About the Image(s)

Palouse in the Fall was created in October 2019 while attending the PSA festival in Spokane-Washington State. We are used to see images of this region created in the spring or early summer before the wheat fields are shaved. The origin of the name "Palouse" is unclear. One theory is that the name of the Palus tribe (spelled in early accounts variously as Palus, Palloatpallah, Pelusha, etc.) was converted by French-Canadian fur traders to the more familiar French word pelouse, meaning "land with short and thick grass" or "lawn." Over time, the spelling changed to Palouse. Another theory is that the region's name came from the French word and was later applied to its indigenous inhabitants. Here we see a great extension of land with fall colors, muted by the cloudy and rainy day, and heavy machinery preparing the land for the next crop. Interesting the multitude of lines created by the work.
The image was created from the top of the only tall hill in the region, Steptoe Butte in the afternoon using a Nikon D850 with the Nikkor prime zoom lens 70-200 mm @ 165 mm and with these settings: ISO 250, f/8, 1/2000 and – 1 2/3 EC (this is one of three exposures using bracketing). The image was PP in Lightroom and cropped