We're back from a weekend trip down to Skåne in the south of Sweden for the wedding of friends from Stockholm. It was my first time really seeing Skåne at all---and it could not be more different than this area on the west coast. If Sweden has an area that could be described as "big sky country", this is it. Low, rolling hills of mostly open farmland that are so starkly different from the rocks and trees of the part of the country we call home.
While the hay roll picture is one of those "standards" of the rural landscape photographer, I've not had a decent chance to capture any myself. But a brief wander down the road from our country hotel a few hours before the wedding found me out in a field with the chance to capture my own stereotypical images. The clouds broke a bit and I went to town. I apologize in advance, but I am sure other varations will pop up over the next few days/weeks.
Excellent perspective and i agree the tones ar great! lunamania @ August 4, 2008
Hi Jim, great capture, love the tones .. good desaturnation. About your question -i use a Sigma 150mm F2,8 EX DG MAKRO, sometimes i use for special
macroshots additional the Sigma Konverter 1.4. I lost only one aperture. I love the lens also for portrait. It have a very nice bokeh. Klaus @ August 4, 2008
Fantastic! Love how you lose all sense of scale. Great perspective..framing..colors. Marcie @ August 4, 2008
Very nice shot! I like the perspective and the colors . Great job! Alejandra @ August 6, 2008
This photo gives you a really great sense of how big that roll of hey must be! Great angle! Allison @ August 6, 2008
Great composition; love the light. Sean @ August 6, 2008
I think this is the best one from the "fields"-series. Maybe the most safe or classic in composition, but certainly the most interesting one. Ásgarðr @ August 13, 2008
it is good to work on series to see how the pictures evolve, so I am already curious to see the ones coming up.
I like this one for its sharpness, the details on the hay, and tones and rolling clouds. The closeness of the roll gives a good sense of the scale too.
I find the center of the roll a little too much in the center of the whole picture. I wonder what it would have looked like a touch more on the left. sophie @ August 14, 2008
When I was a little kid I used to imagine myself stuffed in the middle of one of these things, head sticking out one end, feet the other, getting rolled around a field. Thought it would be great fun. I was a bit of an odd little fellow... David Barry @ August 15, 2008
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We're back from a weekend trip down to Skåne in the south of Sweden for the wedding of friends from Stockholm. It was my first time really seeing Skåne at all---and it could not be more different than this area on the west coast. If Sweden has an area that could be described as "big sky country", this is it. Low, rolling hills of mostly open farmland that are so starkly different from the rocks and trees of the part of the country we call home.
While the hay roll picture is one of those "standards" of the rural landscape photographer, I've not had a decent chance to capture any myself. But a brief wander down the road from our country hotel a few hours before the wedding found me out in a field with the chance to capture my own stereotypical images. The clouds broke a bit and I went to town. I apologize in advance, but I am sure other varations will pop up over the next few days/weeks.
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Jarrard Cole @ August 4, 2008
lunamania @ August 4, 2008
macroshots additional the Sigma Konverter 1.4. I lost only one aperture. I love the lens also for portrait. It have a very nice bokeh.
Klaus @ August 4, 2008
Marcie @ August 4, 2008
Thomas René Sidor @ August 6, 2008
Alejandra @ August 6, 2008
Allison @ August 6, 2008
Sean @ August 6, 2008
Ásgarðr @ August 13, 2008
I like this one for its sharpness, the details on the hay, and tones and rolling clouds. The closeness of the roll gives a good sense of the scale too.
I find the center of the roll a little too much in the center of the whole picture. I wonder what it would have looked like a touch more on the left.
sophie @ August 14, 2008
David Barry @ August 15, 2008
Thanks for visiting. I really appreciate your support and comments!