Today, I post another of the photos that I took while viewing the wildflowers with the boss.
I truly like the combination of barbwire fences, dirt roads and Texas wildflowers. I saw this road out of the corner of my eye as we were driving on a small FM road. Unfortunately, I passed it and had to do one of my famous “bat” turns to get back to it.
As I was looking at the scene, I must admit there was one thing about the scene that bothered me—the road and flowers led the eye to a, a, a tree? And, a not too interesting tree at that! The photo had a lot of interesting elements, but, well it lacks a pay-off.
Luckily, after I finished my original shot, I saw a small boy and his dog walking towards me. Oh, just what the photo needed. A little human element. And believe it or not, I did not have to do any retouching on either the boy or the dog. Don’t you think the boy and his dog really adds to the impact of the image. It pays to be lucky!
Enjoy.
Camera settings: Nikon D3x, Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 at 35mm with a polarizing filter attached shot at ISO 100, f/8 and 1/125th of a second on a tripod.
Post Processing:
Lightroom—Set black and white points on both images used.
Photoshop—used Topaz Adjust Photo Pop to enhance the detail in the flowers and road.
I like the shot. Without the tree it definitely would have a different look to it. I like the minimal flowers in this one. It helps set everything off for me with the splash of color running up the road. It almost has a painterly feel to it. Clouds actually work well here too,rather than a plain blue sky. I like how the fence posts up front anchor the scene.
ReplyDeleteBoy and dog show your sense of humor. I had to laugh when I saw it.
You were lucky to have the boy and dog come along when they did. They make the shot.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
How can one man be so lucky? I agree the boy and dog look so natural as they stroll down the dirt road. Like Debbie said, they make the shot.
ReplyDeleteI do not have a problem with your original capture. I think the tree does provide a good "pay off" to the leading lines.
Anne
Your attempt at humor failed.
ReplyDeleteCharles M
Charles, you have no sense of humor, that is why the attempt failed with you! I like it, a wonderful Texas flower shot. And it is nice to see something other than Bluebonnets. I agree that your original image works very well, but who can argue with including a boy and his dog???
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to see an actual image with a boy and his dog, but I think this one works pretty durn well. The colors are great.
ReplyDeleteMel