Art in nature

The Palouse is an area in eastern Washington state that's known for beautiful rolling landscapes, red barns, dilapidated structures, and picturesque farms. There is an elevated vantage point on a rise in the topography called Steptoe Butte, and that's where I took this picture of sunset edge lighting the contours of the land below. This commanding view really turns the landscape into a work of art. I used a 400mm focal length because the compression of the hills resulting from the long lens created an attractive composition. My settings were 1/250, f/8, and 100 ISO. In post-processing, I worked the shadows and highlights sliders in ACR to make sure I retained as much detail as possible throughout the image.