Colorado Farming

[Theo2]

Here's a couple shots from the other night. I really liked the way the sky looked... Also, goats!
1
IMG_1442.jpg by crustyhippy24, on Flickr

2
IMG_1439.jpg by crustyhippy24, on Flickr

3
IMG_1431.jpg by crustyhippy24, on Flickr

Edit: Updated the photos for straightening and crop.

 

[a_auger]

Great shots! #1 and #3 need to be levelled though...

 

[Theo2]

Yeah I can see that now. These were taken on an inclined mesa so I barely noticed it until you said something. I'll see what I can do.

 

[memento]

Ha! I was expecting some other type of 'farming'.

I feel like foreground is missing in 1 & 2.
and I like landscape orientation for lanscape scenes.

but that's just me.

 

[FITBMX]

#1 and #3 are the best of the set, and you just can't beat a goat photo!
Next time on a shot like #1 try shooting lower to the ground, it may give it a little better foreground, but I also may be wrong!:mrgreen:

Those Hesston swathers were built about 30 miles from my, they are a good machine!!!

 

[The_Traveler]

I think all of these are off-level (note the tilted light poles in #2) but there is an odd quality to the color.
The black point might be a bit high and the images over-sharpened.

 

[Theo2]

I took 2 to be level with the tractor. Also, they were not sharpened.

 

[The_Traveler]

unless there is an artistic reason for elements of the scene to be aligned counter to normal expectation (i.e. the viewer 'expects' the horizon to be level, still water to be flat, light poles and buildings to be vertical) I think that that at least one 'man-made' element, preferably an obvious one that is close to the center of interest, should be vertical so the viewer can 'understand' what is happening.

The light lines on the bright side of a dark-light intersection and the darkish areas adjacent can be seen when images are heavily sharpened.
Note that the sky between the antenna and the cab is much darker than the rest of the sky.
Something is happening here.
These halos are evident even in the fullsize original.
If this was shot in RAW, perhaps the default sharpening in raw converter.
If this was shot in JPG, perhaps the settings.

 

[BananaRepublic]

As an Agri Engineer I prefer the one of the wind rower but I do agree that the foreground is lost. You could get rid of the halo effect in photoshop also the power lines as for the darker sky on the cab side I don't know I'm sure it could be shopped too but is it something you could have corrected when taken the photo.

 

[Theo2]

Weird. It was shot in raw with no extras applied. I wonder if the importing software affected them. Also, yes, artistically I wanted the mesa in the tractor shot inclined downhill, it accentuates the natural downhill curve. I can see that it may not work like I wanted it to and I'll keep that in mind for next time. Thank you for all the great comments!

 

[The_Traveler]

Weird. It was shot in raw with no extras applied. I wonder if the importing software affected them.

You are probably right.
There is typically default sharpening and this is a good reason to set that to zero and then sharpen by eye at 100%.

(I love Colorado; lived in Denver and the Springs)

 

[HikinMike]

On my monitor, I can see a blue cast on the first two.

 

[Didereaux]

The grazing goats is a fine shot, but really, really needed to be taken from a lower viewpoint. As is it is mundane, from a lower perspective it would be a very fine shot, worthy of framing imo.

#3 is a good shot, but would be greatly enhanced had you lowered your camera so that those rocks in the foreground were more prominent. That would have added great depth and eliminated a lot of the excess sky.

 

[Theo2]

Okay, I'm without my personal computer for the moment, but I managed to straighten and add some of the foreground back to the photos, I guess it was wrong of me to get rid of it! What do you think now? I couldn't get a lower perspective on the goats because of the tall grass, I wish I could've.

 

[Didereaux]

Okay, I'm without my personal computer for the moment, but I managed to straighten and add some of the foreground back to the photos, I guess it was wrong of me to get rid of it! What do you think now? I couldn't get a lower perspective on the goats because of the tall grass, I wish I could've.

I think it improved it. I See your point with the goats. Perhaps a little more hiking about to locate something to add into the foreground next time? Back #2. Imagine if you were kneeling, or better yet lying with near that small clump of rocks so that they rose 1/4+ the way up the right side. Now that would give huge perspective to the middle and back ground portions. It would also crop off a lot of the sky which adds little to the photo above those low clouds just above the mtns. Just my way of looking at things.