Blossoms and Blades
by Mike Lee
Title
Blossoms and Blades
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
One wouldn’t have to spend much time going through my work to figure out that I really like this old Aermotor windmill that is still very much in service, pumping water from the ground for cattle. It sits on a ranch near the northern end of Lassen County, California, in plain sight just off US-395. I have photographed it several times at different times of the day and year.
On this particular spring drive, it was nearly mid-day—normally not optimal for visible light photography. I pulled over to shoot it with my infrared gear, which is typically better suited to bright sun. I captured a nice “false color” image, accomplishing the mission. But as I stood there looking at the wonderful clouds and wildflowers, I figured I better grab my visible light gear too. The clouds softened what would otherwise have been very harsh light and added some wonderful interest to the sky while still allowing some nice warm spring light on the flowering field.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘺. 𝘈 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩-𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳, 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺. 𝘈 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦.
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June 2nd, 2023
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Gary F Richards
Awesome springtime Blossoms and Blades composition, lighting, shading, lovely color and artwork! F/L voted
Mary Wolf
Mike, this is fantastic. It just takes you "Out West" to remember the big open sky country and beautiful landscape. l/f
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, on 3rd Place Win, in WILDFLOWER LANDSCAPES - Art Network, contest!
Samuel HUYNH
Exciting news – Your fantastic artwork has been featured in "GREATEST OF ALL TIME" group! 🌈🎨 Feel free to spread the joy by adding it to our "2024 Featured Masterpieces Archive" in the Discussion section.
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