up there.

Cool perspective and of course, the flowers look great..

Well, the end result of your manipulations (isn't post-processing great!) is great to look at. If you hadn't chosen this perspective I don't think it would have been nearly as interesting. The flower color is a welcome contrast to the weathered gray of the old barn. Very nice.

Ahhh, good ole early quince. I sure like the arch effect your have going in the FG, Catherine. Excellent use of the dark BG.

Beautifully composed shot. The colors and elements work very well together. Nicely done.

Hi Catherine,
I really like your persepective on this. You like to play. I wonder what this would look like with everything B&W except the Quince. by the way... finally got my camera back so am up for a picnic.
mary

I agree with everyone else. Very cool perspective!

I too like the low perspective and contrast of weathered silver boards to the colorful flower. Well done.