Thoughtful Landscape

I am calling this work, "Farm in Early Spring" because it shows the wet cold ground and the dead grass after the snow had melted but before it had grown back. The subject is a landscape based off of the farmland surrounding the area where I live. I chose to create this specific work to show the old scenery around Maine. I chose to edit the photos this way because I wanted to try something new that was slightly more interesting than the multiplicity photos that I usually do. I wanted it to be more, but still simple and I did that by having simple photos that aren't very busy. I used a variety of different techniques when creating this work including angle up and rule of thirds. While creating this photo, I paid close attention to the location of the split photo and made sure I still allowed the other photo to be present and not get lost. I wanted my work to look cold and like spring, I wanted you to feel the cold, wet weather through the photo and I did that by making the photos black and white and desaturated, cool colors. To add interest to my composition, I split up the top photo and staggered them just to make it look different than my usual photos. I like the way that the barn photos are in color and slightly stand out against the black and white, but are desaturated enough to still give it that old feel. I am proud of myself for taking the time to actually go out and take these photos because I really didn't want to. I struggled getting myself to go out, but I had this idea and wanted to make it. I find it more fun to go out and take photos when I have a good idea in mind, but I also don't always stick to the idea, sometimes I change it based on the photos I take and get new ideas. If I were to create another photo like this, I may try to get the yellow barn to stand out more by taking the photo with better lighting. I may also try a different building with a more prominent color like red to stand out. My work shows that I can incorporate my concentration into a thoughtful landscape.