The Inland Northwest

Here in the Inland Northwest we have a different kind of ocean, oceans of grain on rolling hills that stretch as far as the eye can see, even from the vantage point of Steptoe Butte State Park. Using my tripod, remote release and bracketing 3 images at 2.0 stops apart, Sony Alpha 900 full frame, Sony 70-200mm, focal 70mm, f19, 1/4, 0.0Ev. Later process as HDR image with some dodge and burn.

Love the color and detail!

Nicely composed. My eye tends to get led out of the picture to the dark clouds in the upper left, if i pull the screen down to get rid of them, cropped out, i like it better, but thats me. :) The white area along the length of the b/g hills is, fog? or? An all around nice shot. :)

I left the dark clouds in the upper left to give a better feeling of depth. This image was HDR processed as mentioned above. The white along the hills was a natural result of processing and can be removed if so chosen. I liked the effect so I left it alone, I like it better, but that's me ;) Capturing these rolling hills on stormy days with some sun peeking through is in my opinion the best way to shoot the Palouse as it adds so much character to the image. I will be posting a whole series of the Palouse and surrounding area although not many of them will be HDR processed. Thanks for the comments, always good to hear the other guys opinions and critique.

Certainly is a different looking vuew from Steptoe. We spent a lot of time talking HDR at our NPN get together today. Though this certainly is a more than acceptable image, I miss some of the the shadows usually found when shooting down from this vantage point. I guess my question is, did you really need HDR? Maybe you did, I wasn't there. but shadows are truly part of the image.
Interesting image though! and quite well done and not over saturated!
JG

Jack, as you know ten shooters would process this image differently. I like opening up the shadows as that's what my eye saw when there. Yes it needed to be HDR to get the look that has become part of my style. Some days I go for the 'Over The Edge' look with HDR but most of the time I stay within boundaries that other photographers prefer. Either way, I was there, I took the shots, I processed them, and I enjoyed the whole work flow. Thanks for the nice comments and critique.

The drama in that thunderhead came out very nice, and I like the way the foreground leads there!