Mono Maize

Being in a dairy farming area, we are surrounded by fields of wheat and maize which are grown for cattle feed although, of course, the actual crop in any given field is subject to crop rotation from year to year.

I have tried lots of times this year to capture the feel of the maize fields and have come to the conclusion that colour is too 'literal' so I offer today this black and white study of maize cattle feed ready for harvesting.

Amazing how different this looks when viewed on black...

[PhotoCrazy]

Wonderful detail, striking image!

[Graeme Stevens]

Outstanding detail, reasonably fabulous on black

[Frances Tackaberry]

Really cool photo!

[Joan]

Love the detail..

[gloria jones]

The details in this great shot pop on black.

[Rosan]

The details certainly pop on black.

[Cathie]

Marvelous lines.

[Barbara Webb]

Love all the texture, looks great on black.

[Margo Sayer]

Wow! On black really makes it sing and for me the stalks take on the appearance of a choir, clothed in black and white for The Messiah! Want to give it more than 1 fav.

[Joan Robillard]

Like it in bw. We are seeing these too. They should be processing soon.

[Richard Sayer]

@joansmor I can see them from the window cutting this as I type...

[Joan Robillard]

@vignouse I took a picture for my project last year but no where near that close. Glad it's latter there than here. Are you getting a shot?

[Richard Sayer]

@joansmor It only took about 25 minutes to harvest 5 acres or so, so I missed the opportunity, but I've got some shots from last year that I'm happy with.

[Ivan]

A-maze-ing! (Sorry ): )

[john morley]

Beautiful tones and textures...

[Jan Hall]

Great image. Like you say, the b&w works really well. It give such a lot of texture to the shot.

[Elytra]

Awesome contrast, it looks great in B&W

[Osia Strasner]

Love the patterns created in this shot....great details!

[Danny G.]

Magnificent work, Richard!