Haystacks - A Tribute to the Impressionist Master
by Coley

Comment by Neuferland:
How lucky to find these! I like the design of the hay stacks but the overall composition of the shot doesn't really appeal to me. I tried my magic envelope and think a tighter crop on the right, leaving the main haystack as the focus might make it appeal to me more. Also the late afternoon soon really didn't help this, the colors are great but the light is still a bit harsh. A 7

Haystacks - A Tribute to the Impressionist Master
by Coley

Comment by photom:
Great lighting at the perfect time of day. The study of texture is fantastic. I relly like the long shadows as well - they add a nice sence of time and a strong compositional element. I have two suggestions for imporovement: a) The top of the closest bale merges with the one directly behind. It would be best to have a bit of separation between them. (Get higher or a step closer to the front one.) b) The title is doesn't show much imagination - I'm sure you could make it relate to how you feel about the scene much better.

Haystacks - A Tribute to the Impressionist Master
by Coley

Comment by Pedro:
love the diagonals. you took this at absolutely the right time of day, with the shadows moving in the direction of the grain rows. Even the wisp of cloud cooperated. nice colours, and the deep DOF works nicely. bump up from original vote.

Portrait Double
by Coley

Comment by kbhatia1967:
It would have been better if you crop a little at the top (to remove hair), and a little cropping near the chin.

Haystacks - A Tribute to the Impressionist Master
by Coley

Comment by whatdewuc:
Interesting study. Like the cast of shadows. Nice perspective and color.

Haystacks - A Tribute to the Impressionist Master
by Coley

Comment by debitipton:
I have never seen triangle haystacks before! Very cool photo

Haystacks - A Tribute to the Impressionist Master
by Coley

Comment by Kha0S:
Monet would be proud... very reminiscent of his Wheatstacks (End of Summer) ... very appropriate for a September Free Study. Exposure and lighting are well done, deep DOF works well to capture the distant landscape along with the detail of the stacks.

Haystacks - A Tribute to the Impressionist Master
by Coley

Comment by dsa157:
I like the perspective and the long cast shadows. exposure is right on and makes for a very pleasant pastoral scene. One can image why Monet and others found such haystacks an inspiration as the light and textures are interesting and constantly changing.

Haystacks - A Tribute to the Impressionist Master
by Coley

Comment by charmayne:
always a nice subject, in this case for some reason the trees are interfering with the flow of your subject but still a good shot.

Haystacks - A Tribute to the Impressionist Master
by Coley

Comment by brownt:
Cool haystacks!! Never seen anything like this before.

Taken at the right time of day to get some good shadows on them, like your perspective as any lower we wouldn't be able to see the other haystacks there. 8