Workhorse

Posted by Rhys (Darlington, United Kingdom) on 12 April 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Both Redcar and Saltburn have these amazing tractors which pull the small boats up the beach. How on earth they manage to run I don't know, they appear to be cobbled together with bits of string, cardboard and sackcloth.
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Comments (28)

djedfre from schaumburg, United States

beautiful shot - wouldn't change a thing!

12 Apr 2008 6:42am

Scotfot from Kabul, Afghanistan

A very powerful image, I like the contrast between the tractor on the sand/sea/sky background - they seem detached!

12 Apr 2008 6:49am

saeeda from Tehran, Iran

very nice bw photo ! thank you !

12 Apr 2008 6:56am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Amazing b/w shot, well taken.

12 Apr 2008 8:05am

Alun Lambert from Cheshire, United Kingdom

what a great image. you wouldn't think you could make a tractor look so good.

12 Apr 2008 8:14am

QUIM from Lisboa, Portugal

Thank you for your comment on my photoblog.Has you could see I use always color but I must say: YOUR BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS, LIKE THIS WORK FORCE, ARE SUPERB! congratulations

12 Apr 2008 8:19am

@QUIM: cheers! I must admit I really do prefer b/w, colour sometimes 'gets in the way' (for me anyway). Although I have a couple of colour shots coming up over the next few days (unless I decide to convert them to mono!!).

zOOm from Paris, France

Powerful black and white, nicely contrasted. And wide angle is clearly adding force to the whole composition.

12 Apr 2008 9:18am

@zOOm: thanks- another plus of the 5D means that with the Full Frame wide really is wide.

Anthony from Bielefeld, Germany

As always a great shot.The tractor looms in the forground and yet another great sky.

12 Apr 2008 9:29am

Pedro from Spain

has conseguido un blanco y negro espectacular, el cielo es fantástico. nice photo.

12 Apr 2008 9:36am

Betty from New Jersey, United States

Great shot!

12 Apr 2008 10:40am

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

A friend of mine (QUIM) drew my attention to your photoblog. It seems to me that you belong to the current trend in British Photography (it's not hard to find out your nationality, but I mean the style, the themes). Very creative.
As with regard to the present image, this is a powerful one.

12 Apr 2008 11:04am

@António Pires: thank you- that means a lot.

Observing from Chester, United Kingdom

It's a cracking shot Rhys. Brilliant processing.

12 Apr 2008 12:01pm

drphoto from Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

A beautifully detailed and starangely forboding picture. Love that black sky.

Dan

12 Apr 2008 12:02pm

mal from Botswana

fantastic tone. mal

12 Apr 2008 2:52pm

Oswegan from Lake Oswego, United States

What a terrific image. You could say this was taken on the surface of the moon and I would probably believe you.

12 Apr 2008 3:55pm

@Oswegan: Ah! I think you've described Redcar perfectly, it has several similarities with the Moon- alien, cold, lifeless and scattered with litter left by visitors!!

Hoopand from Tehran, Iran

wow! its perfect! i'll buy one of these! :D

12 Apr 2008 5:38pm

mohammad from Bandar abbass, Iran

very nice shot ilike it

12 Apr 2008 5:43pm

Will from Gainesville, United States

great shot...composition, detail and tones:)

12 Apr 2008 6:18pm

Wysterior from Kloten, Switzerland

Brilliant photo, did you use a filter (IR) or is it all done in postprocessing?

12 Apr 2008 9:06pm

@Wysterior: No IR filter- this was taken on a really sunny morning (about 9.30am) the sun was at 90 degrees to the tractor - so the sky was really quite blue. I just used the b/w adjustment layer conversion in CS3 and added a curved adjustment layer to boost some of the contrast.

ZmAjEvA from Belgrade,

Love the black sky, makes special atmosphere!

12 Apr 2008 9:25pm

zecarlos from Lisboa, Portugal

Great B/W. Brilliant.

12 Apr 2008 9:25pm

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

Brilliant shot, Rhys ... the tones throughout the shot are incredible!

13 Apr 2008 12:08am

Sharon from Brooklyn, United States

Such a good conversion. Lovely crisp and sharp. I never thought a tractor could be so interesting to look at!

13 Apr 2008 3:40am

Daniel from kenmare, United States

nice one yo

13 Apr 2008 4:45am

Garibaldi from Sala al Barro, Italy

Great shot, it looks like a movie frame, simply perfect in making people feeling the alien atmosphere. Rests of a civilization.
Wonderful photo, perfectly captured, framed and valued.

13 Apr 2008 9:07am