I always look forward to our summer harvests when the Combines work the fields and lift their crops. The crop this season in the fields that surround us was spring barley. I know, its summer time but the barley is planted in the spring, hence the connection. I always have the best view and on this occasion I shot what I saw on medium format with a roll of expired Velvia. It was a windy and dusty day with low cloud.
I so wished for our Cornish blue skies that day but it was not meant to be.
The Combine worked the fields in a similar pattern with the tractors and trailers not too far away ready to catch the ears of Barley. The driver radio’s the tractor drivers and they pull alongside the Combine and the grain is off loaded. The farmer told me that this was one of the driest harvests that he could remember
Within a few hours, all of the 21 acres of barley that surround us had been harvested, leaving behind fields full of straw for them to return at a later date and bale for the winter months. They make the whole process look so easy.
I shot this on a roll of well expired Velvia, one of my fav E6 stocks. Always at box speed as I dont believe in that one stop per 10 years rule. Colours and grain, excuse the pan, were good although there was an element of redish/pinkish tones to the skies. That the beauty of expired. Love it….
