What a week its been! A landscape challenge. I just love my landscapes so knew I had to enter this one. And yet the weather has been atrocious .. dull, wet, windy, squally showers, miserable grey skies. With working, my opportunities to shoot have been so limited that I seem to have spent the whole week chasing the light. I managed to get some potential shots and narrowed the choice to three. Then to two. Eventually I picked this view towards the village of Wootton Cortenay for a number of reasons. The light was as good as I got all week.. it was just at sunset. And I really like the track through the field leading the eye into the distance.
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Initial impression: 'Oh gawd, that's gorgeous' is the exact phrase I uttered upon seeing this shot. Just lovely.
Technical: Great dof (though would be curious to see how it looks with camera on a tripod thus allowing for even greater dof), thirds and leading lines all work beautifully together. Light is simply amazing. Just a stunning capture. Great timing, catching that golden light.
Artistic: James Herriot should be striding up that fenceline on the left coming to tend a sick cow now, shouldn't he? Serene and just lovely beyond words. My roots are British, and this is the UK I've always wanted to see. Lucky you living there. *rummaging to find passport*
Overall: A top 20 finish is nothing to sneeze at but this could have easily ribboned. Wish it had! Would have perhaps liked to see the image slightly bigger, but better to err on the side of caution than risk distortion.
Excellent work, hope to see more of it in the future.
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