New Old Kent

[Wirefox]

Watch out for Sergeant Troy chasing Bathsheba around the bales - OK they are modern bales and its the wrong county but who cares

[Katy Noelle]

It definitely looks like haying time, to me. Hot - thunderstorms - mmmm, "nostalgia-ey"??? (with the scratchy texture on top - that kind of time of the year usually makes me feel that way, anyway. Maybe, its' the crickets.) It's not quite a peaceful photo, is it?

[Donald]

That big clump of dark area (is it trees?) coming into the frame on the horizon line at the left-hand side is frustratign me (stay cool - don't get frustrated). It feels like something intruding into the scene. I want to hit it sideways and knock it back outside the frame.

What if you cropped it to a 1:1 ratio from the top or bottom right hand corner, to get it the left-hand edge just to the left of that bale in the sort-of middle? Just a thought.

[Maritimer1]

My first thought was, "Heavy artillery from the left!" There's a lot of energy in that photo.

Myra

[Katy Noelle]

That big clump of dark area (is it trees?) coming into the frame on the horizon line at the left-hand side is frustratign me (stay cool - don't get frustrated). It feels like something intruding into the scene. I want to hit it sideways and knock it back outside the frame.

What if you cropped it to a 1:1 ratio from the top or bottom right hand corner, to get it the left-hand edge just to the left of that bale in the sort-of middle? Just a thought.

I see what you mean, Donald; so, honest question: will that make it lose it's "pastoral" feel?

[Donald]

I see what you mean, Donald; so, honest question: will that make it lose it's "pastoral" feel?

Hold a dark card up against the image on the computer screen and make the crop. I don't think it does.

[Wirefox]

Thanks for the comments Katy, Myra and Donald. I was trying to get a sort of creeping darkness effect. When I looked at this again this morning I nearly had kittens. There is a lot that needs rethinking here and I certainly think my choice of texture was ill advised. I like the idea but I am going to have to do a little more work before the image works.