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Published: 2006-11-01 01:10:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 535; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 1
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I took this photo tonight, en route to home. I couldn't get the right angle from the road, and up the hill near this tree and bale of hay was a cell phone tower.... .with an access lane right up to it. No "No Trespassing" signs up anywhere. So I thought, why not?I drove up the hill, parked next to the fence... Walked over and took a few shots of the tree and bale, liking this one best. Along about the time I finished up, a guy pulled part way up the lane, and stopped his truck right in the middle. He didn't get out. It looked like he was talking on a cell phone. I got in my truck and started back down, and just pulled into the edge of the field and went around his vehicle. He put up his hand as if to say, "Stop" (or perhaps it was a friendly wave but didn't look much like it), and I figured if he really wanted me to stop, he'd at least have rolled down his window.
I went on, not knowing if he was on the phone with the police, or what... Just went on home. I don't guess I'll take any more shots up there.
But this one did the job, just fine.
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You're welcome
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now this should be in your print store. Add a little dynamics with curves filter and you have an awesome shot.
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I played around with the lighting a little - finally scrapped my changes and left it original. Perhaps I'll try it again. And yes, I'll put this in the store when I have time!!!
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It seems i have thing for the trees that come up in your photos...
i love this tree...
this picture is also really nice... the sky, tree, and lighting were all perfect and all of them just got together...
like pecan pie and milk... or ice cream... maybe both...
Nice shot McFluffers.
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Very nice shot! I love the lighting and composition.
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Thank you! If you read the story, you'll know why I stopped here... someone else commented that perhaps I should have moved over a bit and left even more space between the tree and hay - but by the time i got this far - it was time to GO!
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Yeah I think it was probably a good idea to get OUT of there!
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Wonderful sky really setting the tree off 
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very nice colours and a good relaxed feel to the shot if anything id have put a little more space inbetween the tree and the bale by moving slightly to the left, but thats just me being picky as usual!
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I'm glad you got away with it...the image was worth it!
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Well, you know i have a thing for bare trees! I think a great shot overall, with the lighting, good comp.
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Thanks! It started out to be just a hay shot... then i spotted the tree. thought I'd get a tree shot... then i spotted the hay bale near the tree... and it just happened. I am happy with it! thanks for the 
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ahahaha dear you have taken such a nice shot after all these troubles but its gud for your self will be more care full next time aahahhaa..
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You just lived out my greatest fear... I was taking some shots of steer and turned around and almost walked right into a police car... he just smiled and asked if I was taking pictures of the beef... it was tense before he smiled though... lots and lots of no trespassing signs around here too... and can't figure out for the life of me why... like what the heck are people going to steal... it's always been my belief that the best way to invite a thief is to post a no trespassing sign... it makes em wonder what you got of value that you don't want people seeing. I do be very careful of photographing barns because not too long ago a guy was busted near here because he had hundreds of pounds of reefer in his barn... would have probably got shot for real trying to get a picture of his barn!
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haha...
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh... you are so brave!
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brave? if avoiding a conflict was brave then i guess!!
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By doing so you may have been saved from being shot! Ha ha ha!
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Stunning.. gives me the feeling that the bale and the tree are competing who is the strongest!.. such an imagination I have.. crazy bird! (me) .. chuckle
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that's cool ... i've seen several shots of these big bales of hay at sunset or whenever... and never quite did one that worked for me. when I spotted this tree, just standing there, thought i'd kill two birds with one stone... take some pics of the hay, and some of the tree... it wasn't till i put the two together that i was really happy with the composition, though!
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nice composition, love the little lights in the distance. Would like to see a tad more definition in the hay stack though
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I actually used the flash on the first couple of shots, but I thought it didn't look very natural so by the time I took this one I was just using the plain old camera.
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*clears throat*
um
you can adjust that in photo shop
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I'll take a look at it.
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just a shadow/highligt tweak on the hay stack alone....just a tiny tweak
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Let's just say it's 'in progress' but it's frustrating me... I see what you mean but if I lighten it enough to see the difference then it looks weird around it... I need to put a bit more work in my 'selection' tool, i think...
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they never said art was easy
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thanks! it wasn't really meant to be creepy! just taken on halloween!
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Thank you, I appreciate it... I took several shots before I got the right 'feel' to it!
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trial and error!!it is always to have a satisfying result in the end
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