Not Working At Home

A warm, still evening a couple of days ago. The usual dog walk. There had been noise from the fields for much of the day. And this was the cause of it.




It was going to and fro in a dust cloud of its own making. Sometimes it was almost impossible to see the tractor through the dust. Note the streak of light on the soil from the low sun...




Then on one turn, the sun, dust cloud and tractor came together...




I was giving an old film-era lens a walk, just to see what it would do. F35-80mm f4-5.6, not exactly everyone's favourite, but it did a reasonable job for this unexpected encounter with someone not working at home and maintaining social distancing...

Who says doing the same walk every day is just plain boring??

Steve

I'm not one for sunrise or sunset images. But I'll make an exception for the last one.

Thanks, appreciated! It was one of those 'grab it before it's gone' shots. Probably never to be seen again.

Steve

The light in the last

the last one for me as it appears a very peaceful country image, perhaps try and tease a bit of colour into the sky





















2peaceful

I don't think I've ever found a walk boring, even daily same-olds as I'm taking these days... I like your first image, with the machine's colours (not overwhelming) against the grey soil and whitish cloud.

Thanks folks.
I've had a go at getting something from the sky, but there's nothing there other than a bit more of the sickly yellow that's on the left. This is a crop, the sun is just beyond the top right corner, shining through hazy sky then a dust cloud which are both acting as a giant diffuser. Presumably too much for the dynamic range of the sensor. Pity.

Someone who likes subtlety . There's actually a lot of variety in the browns, greys and whites of the chalky soil, depending on whether it's wet or dry, type of light, rough or compacted etc. Not many people appreciate that sort of thing.

Steve