Peeking Over

[JimFox]

On my recent Fall Color exploration through Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan one of the things that I was really keeping an eye out for and got very excited was when I found farm buildings with fall color next to them or around them that I could compose and capture both together. So one such that caught my eye was in Wisconsin as I was heading back over to Minnesota (I would crisscross between the states hitting each state several times).

When I saw the Silo's poking up above the tree's I knew I had to stop and capture this scene. My intention initially was that I would crop this to show just the trees and silo's because without switching lenses I had to shoot the scene a bit wider so I also captured the recently harvested corn field. Back at my daughters as I am processing I realize that I don't want it that tight and I actually kind of like the harvested corn stalks in the foreground. So I am glad I did shoot it wider. The other choice I made while processing was to go with a 16:9 format crop. I think this is the 3rd time I have cropped to that format on this trip. Which is odd since I don't normally do that. But, for some reason a few of you guys who do the 16:9 crop must be rubbing off on me.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice fall rural scene. I like the lighting on the trees and the thick cloud cover.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Great find Jim.

 

[Bob]

Jim,
Actually the 16:9 crop works well here. I use this type of crop often because sometimes it's best to have less sky. Looks like the color is a bit past peak but still works with this image. Very nicely done.

 

[JimFox]

Nice fall rural scene. I like the lighting on the trees and the thick cloud cover.

Thanks so much Alan.

 

[JimFox]

Jim,
Actually the 16:9 crop works well here. I use this type of crop often because sometimes it's best to have less sky. Looks like the color is a bit past peak but still works with this image. Very nicely done.

Thanks Bob. I will have to use the 16:9 format more often.

I actually liked that some of the colors were past peak. Not sure why but I like the look of the past to peak feel.

 

[Timmeh]

You've got a good sliding scale from winter state to full autumn. Are you thinking of selling the image to a TV screensaver (or just letting them have it since they don't seem to pay for photographs anymore)?

Tim

 

[JimFox]

You've got a good sliding scale from winter state to full autumn. Are you thinking of selling the image to a TV screensaver (or just letting them have it since they don't seem to pay for photographs anymore)?

Tim

Thanks so much Tim!

Yeah, they seem to pretty much just take whatever they want anymore.