Amber waves of grain

[galenk]

It's harvest time here in Kansas Just thought I'd Share.

[minoltaman]

Wow, those are awesome shots!

I really like the second one but the colors in the first one are beautiful.

What were you shooting with?

[herron]

Neat!

There's something about that second shot that makes me keep going back to it.

[galenk]

They were both shot with a Minolta X 700 and Vivitar 28-80 f2.8 zoom on Fugicolor 200 film.

The first photo was taken at almost sunset, that is why the colors are so bright and warm. The second was taken around midday so the color isn't as bright but it is my favorite of the two, There,s just something about a lone tree in all this expanse that catches my eye.

[nikkortorokkor]

I too, like the second one. Subject, composition and exposure are, IMHO, very pleasing.
The 1st reminds me of my childhood, My father and uncle ran a contracting business driving Claas headers (combines); If my eye isn't lying, that's a Claas that's just finished unloading by the truck.

Can I ask a technical question? I really like the balanced exposure in the 2nd pic. The cloud detail is perfect, yet the foreground is not underexposed, one can even see the shadow of a cloud on the middle right. I notice that the sun is over your shoulder and the tree's shadow is falling away from the camera. When shooting E6 (the majority of my landscapes) I'd rely on a graduated ND filter to balance the sky and foreground exposures. I can't tell whether you used a grad, but I'm guessing you didn't. What did you meter off? Sky, foreground or just the whole scene? I must say that between you, the Minolta and the Fuji film, you've achieved a really well exposed scene. Congratulations.

[galenk]

you are correct I didn't use any filters and with the overcast sky I just let the AP mode on the x-700 do it's thing , I just set the lens at f-16 and let the camera do the rest.