We’re up shootin spring on The Palouse. This corner of Washington is simply gorgeous! We were here last fall exploring the rolling hills and came back for spring greens and they simply don’t disappoint! Now “great” skies eluded us today which makes the landscape a little more challenging and with the killer skies last fall, a little disappointing. With that said, photography must go one even for no other reason than the love of photography. So heading out to the “Weber” Ranch (named for the road, not the actual ranch) was our first stop of the day.
Shooting with the D850 / 70-200f4 and Nikkor 62mm Polarizer, I walked up the road to take in the ranch, rolling hills and light. As you can see, the sky was, well, boring. But I hung in there and waited until a little bit of light kissed the left side of the hill. Ya, that didn’t help so after an hour, I packed it up, got back in the van and moved.
I wasn’t giving up as I was challenged by something I wanted but I wasn’t finding it. I parked again and was getting out when this truck pulled up and parked pointing right at the van and blocking it from moving. Getting out of the truck was the farm owner and the nicest guy you’d ever want to meet. He told us about the land, crops and how his wife was the fifth generation on the land. I don’t know if it was his stories, knowing more history about the subject, the clearing of the mind or the change of light and direction, but the elements finally came together in the viewfinder and the photograph, it was 90 minutes well spent!