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Lonesome Oak and Big Sky

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Posted by Preston Birdwell on August 20, 2010 at 8:33 PM
This is an image I made earlier this spring in the oak savannah south-west of Sonora. On these hot summer days, the cool greens and deep sky are nice to remember.

Tachihara 4x5
300mm Nikkor
f-32 @ 1/15
Astia 100F
04/15/2010

I cropped a bit from the top.

Your thoughts are always appreciated. :smile:

--P
Posted by Harley Goldman on August 20, 2010 at 10:52 PM
Very pretty scene, PB. I would also love to see this one in B&W. Most curious how it would look.

I might take a look at cropping a little from the top and bottom,especially the top? It looks really good as presented, I am throwing that out more as an experiment.
Posted by Paul Breitkreuz on August 21, 2010 at 12:57 PM
I also might experiment with a few crops here, Preston. I personally fight cropping things myself, but I can see a couple versions here that really make some very different looks and can add some new look appeal as such. Regardless, a very nice open back-country view overall. :cool:
Posted by Murali Achanta on August 22, 2010 at 10:01 PM
I am with Harley on this. BW would be great for this image, if blues and greens/yellow are darkened may be.

-Murali
Posted by Steve Sieren on August 23, 2010 at 3:59 AM
Nice and simple Preston. I like it!