Heartland Views

Here is another panorama from the heartland. This image is a composite of two photographs. The native size of the final print is 13 x 26 inches. I am going to give this some serious thought before I print it. I can’t wait to see it on the wall. As I write this, the wonderful golden fields are no longer with us. The beans have become dull brown, a mere hint of the beauty that they had just a few days ago. I will have to look elsewhere for something to shoot. Fortunately like the weather here, the scenery also changes on a frequent basis. I hope you like this photo that I call “Fields Of Plenty.”

Sad but true, the colors are changing around here. A few days ago truly stunning yellows filled the fields. Now one sees more dull browns as the beans are nearly ready to harvest. It looks like I will have to shift my color quest to something else. As a way to say thanks for the great moments, here is another field of beans photo that I call Gold Rush. I hope you like it.

This photograph is a big one! It is a three frame composite that ends up with an image  size of approximately 12 x 26. I stitched it together using Photoshop’s photo merge feature. I also gave the overall image my usual creative bump in color and contrast. As always, I like to think of my images as emotionally accurate, i.e. appearing to others as the scene appeared to me in my mind’s eye. I cannot wait to print this one. I shot it looking northwest from my front yard, standing on a step ladder in order to get the angle of view I wanted. I have not made many panoramas mainly because they come out so large. This one, however, is a keeper. If you look closely, you might be able to see that the road running from right to left actually continues clear over to the far left side of the image. It goes without saying that I really am enjoying what one can do with digital photography. I hope you will enjoy this image.

There is something special about a single tree standing in isolation alongside a gravel road. This is yet another in my series on trees that are alone again naturally. This tree is standing vigil in southwest Iowa, about five miles northwest of Treynor Iowa. I hope you like this one.

If you are interested in a basic tutorial on photographic composition, please take a look at my humble effort. Just click on the photographic composition link in the “tips and techniques” panel on the right side of this blog. This link will open a pdf file that discusses some of the basic photographic composition techniques I have been using for decades. If you have any comments on this document, I would truly enjoy hearing from you.

I am really excited to let you all know that I am having my first real art gallery show. For the month of September, my photographs are on display at the Gypsy Art Gallery in Council Bluffs Iowa. The street address is One Market Building – 109 Pearl Street. The gallery is open Tuesday-Friday 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday 10 am to 3 pm. This gallery show is awarded to the featured artist for the monthly Second Fridays art show. I will admit that preparing for this show took an incredible amount of time and energy. I have not worked so hard in decades!