One from Outback

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One from Outback

Postby MATT on Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:30 pm

Dont know if I posted this before but here is one from out the back of my place.

D70, 50 1.8 just playing with DOF

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Postby SoCal Steve on Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:31 am

I like it. Simple, yet still effective. It does have a "this is my land" feeling but then that's probably because you told us it was your land. :?
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Postby Sean on Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:43 am

Great original shot mate,

there is something in this that brings me back to the core of what I want to impart with my shots, The less is more approach.

Well done

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Postby Sean on Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:47 am

I may have got the bright piece of something in the bottom left of the shot away from the composition and had a look in a sepia tone to see if I could make it look a bit droughtish, just an idea though

You have me thinking

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Postby kurokaze204 on Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:46 am

Excellent shot. Did you place the grass in front of the post or was it already there?
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Postby MATT on Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:39 am

No grass was threre , thanks for the replys.

Sean its normaly a brown colour anyway cause of the little reain we have here.I didnt notice the white until later. Its a bit of polly
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:24 am

Minimalisation at its best - love it
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Postby jdear on Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:49 am

firstyly: lovely shot! I like how the grass is accented against the rough dark texture of the post, then the post isolated by your DOF!

i find the two white (pipes?) to the left of the post a little distracting...

you might want to also try shooting the same shot or similar at a different time of the day, where I am we also have posts etc which give a great country feel, and when the sun is starting to go down, basks them in a glorious golden orange warm glow... my favoured time for shooting!

keep up the great work!

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Postby mudder on Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:38 pm

This I really like, simple country feel... Would be keen to see a version with the backround "less green" to give a feeling of a harsher dry environment... Like simple country scenes like this...

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Postby Killakoala on Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:41 pm

Strueth mate, TC is looking quite green compared to last time i drove through :)
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Postby MattC on Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:35 pm

Errr... TC? Not red enough, not dry enough (only 2 days of rain this year) and not rocky enough. Nice pic though.

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