M&N - 1st Place Winner

I love the frost, the light and the composition. Beautiful photograph. I've never been there, but am going next week with Zack Schneff and Adrian Klein--now I'm excited. Well done.

This is fast becoming one of my all time favorites of yours. The warm morning light and the frost really send this one. Incredible image Chip!

Hats off to you for making use of the excellent light. Not every on will notice it in the first place ...Well done !!!!!!

Balan Vinod

Amazing! The colors look positively unreal... why are there purple patches next to red, green, and yellow? Are there flowers there, or whats the deal?

Wow! If we don't look at that for a month on the cover, I'll be surprised!!
Great work, Chip.
Neil


Congratulations on your EP!

I'm really going to enjoy looking at this for the next 30 days after the first part of my post!

Neil

Pretty sweet Chip! Love the colour play and comp. Nothing to improve here.

Wayne

Wonderful image!!!Nice comp.and colors.
Congrats.:István

Wow! Those are some amazing colors. Unreal!

A feast for the eyes for sure Chip. This is stunning.

Gary.

Gorgeous I love how my eye moves from front to bg, weaving in and out of the color bands and around the rolling hills, well done

This is so nice, the colors, the comp, excellent. Are these the actual colors/ this is great. how far is Palouse from Portland Or.

Fabulous shot. The color, curves, and light are spectacular.

Thanks very much guys!
Danny, the colors are pretty close to what I saw. The only thing I did was retain some of the coolness in the shadow, while keeping the white balance more appropriate for the highlights.
The Palouse is about a 51/2 or 6 hr drive from Portland.

What a magical image Chip. Very stunning

Incredible! One of the most beautiful images I have seen in a long time! What a special moment and you’ve captured it so well. Thanks for sharing it with us.

The play of light and the cool and warm tones are just wonderful here Chip, but it's the frost on the land that really puts this over the top for me.

Love the colors and the curves.....and very subtle light...wow!!!

Outstanding!

WOW Such a beauty! Excellent capture

The finest image of the Palouse region I've seen yet...and several of the other fine ones are yours too!

Wonderful light, colors, etc Chip. What a gorgeous scene. I love it!

Nathan

This is outrageously beautiful Chip. The color is stunning and I really like the placement of the farm in the frame. Excellent!

Absolutly Beautiful, Chip.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, Wi.

Pure magic!

Does the farmer working this land know he's cultivating art? The colors are so vivid in this marvelous light as to be thought unbelieveable. Outstanding composition and artistic rendering Chip.

Just Wow !!

I just don't understand how this range of colors is even possible, amazing!

Beautiful image with some psychedelic colors. Makes me think of "Tony Kuyper comes to Palouse". Excellent stuff.

Fantastic image....I would reduce the saturation as it appears slight unrealistic from the post-processing. Neat image!

Awesome! What color, light play, texture and design. Love it!

I've never seen the Palouse like this. It's otherworldly.
Well done, Chip.

WOW!!!!!!!!!! This is incredible Chip! Sweet, sweet image!

Chip this is truly beautiful, but honestly I find the colors a little hard to believe. Please don't take this as some jealous stab - because I sure am jealous - this is fantastic! - but I feel if you bring the colors closer to reality you will add to this image. There is visible magenta in the shadows (bottom left and middle left of the image) and the earth on the bottom right hand side has a color I have never seen before. The yellows are a little hard to believe too. Perhaps there is a just slight adjustment, perhaps less saturation, that is necessary, but I think it will bring the whole color scheme closer to reality.

Thanks for the comments!
Christoph-I see the magenta in the shadows and will see what I can do. I think in trying to retain some of the cool tones, it went from blue to some mag. Other than that, the colors pretty close to the real scene. The bottom right hand side is freshly tilled dirt, with new wheat growth and the very first bit of warm sunlight. I experimented with pulling down the sat. but personally just didn't like it quite as much, I might like it just as much with less magenta in the shadows though. These things are all a personal preference though, and my editing goals weren't to necessarily keep this image as close to reality as possible. Thanks for the comments and critique.

