cows, calves, and at least one horse enjoying a verdant hillside in rural Virginia
shot at 105mm - I was up on the roadside looking down, shooting wide would have been, well, too wide - too much foreground shrubbery up where I was standing, so I had to frame it out with a narrower angle of view.
I'm especially fond of the tiny cow head in the bottom right corner.
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My comment was way too brief - nothing was blown out in your picture, and the extraordinary contrast is delightfully and subtly complemented by the variations within each "zone."
For the life of me, I can't figure out why so many see this as blown out/over exposed. I can't! Or maybe people weren't using the proper terminology? Perhaps "pale" might have been a better term...but then again, "pale" is not a flaw...and one must always seek the flaw when looking at a photograph.
...or, maybe some serious monitor calibrations are in order for some of the viewing/voting population.
The overexposed shot doesn't really hurt this scene and gives it a high key or possibly infra red treatment. The rolling lines of the slopes throughout add good composition and the silhouetted cows add interest.
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