It's June! by Brenda

Brenda | all galleries >> PAD 2010 >> June 2010 PAD > It's June!


21-JUN-2010

It's June!

June Challenge: Urban and Landscapes

Farmer cutting hay. This is probably the second cutting.
For city dwellers, typically there are 3 cuttings of hay
in the Spring (May-June in this area). Hay is cut (as
seen here) and then turned a couple of times till fully dry.
It is then baled and stored till needed. They used to
make rectangular bales but the current method is to make
round bales. There are some photos in the right-hand column
on this website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay
Maybe I'll be lucky enough to get a close-up for you some day!

Close-up photo of this farmer cutting hay!

Oh, and what appears to be hazy spots are actually clouds of dust.

Canon Powershot G11
1/1250s f/4.0 at 12.1mm iso80 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

previous | next

Mieke WA Minkjan		23-Jun-2010 06:46
beautiful rural scene! very well captured.

Timothy Guenther		23-Jun-2010 02:31
Good capture; now get a shot of the local Amish doing the same chore ala 17th century.

Cindi Smith		23-Jun-2010 01:04
Nice work of farmers working. I love this. We see both rectangles and round ones but round ones are far more prevalent here. I love the smell of hay being cut. Reminds me of my childhood.

Walter Otto Koenig		22-Jun-2010 21:24
Nice rural scenes. Beautiful colors.

borisalex		22-Jun-2010 05:27
I love that old fashioned feel in your shots!

Guest		22-Jun-2010 01:31
this brings back memories for me.

Ed McConnell		22-Jun-2010 00:57
nice shot and common site around here Brenda...got round bales across the street.

Fred Gary		21-Jun-2010 23:39
Great shots, as a boy to home on the farm we used horses then a tractor and made rectangular bales. I have tossed a lot of them 6 tiers high.

J. Scott Coile		21-Jun-2010 23:02
I have hossed plenty of the old rectangular bales in mu day. Nice entry.

Leo		21-Jun-2010 22:15
Round bales here. I cut hay a little at a summer camp. I drove a FarmAll Cub with 6 foot cutting bar. Us campers just cut, we didn't know what happened to the fields after we left.

Stephanie		21-Jun-2010 21:41
The farmers still make rectangular bales here. Wonderful shots Brenda! :))

Type your message and click Add Comment

It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest. Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help	private comment

Type your message and click Add Comment

It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest. Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help	private comment