Hey All,
I must admit I spent some time looking at a number of your galleries. Some really great stuff in a number of them.
I've always thought there are far too few photographers today out there documenting agriculture. Agriculture has a story to tell and good photography is a big step forward. Paul Mobley's American Farmer is the only effort I know of in recent history. In my opinion while a beautifully done book fully deserving of the awards it won it missed the mark. To me agriculture from a photographic perspective is the linkage of man (people), machine (can be a horse) and place (environment, crops/animals produced) and to an extent even time (era). The challenge in my mind is to link various of those elements in artistic and aesthetically pleasing ways that tell a story. I haven't seen a photographer yet who puts his/her mind to the whole "picture" in a body of work. Maybe when I retire... Anyway many of your pictures approach what I've in mind... But enough of the esoteric stuff I think about.
The Palouse is beautiful country and every time I go through central Washington on my way to family in north central Oregon I want to spend more time there. Great pics! It looks as though on some images you dabble a bit in HDR. Keep it up I think it a powerful tool if used well.
-Ed-
