Wind in the Wheat Fields

[DLB1973]

Eastern Washington State

[Frog]

One of your best DLB. Would be nice if there were a third element but those things don't always appear when you want them to do so.

[daq7]

This is extremely nice. The clouds seem a bit, um, sketchy, kind of low res and noisy. But the overall shot is numinous.

[n8]

This looks like something you'd find as a desktop with a windows logo on it. it looks painted almost. very nice.

[Don Schaeffer]

great image. Would look wonderful over a desk.

[armando_m]

nice, soft curves, very pleasant

[DLB1973]

Thank you all for the kind comments. This shot was taken at about 550 miles into a 700 mile drive. My dog, Molly, and I stopped for a potty break and this is where we ended up.
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[daq7]

The shot of the dog is way cool. And I can't stand dogs, so there you go...

[Frog]

The shot of the dog is way cool. And I can't stand dogs, so there you go...

Frog thinks about posting more of his dog photos just for daq :smilewinkgrin:

[DLB1973]

Thanks Frog and Daq. That is my Louisiana Catahoula Leopard mix.
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[gahspidy]

Wonderful shot! Minimilism at its best. Absolutely tranquil and pleasing
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[draymorton]

Perfect. Nothing to critique.

How did you get this look in post? It's very subtle, but something was definitely done.

Also wondering about the specifics of how you shot this - technique, EXIF, etc.

This really couldn't be better.

[Greg McCary]

Very beautiful, both of them. Nice shootin'

[Pose]

The picture with the dog is the favorite, but there's certainly something soothing about the first. Like them both a lot. What are those dark blotches on the second picture, though? Maybe just stuff floating around in the wind?

Also curious about your post-processing on these.

[Jay C]

This looks like something you'd find as a desktop with a windows logo on it. it looks painted almost. very nice.

I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw this. Also would like to know your post processing techniques.

[DLB1973]

Thanks everyone. In the post processing I used some sharpening, color adjust and shadow enhancement. Very minor though and with the basic tools in Picasa.
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[daq7]

grats on the stick

[shootme]

Wow looks like it was tone mapped, this is really great I love the shot with the dog, surreal. Congrats on feature.

[draymorton]

Well-deserved feature spot, to say the least. Congrats. My favorite is the first shot. The second looks a little too "tone mappy" to me. But I would have been proud to proud to produce either one.

Are you sure that's all you did to #1? It has such a painterly look. Just beautiful.

[hminx]

Love it , congrats on sticky.

[DLB1973]

Thank you all. I am surprised to see it as a feature photo but heck, Thanks!
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and another look from the wheat fields..

[Anbesol]

Congrats on the feature, great job. I also really like the dog one. I really liked the first one, then really wowed with the dog.

It might make a cool panorama, crop a bit off the top and bottom, maybe a pinch off the right too.

[Photo-John]

the overall shot is numinous.

Extra points for using the word, "numinous"

[Photo-John]

Another congratulations on the Featured Photo for this week! I liked it as soon as I saw it. I also wondered about the post-processing as it does have a somewhat soft, painterly look. Did you shoot RAW or JPEG? What ISO did you use? Ultimately, these things don't matter so much. What matters is the numinous quality daq7 referred to. That's what draws us in and makes us feel like this is a special place - that something special could happen here. To some extent, that softness might be a part of that feeling, though. But mostly, I think we're all just curious. I'm especially curious after that last one you posted. Because it has a very different look.

[gahspidy]

The first image posted , for me, is absolutely the best of these. Yes, there is a softness about it that makes it painterly and dreamy, but I think what i like most is the detail, placement and focus on the wheat stalks in the foreground. they each have a slightly different position and yet looks as though they are marching along through the hills. . .they look alive in the mortal sense of the word. The tones and subtle nuances are beautiful and appealing and I'm really happy that in this day and age of over processing that you did not HDR this thing to oblivion. . or at all. .
I do find a nitpik with it and that would be that i think it can benefit from an increase in exposure by a half stop.