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Lavender Valley, Hood River, Or

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Posted by Ryan DesJardins on July 17, 2010 at 12:44 AM
Lavender Valley, Hood River, Or
I've got to give Kevin H. credit for steering me to this. I drove out there this morning (Friday) to see what there was to see. Not much of a sky, but I thought the light and the variations of lavender color gave this pic some nice layers.

I'm pretty happy with it, anyway.

Canon 40D 28-75mm @ 66mm ISO 400 f8.0 1/40s
Three shot blend with three focus points for depth of field in CS5
Posted by David Bostock on July 17, 2010 at 9:52 AM
Ryan, this is sweet. Would of course loved to have more interest in the sky, but your positioning of the mountain and minimizing the sky element works very well. It also accentuates the lavender. Very nice light on everything. :toast:
Posted by Catherine Reilly on July 17, 2010 at 1:26 PM
I can smell and taste the lavender from here! Even the sky has a touch of lavender color in it. Beautiful shot.
Posted by Kosta Koeman on July 19, 2010 at 4:01 PM
Ryan,

I love the colors of the lavender. You did a great job with layering. Wish I was there!

Kosta
Posted by Kevin Hillegass on July 21, 2010 at 1:55 AM
Likin' this, Ryan! Looks like you found a sweet spot for the mountain and the fields without the other stuff in the way.

It's funny, I love the sunplay in the foreground, but I really love the predawn sky color. You can't have everything, eh
Posted by Marylynne Diggs on July 21, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Pre-dawn sky color is almost, well, lavendar....it all works wonderfully.