A green meadow, a very green meadow with a dark green forest behind. The green of the field in the picture is real, no extra enhancements. The meadow meets the forest witnessed by the old barn.
This picture was taken outside the small village of Buchenbach which is on the edge of the Black Forrest Mountains in southern Germany. The photographer, Helmuth, didn’t get the picture easily. After seeing the scene in bad light he returned to take a handful of pictures, one of them was this one.
I asked Helmuth why he wanted to take this shot. “Well, I am a little bit into pictures showing as much as possible space for the main object. I saw this scenery a week before but the lightning situation wasn’t good, but I knew I have to come back to this place anyhow.”
His timing must have been perfect because the sunlight is illuminating the green of the grass beautifully. Speaking of perfection, look at that horizon line. I got out my screen ruler and measured the pixels and the shot is perfectly level. Helmuth told me this was hand held, I would have thought it was a tripod shot.
Camera: Leica D-LUX 3
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 16.7 mm
The green of the grass is electric. When asked about the green in this photo Helmet said “For me the green of the grass is so different to green of the forest behind. It appears a little bit artificial / unnatural.”
The almost surreal green grass meeting the dark green forest is one of the things I like about this photo. I also like how the composition makes me want to walk into it.
Helmeth is in the habit of taking his camera with him as he travels.
Travel with Helmeth on this flickr photostream.
Helmeth titled this photograph with a fill in the blank title. Here is how I would complete the title; “I think in a little while from now…” I’d like to take a walk behind the old barn and along the forest edge.
How would you complete the title?
“I think in a little while from now… “
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