Tom Brassil
About the Image(s)
In Australia's rural areas there has been a massive decline in income and changes to the wealth of the regional areas. This is due to changes in the use of the land, droughts, climate change et cetera. In several areas, the locals have turned to tourism as an additional form of income and to that end, they are hiring an artist to paint the old silos, usually depicting something relevant to the area. This started with only a few silos painted a few years ago now there are quite a few and when going on a road trip it is not hard to find one. This one is from our little regional town in NSW, Merriwa.
The image: F8, 1/160, ISO 200, centre-weighted exposure shot in portrait mode. Processing involved a fair bit of colour work using contrast and blurring to draw to attention to the main sheep on the silo. I left a fair bit of the support factory infrastructure in the shot to further tell the story of the installation, I did consider cropping this out. Original included for comparison
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7 comments posted
(Group 88)
What a nice image with a great back story. The artwork on the silo is amazing and you did a really nice job in post to bring out the color. I do agree with that the foreground could be cropped in closer.
Best regards,
Greg   Posted: 11/02/2020 09:56:17