Not Exactly Pixie Dust...

I happened to see this tractor meticulously plowing the fields behind my home, the dust rising and catching the late afternoon sunshine as I wandered into my hallway.  I grabbed my camera and waited on the deck until I caught t he perfect moment.

It almost looks magical.

Almost.


I kept the foreground of the picture dark to help keep the emphasis on the dust.  I also manually cropped the image.  I do like to stay in "traditional" sized for portraits, but in nearly everything else, cropping to a nonstandard size can make a boring shot look great.

Not Exactly Pixie Dust...

1/320s                   f/32.0                    ISO: 3200

EOS Canon Digital Rebel T2i

Captured on 09-12-2011 in Oxnard, CA