For an easterner, the first view of the rolling expanses of the Palouse in Eastern Washington State was overwhelming. How was I going to best translate this landscape to the viewer?
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Did I adequately capture the grand nature of this landscape with it’s undulating hills to the horizon?
Pertinent Technical Details
Nikon D800E camera, 80-400 mm lens @ 370 mm, f 11, 1/15th of a second, ISO 100 on a tripod.
Hi Paul, It’s a lovely treat to see such a lush green image on a cold white and brown winter morning. I really like the rhythm of the rolling hills and golden light accented by the open detailed shadows. My biggest concern is color: the magenta cast I see in the places where the grass thins and deeply blue green cast of the shadows below by the long ridge near the top. These just don’t look natural to my eye and distract from an otherwise fine image.
Paul: I was stationed at Fairchild AFB in Spokane in the late 70s. I rotated there from an assignment in South Korea where much of the farming was scratched out of rocky hill sides and terraces. When I first saw the Palouse my first thought was, “What would a Korean farmer think of this?” Alas that was in my pre-photography life so I missed out on getting images of this marvelous area. I did enjoy watching the harvest where gangs of combines would roll wheel to wheel over the golden fields. I like the colors that you got here in the spring and the light is wonderful. At harvest time the fields remind me of dunes. I would love to go back there some time and seek out some of the old structures that still dot the countryside. Thanks for taking me down memory lane.>=))>
Paul, the rolling sweep of the hills heading into the distance is nicely dramatic. The interplay of light and shadow also adds interest. The colors have what I call “the dayglow” of oversaturation, especiallly the yellows.