WELCOMING CATTLE LOADER
Uploaded: October 05, 2013
Michael Kelly
October 05, 2013
Debbie E. Payne October 05, 2013
Michael -- This summer was a lot of smoke and haze where we went as well. Didn't get nearly the shots I would have expected to get. I was pretty happy with most of the images I took this fall but still such a big job getting rid of extras and trying to distinguish through similar images. I have never really figured out a good work flow to get my files down to reasonable sizes.' #10863204Dale Hardin October 05, 2013
Sure have seen a lot of these in my recent travels. Didn't get to see the colors changing like that though. So glad you had a good time on that trip. :o) #10863357
Rita K. Connell
October 06, 2013
Stephen Shoff October 06, 2013
Beautiful sky in this one. Like Rita, I like "c" curve leading line taking us into and through the image. #10863817Jeff E Jensen October 06, 2013
Nice work, Debbie! #10863889Peter W. Marks October 06, 2013
What torn out gate Rita? I was ready to hit the hay, now I'm pouring all over this super image trying to find it. To my eyes the only gate at the bottom of the track looks fine, or are you thinking the the 'loader' is a gate? You must be a city girl! A cattle loader is a ramp made from timber up which one drives the cattle into a trailer. May I be permitted to say that far from being a distraction, this bust-up loader tells us the story of this once being cattle country and of course the reason for Debbie's image title. #10864257Debbie E. Payne October 06, 2013
Peter-- we all see what we want to see in any image. Rita likes the landscape and it is a beautiful place to take in what we see here. I am glad she likes the right half of the scene. I did shoot one without the loader but knowing what was just out of range on the left hand side, left me with just a medicre image. The strength and uniqueness of the landscape begged for the cattle loader to be included to tell the whole story. Glad the rest of you like my choice of foreground. To each his own. And by the way, Peter, this may not be the cattle loader this rancher uses today but this is BIG time cattle country. I fell in love with all the ranches dotted with cattle and backgrounds of amazing mountains emerging fall color.And Rita, this is the start of Ohio Pass that winds up from the Gunnison Valley to Crested Butte and beyond -- to Ouray and Silverton. #10864343
Debbie E. Payne October 06, 2013
I just looked closely into the image and I do see a falling down fence post that is behind the loader , further into the image on the extreme left-hand side of he cattle loader. Is that what you are seeing? It would be easy enough for me to remove. #10864347
Rita K. Connell
October 07, 2013
Debbie E. Payne October 07, 2013
Our differences is what makes.us interesting to each other. How boring this group would be if we only agreed with each other. #10864699Kalena Randall October 07, 2013
Nice mountain composition, Debbie! I like the leading lines as well. :-) #10864966Beth Spencer October 08, 2013
I love the colors and clarity in this. It looks like a lot of cattle have been through that ramp. #10866214Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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