PHOTOGRAPH INFORMATION

This photo was taken on a visit to the Thaler dairy farm (where Jakey works) a few days ago on a very chilly, blustery March afternoon - you can see some errant snow flurries in the clouds there.

Happy SPRING to those in the northern hemisphere... sure doesn't feel like it yet around here, though!

Post-processing: Shot with the Canon EOS 5D and the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L lens at 24mm w/circular polarizer, ISO 200, shutter speed 1/160s and aperture f/10. Multiple curves adjustments for contrast and saturation, color balancing for tone, added a bit of black to the blues and cyans to darken them, added slight vignette.

Thanks, everyone!

--Kathleen

This is a nice shot. I like the expansiveness of the sky, and the postprocessing is done really well. I've had some trouble recently working on the colors of my skies -- they're always so picky. What tool do you use to darken them like that?

I have to say that, though this is nice, I don't think its as strong as many of your other ones. The scenery is beautiful, but I feel like the subject is too small, which throws off the composition a bit.

Well done. I just love your skies. The sky is always blue, and there are always nice clouds. Your pictures makes me happy in a way :)

Ohhh, this is one of your best shots....so nice and beautiful :)

Very nice composition and beatiful dramatic sky. Like the deep blue!

Wow, this blew me away. Love the striking colours!

Kathleen,

Glad to see the sky and clouds are back! I'm really big on that and have been missing them in your recent shots.

Regards,
Jason

Is the tractor really tilted or is that the wide angle effect?

ha! i like it!

Very nice, it makes me sad that its spring and yet its more of a winter than winter was (in the UK anyway).

I long for clouds and sky, all I see is sky's of clouds.

Lovely colours as always and a great composition...

Justin: Try using the selective color tool - add some black to your blues and cyans and see what happens.

Also try a circular polarizing filter on the camera. Works great!

Ted: The tractor is on a slight hill so it's leaning to the right.

What immediately struck me about this picture was the way Jenn uses the slanting tractor, to lean on. I’m drawn to this arrangement, and everything else plays second fiddle.

Such a friendly and clear sky. Like the overall coloring too. Great!

Strong "big sky" feeling. I'll have to rty using the selective color.

She looks as if she's posing for a snapshot for another photographer out of the left hand frame, with your photo capturing the moment and the huge environment behind her that the snapshot will miss.

This is a great shot. I love the her leaning and the tractor play with your eyes.

Beautiful as usual!

Great photo Kathleen. I love the colors, and the leaning tractor.

quite beautiful

I hope this isn't a double post, but my comp went funny while I was tyoping and the window was disappeared. So at the risk of repeating myself...

This is a lovely shot, once again. The angle is very dramatic. It gives it the feel of limitless space.

I think I mentioned it before, but so many of your photos bring back memories of a children's book my mom used to read to me; "The Big World and the Little House".

I get that warm fuzzy feeling when I think back to that time in my youth. I don't remember the whole story all that well, it's more of a feeling I get when I think about the book. It may sound silly, but thank you.

Nice, wonderful colors as usual, but is it just me or does everything look slanty? Was this intentional? Pretty cool looking regardless...
Yes, Spring is here, but it hasn't sprung yet. Will probably be a while up North.

I personally liked the cloud puffs ;) i could also see myself wandering around the whole scenery :)

Massive and wonderful.

On and on it goes..one gorgeous photograph after another.
Sharing my thoughts... Has Jenn traded in her stilleto backless jeweled high heels for a pair of knee high mud boots?

What I want to know is, how much time you spent waiting for the cloud composition to work out so well. I shoot landscape primarily for painting references and will shoot cloud patterns for hours because they are continously in motion and create designs and compositions that I could not dream up.

(And dittos to all the above accolades from another frequent visitor to AWTDT, my favorite photoblog.)

I like this image for I find it comical. My, Jenn really is strong, she is almost pushing that tractor over. Great sky, just those few whispy clouds. Lovely.

Solaria: The tractor is on a small hill so it's slanting in that direction, and Jenn is leaning on the tractor, so she's slanting, too. :) The horizon is straight.

Motina: Jenn still has the stilletos. Her versatility as a model is growing. :)

david Tinnon: I don't spend any time waiting on clouds... I just shoot when I shoot. When I notice interesting clouds, I make a point having the camera nearby at all times, though. You never know what might turn up.

tobias: Glad you saw the humour. :)

Clouds like these are simply wonderful. Great looking image.

Love the framing and the feeling of vastness, great sky.

Kathleen,

I've been lurking here for months, silently enjoying your terrific photography. Visiting your site is one of the highlights of my day!

I'm curious on a technical point: when you say you do "color balancing for tone," what PS tool/menu are you using? (Trying to slowly learn something from your wonderful post-processing...)

Cheers,
Sue