It didn't take me long to make my mind up - for a change.
My new pocket / compact camera is the Canon G5 X MkII.
After patiently waiting for the battery to charge I took it with us on our after tea walk down the lane. Took quite a few test shots and a couple of pieces of video.
This was taken at 1080p FHD 25 fps., hand held. The camera can take 4K resolution but that will have to wait for another day. The strip of b/w down the right on the thumbnail appears to be a YouTube artefact as it doesn't exist on the actual video. Hopefully some still photos tomorrow once I have processed them as they were all taken in RAW.
Showing posts with label Plough. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plough. Show all posts
Thursday, 3 September 2020
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Time for a Breather
Farmers are working long hours to bring in the present harvest and then prepare the ground for the next crop. This tractor driver looked as though he was taking a well earned break:
I see that tractors still have CB aerials. Years ago I used to listen to them putting the world to rights. At least it relieves the loneliness and possible boredom of what must be a monotonous task.
That is quite some plough:
Nice to see the stubble ploughed in to rot down in the soil. Hard to remember the days when it was burned off and the village would be covered in sooty pieces when the wind blew in our direction. I must admit it was quite an amazing sight at night looking across to the higher ground and seeing many fields on fire. I'll never forget one terrifying time when I suddenly found myself driving through the choking smoke from a field fire and couldn't see the end of the car bonnet let alone the road or any possible obstructions.
I see that tractors still have CB aerials. Years ago I used to listen to them putting the world to rights. At least it relieves the loneliness and possible boredom of what must be a monotonous task.
That is quite some plough:
Nice to see the stubble ploughed in to rot down in the soil. Hard to remember the days when it was burned off and the village would be covered in sooty pieces when the wind blew in our direction. I must admit it was quite an amazing sight at night looking across to the higher ground and seeing many fields on fire. I'll never forget one terrifying time when I suddenly found myself driving through the choking smoke from a field fire and couldn't see the end of the car bonnet let alone the road or any possible obstructions.
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Not a Bank Holiday for Everyone
Last week one of the nearby fields was harvested. Yesterday, August Bank Holiday, it was being ploughed in preparation for the next crop:
As far as I can tell this is a chisel plough used for deep ploughing on compacted soil. It breaks up the soil letting air in but it doesn't turn the soil so as to retain moisture. Also it leaves the stubble on top to rot down slowly which acts as a mulch to help retain moisture.
Today it was still a hive of activity, the plough being swapped for a disc harrow.
As usual the work had attracted the attention of a few gulls:.
Unfortunately the activity was on the far side of the field on a hazy morning.
Meanwhile in a quieter part of the field something else was seeing what it could glean from the freshly ploughed land:
Not much escapes the attention of a carrion crow.
As far as I can tell this is a chisel plough used for deep ploughing on compacted soil. It breaks up the soil letting air in but it doesn't turn the soil so as to retain moisture. Also it leaves the stubble on top to rot down slowly which acts as a mulch to help retain moisture.
Today it was still a hive of activity, the plough being swapped for a disc harrow.
As usual the work had attracted the attention of a few gulls:.
Unfortunately the activity was on the far side of the field on a hazy morning.
Meanwhile in a quieter part of the field something else was seeing what it could glean from the freshly ploughed land:
Not much escapes the attention of a carrion crow.
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