It's the Light

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 23, 2012157 views12 comments

The open prairie looking north from Buffalo Creek Wildlife Management Area. The sun is just breaking the horizon. Two image combined for exposure. A beautiful morning. I welcome all comments and critiques.

Canon 40D
Sigma 17-70
All settings on manual
Shutter 1/4 and 0.5
Aperture f20
ISO 100
17mm
Tripod and shutter release
Post Processing in PSE9

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 23, 2012 at 3:43 PM

Lovely light and sky. It is hard to show the vastness in the smaller image. Looking at the large image gives a better feel, and I suspect one would have to look at this really large to give it the respect it deserves.

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Comment posted by Justin Richardson on November 23, 2012 at 4:37 PM

Great warm color coupled with a beautiful sky

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 23, 2012 at 4:47 PM

Richard,

Great image. This really does a good job in capturing the vast landscape. The beautiful light adds a warmth to the landscape.

Only minor wish - I wish there was a tad more real estate beneath the bottom tuft of grass. Not an image killer, just a thought.

Lovely image, captures the sense of location beautifully.

Lon

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on November 23, 2012 at 5:26 PM

That is a beautiful scene Richard! The light and colors are wonderful.I think you really captured the wide open feel with this image. Nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on November 23, 2012 at 6:45 PM

Love the rich warm light on the grass. There's a lot of empty space in this image but that actually works for me. I'm fond of empty lands and great distances. The way the clumps of grass lead out into the prairie helps add to the feel of vastness.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on November 23, 2012 at 11:00 PM

Great image, Richard. Really gives a good feeling of the vastness of this kind of landscape. Maybe what the early pioneers saw: Grass for mile upon mile. You captured some really great light. Love what it does to the grass aand the sky adds some interest as well.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 24, 2012 at 12:25 PM

Beautiful landscape, Richard! The sky looks a bit polarized (?) but other than that it looks great.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on November 24, 2012 at 2:46 PM

A beautiful scene, Richard. The late light sweeping the grass tops and the addition of the distant ridge give this great depth. A hair more room under the fg frass would push this over the top for me but it is really nice as presented.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on November 24, 2012 at 4:55 PM

Beautiful warm morning light! I like the vast open space this portrays as well. Agree about the darkness/polarized sky?

Chris

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on November 25, 2012 at 10:58 AM

Love the warm light and the endless horizon. You did really a good job capturing this vast landscape.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 25, 2012 at 12:25 PM

The ulc looks a bit strange on my monitor, but this has excellent warm light and colors and it does give a very nice sense of the expanse of the prarie.

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on November 25, 2012 at 7:13 PM

gorgeous color from the new light hitting those grasses. very nice, Richard.

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