"Grey Fergie" at Skerries Mills, 2006 Photo

Photographer’s Note

Shot this scene in Skerries during a traditional harvest demonstration last August. Of course it poured rain that day - August weather in Ireland is unpredictable! The tractor is a classis Massey-Ferguson TE20, or "Grey Fergie" as they were affectionately known. The mill in background is Skerries Mills.

PP: desaturated to mono, assed some contrast, darkened sky a little, sharpened.

...tim

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laurak83 (326) 2007-04-01 16:58

lovely, i like how you were able to capture the windmill in the background. nice counry scene.

konok (2005) 2007-04-01 17:33

Nice composition, vintage-like style, fine grayscale.
Grats!
Janos

angelsimon (2466) 2007-04-01 19:04

Hi Tim. A very nice picture. Good worked on B&W. A good composition and a very bautifull motive. Congratulations.

isabib (1951) 2007-04-03 18:39

Hi Tim,

Great conversion to B&W. The vintage look of the tractor complements this alot. TFS!

stego (22340) 2007-04-03 19:28

Hi Tim,
Old and (not so) new technology on display on a wonderful photo. All those diagonal stripes of land, the slightly sepia tones add graphic interest to the tractor and the mill. The tractor is very cute, somehow reminiscent of a cartoon, with its front reminding a face.
Great work indeed.
Regards, José.

Signal-Womb (11614) 2007-04-05 17:17

Hi Tim, a very nice B&W photo. Good subject details and nice compo. Its a pity the sky is without details as it always adds drama and more so in B&W. Very well done.

rossofuoco (6318) 2007-06-24 14:47

Hi Tim.
Sembra una foto di una volta. Ottimo B&W e ottima composizione.
Ciao Renzo

cdmonson (2751) 2007-06-30 14:45

Hi Tim:

Great composition and subject. Black and white looks good here, but I like that this shot still maintains something of a green tone, or so it seems to me. It helps it seem more pastoral than just plain black and white would.

Clark

pedroseco (198) 2007-09-24 15:15

Hi Tim!

Just perfect, the composition, the colors, the pov... wow 5*
The mill in the background is the same thats on you photo entitled :"The Great Windmill of Skerries" ?
Keep the good work!

Regards,
Pedro