Still Life
by autool

Comment by Anachronite:
a smaller apature and perhaps faster shutter speed may have given more color to the sky... or even a little photoshop work
~anachronite

Farmers Losing Ground
by autool

Comment by timj351:
I think farms and tractors always make for good photos. I think it is the hardwork and freedom they seem to convey. I wish I could see a little more of that sense from this photo. It is the row of houses and the amount of sky that is being shown that detracts from this sense. I think if you were to use a faster aperture setting of F2 to F5.6 then you could have blurred the background and some of the foreground in order to isolate the tractor and focus our attention on in. I would also prefer to see more of the field in the foreground. After all, it is the tractor and the field that is the subject. Perhaps even trying it so that the horizon line is only a third of the way from the top. I would have to see it to know for sure. Framing the tractor so far to the left seems to crowd the edge and I feel it would work better compositionally if you centered the tractor and plow. This way the tractor would still be a little heavy on the left making it interesting but not so much that it crowds the edge. I know this probably would not be possible but it would be interesting to me to see this image from higher above the ground so as to see more of the crop lines. Simply showing more of the field would accomplish this somewhat as well. The orange of the tractor with the blue of the farmer contrasts nicely with the green grass. For the most part I find this to be a good photo which could use a little work with the DOF and composition. As for meeting the challenge, I think this photo is a very good choice and one that helps to tell a story.

Tim Jensen

Farmers Losing Ground
by autool

Comment by drewmedia:
Great use of space. Nice shot.

Farmers Losing Ground
by autool

Comment by DougPaz:
Really nice shot. I love the colors of the foreground vs. the tone of the background. Your use of negative space is good too. Great job. DPz

Farmers Losing Ground
by autool

Comment by cykhansen:
This is an excellent portrayal of a real story - my favourite - hope you win !

Farmers Losing Ground
by autool

Comment by chrysalis:
Yup. Great juxtaposition. I would have preferred something a little less two dimensional.

Farmers Losing Ground
by autool

Comment by Pifflefish:
Poignant title and a good concept as journalism. 8

Farmers Losing Ground
by autool

Comment by rll07:
nice! tells a story -9

Farmers Losing Ground
by autool

Comment by mariomel:
Great composition. Good idea too.

Farmers Losing Ground
by autool

Comment by PTLParsons:
Needs focus. Too much sky in my opinion. It's hazy and doesn't add to the photo. The gractor with the houses crowding the land out are your subjects. Come down on them. Maybe add land in front of the tractor. Just my personal opinion. Nice idea and good topic though. PTL6