Earl Moore Photography
A hillside scene - January 2012


I couldn’t make this photo without thinking of Monte Stevens and his recent beautiful “lone tree” photos from the Colorado Plains. I couldn’t recreate the feeling Monte gets in his photos of the wide open spaces so I had to toss in a few more trees and a herd of cattle to add some “pop.” :-)

I initially drove by this scene on the way to another destination. It was too late to stop on that first pass but I was prepared on the way back.


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Anita Jesse
12 years ago

Don’t you love finding these new vistas that say, “you have to stop and make a new picture”? Those clouds were a terrific gift.

Earl
12 years ago
Reply to  Anita Jesse

Those clouds were certainly made to order for this photo. I usually don’t see these scenes until it’s too late to stop so I often turn around and come back for them.

Steve Skinner
12 years ago

I love images of hardwood trees without their leaves as you get to see their incredibly complex structure.

Earl
12 years ago
Reply to  Steve Skinner

Hi Steve, it is amazing how they are so efficient at getting every square inch of exposure for their leaves. Sometimes I don’t think we truly understand half of what really goes on around us.

ken bello
12 years ago

You may not have gotten these perfect clouds on your initial visit here, so maybe it’s best you caught it on the way back. Nice shot.

Paul
12 years ago

It’s hard to beat Monte’s “Lone Tree” style of photography, but you did a good job in adding those extra ‘pop’ elements! :) It’s good that you circled back to this one!

Don
Don
12 years ago

I like the expanse of sky. It makes a fine pastoral landscape with the pasture land and the cattle.

Monte Stevens
12 years ago

Sorry for the late comment but been a tad busy and on the move. The wide open vistas was one of the things I missed when I was living the Ohio Valley. And, as Steve mentioned the complexity of the hardwood trees in the east was astonishing to me. Seeing for any distance when trees have their foliage is very limited so when winter comes and the leaves drop it really transforms the scene.

I too think you have a fine image here with wonderful blue sky and a splattering of clouds. Add the other trees and those clouds and we have a complete image. Just the way it’s suppose to be.