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Sunday, March 06, 2011

The plough and harrow...

The high pressure weather system that currently sits over most of the UK is a bonus to farmers and photographers alike - both taking advantage of the clear conditions and better light to work in.

Currently exploring potential locations for Spring photography, I'm peddling the local country lanes in search of something different. The past few weeks have proven fruitful in this respect, and have been duly noted, but today's image happened by chance.

It is late afternoon when I come across a field being ploughed in preparation for seeding at Holdenhurst, Dorset. There is, predictably, an attendant cloud of gulls in its wake, ready to take advantage of anything edible turned over by the plough. The tractor is also towing a harrow alongside the plough, breaking up any clods of earth left behind by the ploughing operation, giving the soil a finer finish.
Neat.


105mm f/2.8D Sigma macro lens. 1/2000 second at f/5.6.  -1 stop EV compensation. ISO 400

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