From the course: Landscape Photography: Washington's Palouse Region

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Shooting the same row of trees up close

Shooting the same row of trees up close

- Our exploration of the back roads of the Palouse has taken us to an amazing stand of trees. Now if you remember, from the top of Steptoe Butte we photographed this scene, with the dappled light, the shadows coming behind the trees. And now we're up close. It's a great, great activity to be at the top of something with an expansive view, and pinpoint subjects, and say, "I wanna go there." And the Palouse, it's possible. You just find those back roads and explore and it'll take you to these great locations. Now this is a spot I love. And I've been coming here for five years. And I've photographed it under many different conditions. This is brand new for me. So we have a dark brown layer, a light brown layer, and a blue layer. It's very simple. It's a layered shot of color. There's no clouds. The light is even and soft. It's not dramatic, but it's even. And so I can really focus on the simplicity graphic nature of brown to another shade of brown, to blue. Now, what's the subject? It's…

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