Seed Drill and Oak

DsrtVW

WOuld like opinions on these to shots. It has been so gloomy here in the Central Valley of California, that is the winters here fog fog fog.
Trying to make the best of it. Two different focal lengths posted and different conversions. C&C if you please
1 135mm

2 300mm

DonRicklin

I proffer #1, rather than the crop, lighter image. A lovely old oak like that deserves to have its whole canopy shown! It does need more contrast like the 2nd version, though. An printed large one would still get to view the seed drill well.

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Don

Wicked_Dark

Although I too would like to see the whole canopy on a tree like that, the featureless white sky ruins the mood of the photo for me, so #2 gets my vote. oh and I learned what a seed drill is today. Cool.

DonRicklin

Wicked_Dark wrote:

Although I too would like to see the whole canopy on a tree like that, the featureless white sky ruins the mood of the photo for me, so #2 gets my vote. oh and I learned what a seed drill is today. Cool.

One could still crop from the top a bit. And the sky is just a pp issue. Maybe a bit of vignetting?

Don

DsrtVW

Thanks for the feedback, this subject will definitely be revisited. The evening light will real nice on it. But right now the weather is not playing nice.
Thank you for the feedback.
The first one is preferred by me also. 2 was taken with a 300mm because it was already on the camera and it was a far distance from the road. I will be getting permission to get close to it soon. I think it makes a great subject. The oak has a very nice shape

DsrtVW

He is what it looked like in color also

redleash

If you can beef up the contrast in #1, I prefer the B&W as this is a nice scene for it. But the color image is nice also. Either way, my preference is for the full tree canopy. To me, that is the key to the scene; the seed drill is a bonus. That's my personal thought.

I also didn't know what a seed drill was . . . but now I do!

Keep at it--even with the lousy weather it looks like you've got a nice subject to shoot.

Lauren

SimpsonBrothers

That piece of equipment must be popular in the valley....

DsrtVW

Back in the day it was the best device to plant wheat, oats and barley. Looks like yours has an improvised cover.

SimpsonBrothers

DsrtVW wrote:

Back in the day it was the best device to plant wheat, oats and barley. Looks like yours has an improvised cover.

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