Space and form ...

I was distracted by the beautiful lighting of this composition during a recent unconnected photo shoot on a National Trust farm in Cambridgeshire and just had to return once the assignment was completed to capture it for my own 'artistic' satisfaction. Its simplicity in form is enhanced by the space around the main point of focus - the machinery. I composed the image so that the trees in the background encourage the viewer's gaze to draw towards the top of the conveyor belt - asking you to decide if it carries on skywards or drops down to earth. The machine - which is side lit - appears almost abstract, thanks to the soft, low winter sun. Sitting isolated in the landscape, it begs the question: has it been abandoned to gently decay or will it be called upon again to assist in future harvests when seasons dictate? The middle background band of mist helps to remove detail which would distract from the foreground.