Field & barn... and a question

What can I do to punch up the sky a little bit? Maybe get some better definition from the clouds?

Other comments welcome as well. Thanks.

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The cropped version is much better to me. Seems like the subject is primarily the barn, although it takes up very little of the original photo. The relative size of the subject in the cropped photo helps to convey its importance to you.

Also, I like the leading line of the trees; it definitely funnels the eye toward the barn. That line is more prominent to me in the cropped photo as well.

I'd just crop it like you have and not worry about making the sky pop. Besides, that would just further distract from the subject...

I agree, especially about the barn being more prominent in the pano. In the full-size version I feel the need to do something with the sky. I do not feel the need to do anything to the sky in the cropped version.

I agree about the crop...makes the barn (what can be seen of it) more prominent and also gets rid of that patch of green in the bottom left foreground. Makes for a much more consistent foreground. Also, the One rule for shooting landscapes is that when the sky is featureless, dull, or 'dead', its best to remove it from the frame as much as you can one way or another. However, I'd readjust the cropped version to show a bit more foreground...as in the full version, the wheat (?) line splits the image in half...a bit more foreground will shift the line upwards a little.

Now it needs a big white border with some appropriate text for a title and you have a great poster

argyle wrote in post #11013335
However, I'd readjust the cropped version to show a bit more foreground...as in the full version, the wheat (?) line splits the image in half...a bit more foreground will shift the line upwards a little.

Good call.