We Need Rain, a photo from New South Wales, East

Photographer's Note

I am not sure what this guy is spraying in his field, but its probably not water. We havn't had serious rain for a few months now, and things are getting desperate... again. Water restrictions are in place, so we cannot water our gardens or hose our driveways. Thats OK, but these farmers must be feeling the pinch more than me. I was amazed by the amount of dust being lifted by the tractor... its so dry. A bit different from much of the snow I see here in TE.

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joso (2417) 2004-01-06 4:42

There's indeed very dry, Chris.
To increase the effect I'll crop the bottom, till the brown horizintal line - the half of the photo is the green field, IMHO doesn't matches well what you want to show.
Hope you don't mind.

Ebbe (9625) 2004-01-06 11:27

That is dry, at least if measured by dust. The green leaves ar a contradiction. I agree with Janos about cropping but maybe not as much but I would remove the big leaves in the foreground. Otherwise a fine pictures that shows something, well done.

ilouy (3370) 2004-01-06 12:23

Interesting picture and composition. I wish I could continue to view more, and more and more of the field in front of the tractor, as on a large panoramic picture. But you made well anyway Chris!

CVTJan (1244) 2004-01-06 12:45

Hi Chris, great note and very good contrast between the clear foreground and the dusty object :)

Rockyboy (20598) 2004-01-06 13:28

Your remind me the hot weather we had last augustus in Europe during the summer. Apprently summer in Australia is also very hot.
The picture is very nice and well framed. Well done!

Jeppe (18654) 2004-01-07 7:28

Living on the country I can relate to this. A good capture with several levels of compositions - nice work.