Wuffler
Also know as a Haybob, Grass Conditioner, Straw Turner, Fluffer.... I'm sure you get the picture but personally I like Wuffler as a Fluffer has taken on a more ...
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Also know as a Haybob, Grass Conditioner, Straw Turner, Fluffer.... I'm sure you get the picture but personally I like Wuffler as a Fluffer has taken on a more modern meaning!
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Aug, 2013Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
This photo was taken on the outskirts of Bath, just of freezing mill lane, looking towards Bristol.Time
I took the photo around sunset. It had been tanking down with rain a few minutes earlier and the clouds parted to reveal a gorgeous orange sky.Lighting
Without wanting to sound to arty I dropped the shutter speed a little to get some movement in the clouds to contrast with the sharp prongs of the wuffler (its used for flicking hay or straw around to help it dry in case you were wondering...).Equipment
This was shot with my Olympus OMD on a metal gorillapod tripod.Inspiration
I originally just wanted to add a little foreground interest to a landscape shot but ended up making the wuffler the main subject - having grown up on a farm many years ago I have a strange fondness for farm equipment.Editing
I did a reasonable amount of post processing on this as with a relatively dark foreground and sunny background I had to adjust contrast and I also stripped out some of the colours to shift it half way to a black and white and remove some of the colour distractions.In my camera bag
I tend to travel fairly light on kit - typically a lens cloth, gorillapod tripod, an nd filter and one other lens from my collection. Occasionally I’ll add a flash and a bounce to wrap around it if I’m doing urban exploration or people.Feedback
Generally, when it comes to landscapes, it’s either sunset or sunrise for me and ideally with some decent broken clouds in the sky. It tends to rain a fair bit in the UK, which helps! The most challenging thing is getting the exposure right when the sun is so bright and positioning something just in front of the main body of the sun can give you a bit more scope.
