My kind of cropped images

[tbob]

I was quite disappointed when a a heavy rain and windstorm came through several weeks ago and flattened a lot of the the local cereal crops. I had been waiting for the crop to ripen to get some shots of the standing crop and the lodged (the name for the flattening) fields just look unattractive to me with the irregular weird areas.

When walking around I suddenly realized that any stems on the edges would be isolated so I could get images of the heads alone. This small hill with the barn seemed the optimal spot for this sort of thing. Had to get quite low to shoot the image.

Did the first one in the early morning, the light was coming in from the right and not fully optimal so I went back just after noon. Could not use the same spot for the second image as that row of wheat was in shadow by then. Elected for a clump further into the field that let me use the barn with two sides in light, my preferred angle for old buildings anyway.

[Geoff F]

Both are good well focused and exposed images; but I prefer the barn angle of the second scene.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Trevor The second composition is more energetic in my opinion .

[Dave Humphries]

It was worth going back Trevor, the second one is a beauty.

(Best viewed large in LyteBox folks)

Cheers, Dave

[Shadowman]

Nice set and angles of view.

[tbob]

Nice set and angles of view.

I plan to go back on Sunday, if the field is not harvested, and reshoot the first image. Work precludes being there at 9 to 9:30 am when the sun angle is optimal for the view through the initial row of wheat

[IzzieK]

Absolute beauty both, Trevor...I particularly prefer your #2 image...