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03-APR-2005

20050403 / Landmark

Highway One, CA

From the Salinas Valley to the Watsonville Coast, Monterey County is
home to world class produce. I have been seeing this big tractor on
the side of the road for a few weeks now on Hwy 1 between Castroville
and Moss Landing. I kept thinking, "With the right sky behind it, I'll
have a good shot."

Well. Here it is.

Nikon D70
1/640s f/13.0 at 18.0mm full exif

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Chris Sofopoulos21-Apr-2005 07:03
Excellent angle and really perfect colours.
Guest 05-Apr-2005 10:23
perfect!
Elaine (etfitz)05-Apr-2005 02:41
Wonderful composition and the sky is an added bonus!
Sheena Woodhead04-Apr-2005 20:51
I like the low level angle of this shot, and the muddy detail. Excellent sky.
Antonis Sarantos04-Apr-2005 18:54
Nicely composed image, i like the contrast with the sky!
Argishti Khachik04-Apr-2005 16:20
WOW! Excellent composition and cropping.
Like the sky and the clouds. Great details on the tractor.
Very well done Chris.
Cheers
Johan Toll04-Apr-2005 11:18
I like the composition of this, very nice!
Guest 04-Apr-2005 08:46
Interesting crop here, not very traditional, and spreads the emphasis of the photo to both the tractor and the sky
Susanne04-Apr-2005 04:10
I love the composition. A very beautiful sky as background. I like the lack of sunlight in this picture actually too. Very well done.
Chris04-Apr-2005 02:31
It's funny you ask, Dawn. I resisted the tempation (and I was tempted :) ) to bump the contrast and just resized this before I posted it. I am no purist, not by any means, but I've been trying to find out what the new camera can do on it's own before doing too much PS work. It is, for the record, a little better with a slight bump in contrast. I just checked. And because you pushed me, I tried selectively coloring the foreground and then just the background. Fun stuff. :)
Dawn04-Apr-2005 01:43
Good find and good patience there.. curious.. how this would be with the contrast bumped up.. just a wee bit..
jude04-Apr-2005 01:39
Worth the wait. the right sky you certainly got.. Funny, before I read your words I was thinking how perfec that sky was in this.. :D