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Waves of Grain



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upload_dateOct, 2013

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22 Comments |
LauraRetyi
 
LauraRetyi October 30, 2013
Absolutely Stunning
Time-Is-Momentary
 
Time-Is-Momentary December 22, 2013
Amazing shot. Well done
BowmanLifeStudios
 
BowmanLifeStudios January 11, 2014
Beautiful capture, very nice composition. Great sky and contrast, Well done!
needacloud
 
needacloud January 12, 2014
Great depth of field!
RolandRuttenPhotography
 
RolandRuttenPhotography January 12, 2014
Nice focusing and amazing sky! Well done Andrew!
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta January 12, 2014
Lovely image with good differential focusing. Congratulations.
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 January 12, 2014
Beautiful capture! Congrats!
symesie04
 
symesie04 January 12, 2014
Nice shot, beautifully processed.
catini
 
catini January 12, 2014
Great composition and DOF, congrats on your feature!
iceman2
 
iceman2 January 12, 2014
Wonderful shot.Congrats!
brentmorris
 
brentmorris January 12, 2014
I love simplicity
rondube
 
rondube January 12, 2014
Well done. Congrats
toddtaggartphotography
 
toddtaggartphotography January 12, 2014
Excellent
mikemalak
 
mikemalak January 12, 2014
Absolutely stunning!!
olliegriffiths
 
olliegriffiths January 13, 2014
Beaut!
redwriter Platinum
 
redwriter January 13, 2014
Beautiful shot. Congrats. - Jake
marcocalandra89
 
marcocalandra89 January 26, 2014
great!!
marcocalandra89
 
marcocalandra89 January 26, 2014
great!
photographcl
 
photographcl January 31, 2014
Great photo,great HDR..
jeffswanson
 
jeffswanson December 26, 2014
Nice shot of this corn field.
geauxphotography
 
geauxphotography January 14, 2015
The leading line draws you in..
springggrove
 
springggrove February 08, 2015
great use of light

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Behind The Lens

Location

I shot this on a random dirt road in rural Cass County, Nebraska

Time

It was mid to late afternoon, I think.

Lighting

It was a much brighter day than the frame suggests, but the cloud cover filtered the light perfectly. I love how the right cloud cover changes light. If it's just right, the colors seem to wake up,and everything pops just a bit.

Equipment

Sony a65 and Tamron 18-270. Also instrumental was my Jeep Wrangler. I shot this while driving. One hand on the wheel, one hand on the camera. Don't try this at home.

Inspiration

It was just an afternoon of roaming dirt roads. I do that a lot, and as you can imagine, there is no shortage of dirt roads in Nebraska. I was looking for a specific scene, and I got lucky with this corn field. Occasionally, you find natural breaks in a field, caused by geographical features, like creek beds or just random scars in the earth. I was looking for just that kind of feature to break up the shot and hopefully add some leading lines to the frame. This was shot in continuous drive, as I passed at about 50 MPH. I got maybe ten or twelve frames total, but this was the obvious winner.

Editing

I wanted to add some real drama to this shot. Using Lightroom, I added contrast and bumped up the clarity in the clouds. Then a touch of vignette, to darken the edges. The blur at the bottom of the frame is a natural result of shooting it at 50 MPH (see previous answer). I added a bit of blur along the top of the frame to draw the eye into the image.

In my camera bag

Two cameras (Sony a77 & a99), four lenses (Tamron 18-270 & 200-400, Minolta 50 f/1.7 & 70-210 f/4), various filters, macro tubes, remotes, and a couple of flashlights.

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