Way Out West

Thanks Gustav, we have been in a drought for some time now and doesn’t look like breaking any time soon either, the farmers are really hurting now.

Love the colors,subject and mood of this,Peter!!

beautiful and great processing too – no mistaking that it’s Australia : )

Classic outback image, evocative and very beautiful.

Exceptional processing, well done!

A stark moody reminder, very evocative Peter, wonderfully composed!

so deep colours and amazing composition !

Great elements and setup! Perfect treatment.

Excellent Composition

Exceeded even yourself here Peter.

Excellent positioning of the tree between the 2 farm buildings. The branch loops and frames the one on the right perfectly

Ominous clouds that just won’t give a drop. Great capture Peter. A typical Australian scene.

A beauty! Love the arvo sun on the tree & ground & that wonderful brooding sky!

Excellent composition, well planned photo; awesome; magnificent lighting; well done! sorry about the drought….

Awesome shot, love the composition and the colours.

What a fabulous scene, Pete. Love that tree, and the light picks out the salient details so beautifully.

Peter, you have really captured the tragedy here with the heavy storm clouds above and the devestating drought below. And the poor twisted tree trying to survive it all. Speaks volumes.

Great composition, wonderful lighting, love the clouds and the feeling it gives to the image!

Wonderfully poised elements in this shot. Well done.

Brilliant Peter ….. all I’m getting at the moment is clear blue skies … aaargh!

beautiful.

The land looks so thirsty – what a fantastic capture and LOVE your treatments – brilliant!

Gotta love that tree Peter!!! Great shot.

I don’t think I can add much more to what has been said already.
The sky is wonderful and the the colour just perfect to give the right feel.
If only I could capture this atmosphere in my painting.

Great light and contrasts here. Such a dry land with the hope of rain… just wish it would rain!

Incredible effect you have with this photograph! love the colours

fantastic image!!

amazing tones and colour – what flavour you have given this image!

Thanks for all the positive feedback on this image. I have been by-passing Photoshop CS for processing a lot of my work of late in preference for Lightroom, it provides me with a very smooth workflow with plenty of creative options.
Thanks heaps everyone.

Wonderful image….but a desperate situation with the drought. We are also experiencing the same here in the state of Georgia…peanut, soy, and fruit farmers are hurting badly! God’s speed to all who farm!!!

Wonderful composition, great lighting! just beautiful and natural.

This is a perfect shot!

excellent – perfect composition

Amongst everythinng else, the composition is perfect.

very well manipulated

clarification: to me, manipulating is post pocessing; i.e. vignetting, dodging , burning, etc.. to move pixels around would be to reconstruct an image. – hope this is ok by you