Drying Hay

This studio piece was based upon a plein air study. As soon as I did the study, I knew that I wanted to rework the concept in the studio. The changes made were few and minor, but significant in the expression I wanted. First, I added the drying hay in the foreground. I could tell that hay was recently there, but it had already been baled and removed. The second tweak was punching up the contrast in the  backlit cottonwoods. The rest of the composition and color didn't change much.