Tractor

 

I did quite a bit of moving about to get the compositions just the way I wanted. For the first photo, I wanted the tips of the branches in the upper right to be completely visible.I was also careful to out the tractor between two trees and not have the tree behind the tractor sticking out awkwardly somewhere. I.e., the 'tree sticking out of someone's head' mistake. Also notice the exhaust pipe is not caught up in the lower branches. Oh ho ho. For the second picture, I wanted the tractor to be partly hidden behind the branches but I didn't want the 'face' covered. By face, I mean the headlights and grill.

I am pleased with these two photos but, oddly enough, I went back there some days later with a digital camera and couldn't get even one decent picture. I wonder what the difference was. Maybe there were no other good views of the tractor I could find. Maybe the ease of digital photography meant I was just clicking away and getting nowhere. Maybe, and most likely, I just went back to the same place too quickly and there was no time for me to be able to look at the scene with fresh eyes.