Roll Out The Barrell

The farmers were busy the last few days baling all the grass that had been cut. I always like how the fields look when they are peppered with these huge round bales of hay.

[Elizabeth Youngs]

Great composition and tones! Love it!

[Kerri]

Great use of black and white

[Lydia]

We buy those for our horses every summer. Something for them to munch on between their "real meals." Great shot!

[bruni]

I must be so behind in everything. thought it kinda early to the new bales..oh well I don't even know how any of my flowers in my garden are doing. shouldn't the peonies be about ready to bloom.
you got a good shot of the bales and the closeup one.

[GPix]

Mono does this justice. I see many of the big round bales now - we used to bale our own hay with the square bales

[Melissa Pike]

I love it when the fields are full of hay bales too. Great shot!

[Terry]

good shot of this bale, I too like to see them scattered through the field

[Pam Hawkes]

Nice shot and it looks good in black and white.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great b/w- perfect for those hay bales!

[Kimmi]

Nice shot

[Shanne]

those textures are amazing, really beautifully brought out by the b&w

[Jane Hyde]

As others have said but b&w is perfect for this - love the composition

[Birgit]

Lovely shot!

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful in B&W, Rick.

[Denise]

Fabulous texture and contrast Rick.

[cglist]

Wonderful composition - love the b&w here!

[Sabine]

love this in black and white !

[Mrs. Smith]

Great perspective! I like the beauty of this rural scene, too.

[Allison Williams]

It's a great day for the neat freaks like me! They look so tidy.

[Mike Llewellyn]

Great title. Love the compo and really like this in black and white.

[Laurie Higgins]

I love haying season and this photo is beautiful, Rick. It really looks fabulous in b&w. That rain you warned me about arrived today. It's supposed to be rainy all the way until Friday, so I'm thinking about trying a b&w week.

[Paul Myers]

Excellent composition Rick. I'll bet this was a tough one either way, because you probably were dealing with a lot of tans in the color version of this.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

Oh, I like this with the black and white!

[Shirley Banford]

Very nicely done.

[Carolyn Sue]

reminds me of home....!

[Ken Lemieux]

Good processing choice

[Sandie Reardon]

Love your title, Rick, and how perfectly the texture stands out in black and white. Very nice composition, too. All-in-all, a fav for me.

[Ade Akinyede]

actually does look like its rolling from the right to left of the frame; great shot and composition

[Denise Breimeir]

I love huge hay bales. I've always wanted to photograph them but never have. This is lovely!

[hellcat]

Hay baling is such a labor intensive job. This has such an great atmosphere to it.

[Netkonnexion]

That's great, I love those bails of hay too. Nice capture.

[Constance Brinkley]

Great shot.

[Carolyn White]

Gorgeous composition!

[Matthew Ballew]

looove the flatness of this. great pov!

[Donna]

wonderful processing in black and white with really cool composition!

[Brad Johnson]

Nice shot.

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Fav! I love the b and w, the textures, the shapes, the dof! Is it sprinkling? It almost seems like there are rain sprinkles coming down.....

[Kathy]

Love this!

[Arnold Garza]

You do know the joke behind these round bails...right?

Dpt. of Ag is deeming it unlawful to feed cattle these round bails of hay...Why? Because they're no longer getting a square meal!! LOL!!!! Sorry, I had to.

[Rick Schies]

@weekendhacker Oh, good one. That is the first I heard that one Arnold.

[Fritz]

I love hay shots

[Thom Mitchell]

Me, too, but I have never had the determination to pull over and snap. (Looks like it was raining.)

[Lois P]

Me too. It always looks good.