Old farm equipment- a plow

[Dennis]

http://mysite.verizon.net/dennisdietz/photos/old%20plow800x400.jpgWhat do you all think of this one?

http://mysite.verizon.net/dennisdietz/photos/old%20plow600x400.jpg

[maddog10]

I like the composition of this shot.

[Dennis]

Thank you Michael. Its straight from the camera too, only resized and cropped.

[chubasco]

Dennis,
I would've included more of the left cultivator wheel (just see the tip in the
foreground). The light unfortunately caught the bush on the left which is
very distracting, pulls the eye right to it when viewing. I would like to see
a shot where if you're looking at the plow head-on, position yourself at
5 o'clock (camera is perpendicular to the stamp on the plow) and crop the
bush on left completely out of the picture. Here's where a fast lens would
win the day, where you could wait say 30 minutes to an hour, have only
ambient light, no sunlight hitting anything, and shooting at f1.4-f2. Would
give you some foreground bokeh (grass stems blurred) which would make a
nice effect. This was shot at f5.6, try one as wide-open as the lens will go
to see what you get. Use aperture priority.

The 2nd pic is a white box with red "x"....

[chubasco]

Actually, the bush on the left, I would physically remove it if you plan to
take more pictures, and you should since this is a great subject!

[Dennis]

Bill, thanks for the input. It is very helpful, as always. I'll try your suggestions later.

There is only supposed to be one photo so I don't know what the second box is about. I don't see anything on my browser except for the photo I posted.

[Dracofish]

Love the showdowing and texture of the equipment! However, the bush to the left and the twig towards the center are distracting to the eye, IMO.