Tom Brott
May 2026 - The pruner
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This image was taken several weeks ago while visiting a winery in central New Jersey. I found this gentleman in a small peach orchard pruning some of the new growth on the trees so when the fruit was ripening on the branches they would not get too heavy and break the branches and hurting the trees. I likes the effect the sun was then highlighting the new growth and blossoms now just starting. I used spot metering to try and capture as much of his face as possible through the branches while also trying to show him in action along with the tools he was using.
Canon R5, f/8, 1/1250 second, ISO 2000, 500mm lens and hand held. I know the ISO was a bit high but the sun was darting in and out of the clouds very rapidly in the later afternoon.
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