Small Town Wyoming Landscape

[tybugs1]

I was roaming as I do in the Wilds of Wyoming and saw this view. Thought it made a pretty good Landscape/City/Small Town Scape. I did crop out a little of the foreground. It was empty grain field and felt it took away from the overall picture.

What does everyone think? Feedback is always welcome as I'm just trying to learn all I can.




Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 1/3200 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 500
Flash: No Flash
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Max Aperture Value: 5.7
Metering Mode: Spot
Light Source: Cloudy
Exposure Mode: Auto
White Balance: Manual

[JohnnyA]

Nice try. Not much to focus on.

[DigUpHerBones07]

I like the colors in the foreground, and the hills in the distance look like a painting. I like it.

[larryb52]

A beautiful shot it would have been nice if you could have been up higher so that you could lower the horizon. I like the hay bales but the road in the foreground has to go. The sky is superb.

[tybugs1]

Originally Posted by larryb52

A beautiful shot it would have been nice if you could have been up higher so that you could lower the horizon. I like the hay bales but the road in the foreground has to go. The sky is superb.

Thanks Larryb52 on the comments. Unfortunately I was on the only high ground. However, you gave me an idea. I could have got in the back of the truck and shot it from that angle. I need to remember things like that but that might have made a difference on the angle and lowered the horizon. I'm not sure how to eliminate the road short of photoshop. It was on such an angle that couldnt really avoid. I tried to get closer and lose the road then lost some of the other eliments. Do you have any ideas that could help in losing the road?

[tybugs1]

Originally Posted by larryb52

A beautiful shot it would have been nice if you could have been up higher so that you could lower the horizon. I like the hay bales but the road in the foreground has to go. The sky is superb.

Hi Larryb52

You have me wondering now if I could have come off the corner of the road which isn't too far away. This might have done it. Next time I'm out that way I will have to check it out.

Thanks again for the feedback and ideas.

[EasternSierra]

It looks like a Diorama, instead of a landscape photograph...

I noticed that your aperture was set to f/5.6. This has caused a dramatic drop off in the focus off in the distance. The background of the mountains is very soft, and in my opinion, distracts from the overall feel. It looks like the farm is on a hill, with a good size valley between it and the distant mountains. This is causing that severe miniturized look.

The miniaturized landscape in the front is so tiny in comparison that I find myself wanting to zoom in for a closer look. A narrower aperture would have given you sharp focus on the mountains in the background, and would have eliminated the optical illusion of miniaturization, which would have given you a much stronger feeling of wide-open spaces, farmlands, and agricultural landscape. As it is, I feel like I am looking at a diorama in a museum, rather than a photograph...

Just my opinion...

[tybugs1]

Originally Posted by EasternSierra

It looks like a Diorama, instead of a landscape photograph...

I noticed that your aperture was set to f/5.6. This has caused a dramatic drop off in the focus off in the distance. The background of the mountains is very soft, and in my opinion, distracts from the overall feel. It looks like the farm is on a hill, with a good size valley between it and the distant mountains. This is causing that severe miniturized look.

The miniaturized landscape in the front is so tiny in comparison that I find myself wanting to zoom in for a closer look. A narrower aperture would have given you sharp focus on the mountains in the background, and would have eliminated the optical illusion of miniaturization, which would have given you a much stronger feeling of wide-open spaces, farmlands, and agricultural landscape. As it is, I feel like I am looking at a diorama in a museum, rather than a photograph...

Just my opinion...

I kind of see your point and Aperture is something I'm still working on. I'm not sure I understand the focus piece? There are no mountains in the background. Those are clouds from a leading edge of a storm coming in. Would the Aperture changed anything on the clouds? or focus?

Thanks again on the Aperture piece and the Diorama issue.

[EasternSierra]

Originally Posted by tybugs1

I kind of see your point and Aperture is something I'm still working on. I'm not sure I understand the focus piece? There are no mountains in the background. Those are clouds from a leading edge of a storm coming in. Would the Aperture changed anything on the clouds? or focus?

Thanks again on the Aperture piece and the Diorama issue.

I see the clouds, now. They looked like a rolling hill with trees that was shrouded in fog, but out of focus...

Either way, yes, a narrower aperture(higher number) would have produced an infinite depth of field, bringing the clouds into sharp focus, and limiting the diorama optical illusion. You could also use your burn tool on the sky to bring out more texture and detail in the clouds, but without the sharp focus, it won't do much to reduce the optical illusion.

On the other hand...you could crop in a little closer and really maximize the optical illusion. You could actually use it, instead of trashing the shot and trying again. Process it specifically to accent the effect...see what happens...

[tybugs1]

Originally Posted by EasternSierra

I see the clouds, now. They looked like a rolling hill with trees that was shrouded in fog, but out of focus...

Either way, yes, a narrower aperture(higher number) would have produced an infinite depth of field, bringing the clouds into sharp focus, and limiting the diorama optical illusion. You could also use your burn tool on the sky to bring out more texture and detail in the clouds, but without the sharp focus, it won't do much to reduce the optical illusion.

On the other hand...you could crop in a little closer and really maximize the optical illusion. You could actually use it, instead of trashing the shot and trying again. Process it specifically to accent the effect...see what happens...

Hi EasternSierra

Could you take the photo and show me a little bit of what your talking about? So much to remember for my brain