Thursday, November 5, 2009

Hay mucho hay

You may not know that I am the world's leading hay photographer.  Few people even realize the existence of such a field.  (Haha - a small agricultural joke there!)  It's a small but fiercely competitive arena, where the men are real men and the hay bales are rectangular prisms made from dry grass.  Well, that's what hay was like when I was a youngster.  These days it's all rounded, curvy and sensual.  Alluring and inviting while also distant and unobtainable, these cylindrical bales are a perfect foil for the camera.  Here are some images from my latest shoot:




See the hay frolicking in the wild!  Defiant, fresh, free - the spirit of the hay can never be downtrodden!






Hay isn't the social type, but it never gets lonely.  Friends are never too far away but until then it's time for some relaxation and quiet contemplation.  Hmmm.




 Hay can prosper and flourish in such a wide variety of environments, from paddocks to fields to farms.  Amazing! Its go-anywhere, do-anything attitude is why it seems to be everywhere you look!.




Here we can see that the hay is wearing little white jackets - so clever, so cute, so now!

Keep an eye out for hay in your neighbourhood.  Something tells me that you'll be getting to know hay a lot better real soon now...

2 comments:

idevour said...

I haz hay bales too. Mine are Victorian hay bales. Indicated by the location, not the architectural design.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23897282@N00/2239703513/

PTR said...

Nice picture. It looks like the Lesser or Striated Hay Bale. Down this way we get the Southern Crested Hay Bale.