A vintage tractor, standing sentinel, at Messick Dairy Farm in Midland, Virginia.
Our theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge this week is: Monochrome.
Our instructions: This week, share with us your monochromatic images. Be calculating and creative in choosing your subject and focal point; resist the urge to simply take a photo of something with a single color range.
A friend of ours owns a dairy farm and store (Messick’s Farm Market) in Midland, Virginia.
I have a soft spot in my heart for farms (I’m a native Nebraskan), and I enjoy driving out there to get our produce. It’s quiet and peaceful, and I leave with veggies that aren’t anemic and tasteless (like the offerings at the grocery store).
Walking around outside, this old tractor called out to me. It was parked along the perimeter of the property, looking very much like a watchful sentinel. Usually, if I find something I want to photograph when I’m out and about, I don’t have my camera with me. But, this was one of those times where laziness pays off — I hadn’t unloaded my camera bag from the car after my daughter’s soccer game.
Snap, snap, snap!
I love the light and color in this photo. I didn’t set out to take a monochrome photo, it just sort of happened. But my favorite thing about the photo is the keys . . . still in the ignition.
Nikon D800
ISO 125 | 70mm | f/8.0 | 1/100 sec
Salud!
Very cool photo!!
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Thanks, Suzanne! Cheers!!
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Great shot!
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Thanks so much . . . Salud!!
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love the angle you chose. GREAT shot!
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Thanks so much, Lisa . . . this is one of my personal favorites, too! (I’m still trying to recover from that Nebraska game on Saturday . . . urgh!) Salud!!
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I was out on a dirt road, and didn’t watch a single minute of it. My father-in-law started a group text about the game and he included me. My phone was going CRAZY while I was standing out there. It sounded like a forehead-slamming, nail-biting game.
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Only the last 8 minutes were “good” . . . and then they fell apart on the first play of OT. There’s always this week, right??
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Great photo! I’m originally from Fauquier Co, miss it so much!
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Thanks so much!! We moved here 10 years ago from Fairfax . . . best decision ever!! Salud!
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