The weather the last few days has not been very conducive to my photographic efforts.  The sky has been one color…  grey.  I’m beginning to think the sun has changed its mind about visiting us again.  It was a good run and we enjoyed it while it lasted but now I have to find a way to stay motivated when the views out the window are blah!

I stopped along a corn field on my way how from work to see if I could make something out of the rows of corn stalks left after the harvest.  My plan was to use whatever picture I create for another entry in the Hobby Photographer’s Photo Theme of lines in landscape pictures.  I’m not positive it works but will see what everyone thinks of it.

The original image did not have a lot of color which lead me down the B&W processing path.  I started by combining a three exposure bracket of pictures because I thought it would help maintain the definition in the dark tree line as opposed to the white snow covered field.  I also thought it would help me keep the features in the snow.  I then converted the combined picture to B&W and experimented a little with some diffusion in an effort emulate the overcast, hazy feel to the day.