On a cycle ride yesterday I had noticed some tall tufts of grass poking out above the wheat in the field in this image and decided I'd drag myself out of bed at 5:20 this morning to see if I could catch the dawn light on them, providing a nice contrast with the darker wheat beneath. Imagine my dismay then when I arrived at the field to find that the farmer had worked all night to harvest the crop! Fortunately the freshly harvested field provided a nice lead-in to the beautiful church at Bullington and the dawn light was better than I could have wished for. The exposure was very difficult due to the brightness of the sky and field relative the the dark hedgerow and church. In the end I used a 0.6 hard ND grad on the sky and a 0.9 soft ND grad reversed to cover the field leaving the darker area unfiltered. I used an 81B warm-up to accentuate the dawn light.
barry, great shot! love how you've captured the symmetry in nature. the rows in the field leading to the church with matching clouds overhead is a wonderful effect. very nice and welcoming colors. i think the warming filter really topped this one off. great job!
marvelous landscape and scene from nature, magnificent colour tones and contrast, great impression and mood, excellent perspective and angle, great natural lines and details, remarkable composed and presented, congrats, best regards
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{K:30678} 8/29/2004
