Originally posted by UpNorth I second that.
This shot really conveys the vastness of the prairie - and the dramatic sky is great too.
Nice work.
Tim
Thanks to both of you.
It is a bit minimalist I know.
It's a landscape where if it were a tool we would say of it that form follows function. Very austere and direct with no conflicting visual cues - just the land and the sky and, sometimes, a splash of color here and there. It's a challenging landscape to really capture well.
For me it's a very mystical place. It makes me feel small but never insignificant.
This is tall grass prairie by the way not the high plains. Taken in south central Minnesota.
Gear head stuff:
This lens is, perhaps, the best lens I have for rendering the subtleties of color, hue and tone. Optically I don't what this quality is called but it's there. If had to guess I would say it probably has something to do with the lens coatings.