Here's one with some of your suggestions applied.

Chip...this is one of the most incredible shots I've ever seen from the Palouse!! This is just epic in every way!!

WOW Chip congarts on the EP. Super outragious shot. Best I've seen of the area.

Hi Chip! I'm sure glad this got the EP, otherwise I would have missed it. I like the second version better but the original was jaw dropping good anyway! I hope I do get to view this on the monthly cover some time!! Congrats!

Thanks guys, and thanks for the EP!
I appreciate the input on the second version Christine.

Amazing Colour; I've returned to look at this 3 times in the last half hour. That's a blow up for the den for sure...

Incredible image!
congrats on the fine EP!
Sandy r

This is absolutely beautiful! I know the Palouse was called "the color of land". I wish I could go there some day.

this is in a league of its own... congrats and WOW...
does the guy in the farmhouse know he lives in a fairytale country...?

What a fantastical palette, Chip, and the house/farm just looks like paradise. The colors are hard to believe, but the don't look over done... just an incredibly special mix of tones.

Chip,

What a wonderful rainbow of colors. The flow of the lines is just wonderful. Well done.

Totally awesome shot, the colours are almost hard to believe. What a fascinating place to visit. The frost puts this one over the top.

SUPERB!!!!

Gorgeous image, Chip. Great colors.

Wow! Awesome shot Chip.

One of the best images I´ve seen lately, incredible work Chip.

I almost missed this--good thing i checked the EPs! Well, exceptional image, very artistic, i really like it. I have no idea how the ground becomes pure saturated purple and yellow, but i wont argue (tho ill give you a buck if you post the RAW ). Congrats!

Hi Chip you have captured a magical moment that is unforgetable. sublime in every aspect. Congrats on the EP.
Albert Darmo Canada

How did you get those unnatural colors?

Thanks everyone for the comments on this!
Hey Roger-The combination of fresh green and yellow early spring wheat, fresh tilled dirt, a light coating of frost, and warm sunlight created the colors in this image. I kept the shadows cool intentionally, a bit of artistic liberty that reflects how I felt that morning. I removed some of the purplish hues in the shadows that occurred from this in the second posting, and like that a bit more. Having been there, it seems very natural to me, and not something that I created myself, or could create myself. I can totally understand how this might not look realistic to some people though. The image has been edited, color corrected, adjustments to contrast, etc. I posted an article on the PhotoCascadia blog explaining some adjustments I did to the image if you are interested. I hope this answers your question.

Rainbow home! I love it!!!! This is magical Chip!

While I've seen image of this type from the Palouse many time, the colors here are something I have NOT seen -- they make this one stand out from the rest. Nicely done!

I'm an hour from Portland so this is on my list of places to visit. This image is mesmerizing, Chip. Fabulous composition. Fabulous EVERYTHING.

A wonderful contribution, Chip,and certainly worthy of the "photo of the month."
I went to your website and enjoyed your galleries.

i saw this elsewhere and commented on it. astonishing rainbow of colours and the comp is held together by the farmstead. congrats on super fine image.

A masterpiece. A word more can only spoil it.
Just one thing: don't touch it! The first post is beautiful and makes me dream; the second is "only" beautiful. I have seen your splendid site: this photo is perfectly in your style.

Breathtaking. Love the composition, colors, just love everything about this photo.

Laura Stafford

Wow! Thanks guys. I'm honored!
And you even posted the re-post for the front page.

Very nicely composed. The colors both warm and cold give this image a surreal aspect. Amazing

Chip, That is such an amazing landscape image ,magical as well. Congratulations

Wow, this is simply outstanding, the light, the colors, the composition...all of it.

Incredible picture . !!!!!

Thanks very much for all the comments!

Chip - huge congrats on the 2010 M&N 1st place award!
Beautiful image!
Sandy

Congratulations!!! This grand landscape deserves the honor.