Wheat field and farm Banks Oregon

[Robert Brummitt]

I went out last Saturday evening and photographed this farm

[wolfnowl]

Very nice.  If it was me (and if it was possible), I would have moved forward a few feet to remove the edge of the field from the foreground.  Gives a subconscious feel that the 'amber waves of grain' continue past the photographer and on and on...

Mike.

[lfeagan]

Very nice. Perhaps crop out the dark area in the foreground. I found the break in continuity distracting from the beautiful skies.

[sdwilsonsct]

Perhaps crop out the dark area in the foreground.

I thought the foreground provided a parenthesis. Nice subject, but it looks a little muddy on my monitor. Would a gentle curve applied to the bottom half help?

[graeme]

At the risk of sounding like a wilful contrarian I liked the darker green at the bottom of the photo. It made for an interesting colour composition. ( Compare a cropped and uncropped version of the image while standing back and squinting or while it's reduced on your monitor - go on try it...).

Very nice.

Graeme

PS ( Geek Alert ). I noticed that the image had a Prophoto RGB profile - wouldn't sRGB look better for web use? ( It looked OK on my monitor though ).

[popnfresh]

At the risk of sounding like a wilful contrarian I liked the darker green at the bottom of the photo. It made for an interesting colour composition.

+1

Don't crop it. It works better as is.

[lfeagan]

PS ( Geek Alert ). I noticed that the image had a Prophoto RGB profile - wouldn't sRGB look better for web use? ( It looked OK on my monitor though ).

Ahem, crap, that's explains the look. Downloaded and opened it up and it looks vastly different. Thanks. Ok, so keep the foreground.

[louoates]

I love the front row of light grains in contrast to the darker green foreground behind them. I'd mask off and brighten the farm buildings a bit and I'd lower the clouds about 5% to be a bit closer to the farm. I'd also boost the contrast a bit of the sun beams slanting down from right to left under the clouds although they may print okay as is depending on the printing method.