Winter in Rural Manitoba

I was a little more aggressive with the processing for this image. In photoshop, I added not one but two texture layers and played with their opacity until they were both just right. I wanted to play up the beautiful sunshine on this cold winter day. The heavier texture was manageable because this image has some strong design elements, the hydro poles. Without the poles, the textures would have overwhelmed the composition.

Showing Heat

Yesterday it was a blazing hot thirty four degrees celsius on the prairies! By 9:00 in the evening the temperature was still high as we drove over the dusty roads. We pulled over as the sun briefly found its way behind a tree. The sun's flare and evening's haze were brilliant alongside this weathered home and tree's lattice.

Sometimes it is difficult to show temperature in an image but it wasn't yesterday. The haze and flare both lent themselves beautifully to speak of the heat. Making sure that the sun wasn't 'full on' was important. The tree's leaves gave just enough of a filter without shielding too much of the light.

Landscape Photography

Around the corner we drove and then we began descending the hill. Seeing this view disappear as we drove on, I needed to see it again. Backing up, there it was. The evening sun touched the landscape, turning it to gold. How beautiful!

To capture this landscape scene with fairly good clarity both in the foreground and the background, I used an aperture of f/13 which afforded me a greater depth of field. In processing I bumped up the exposure a touch in the shadows. Had I not, the dark horizontal centre mass would have overwhelmed the image.