Another Evening in Robbins

Well I did go back to Robbins to see how the May 29th photo "Quiet Evening" would look with the rice starting to grow above the water.  I was surprised to find the light so different.  I thought I'd post this one for comparison.  It's amazing how different the light is from day to day, and of course from hour to hour.  I was thinking that the blue cast in the water is actually the light reflecting from the opposite direction, which would be blue sky.  I see this sometimes with water bird photos.  Originally I like the monochrome version from the 29th better, but this one is growing on me. One issue I have with it is that you can see the building in the background.  I did a better job hiding those buildings on the 29th.

Quiet Evening

This is another of the rice paddy fields in Robbins, but this photo was taken from the road that runs behind the fields so the setting sun is behind me.  I thought it had a nice late in the day quiet feel to it.  In this field you can just see where the rice is coming through because it breaks up the reflection a little.  I'm getting my State Fair photo framed in Woodland, and when it's done (which I hope will be today) then I'd like to drive back out to Robbins which is only about 10 miles further, and try this again with the rice a little taller, just to see what happens.