Hay Rake Milton Farm Museum Milton, NH

This hay cutter which had been sitting in a field at the Farm Museum in Milton, NH seemed to have been prominently displayed like a piece of agricultural sculpture. I often stopped to photograph it, but had the most fun employing this technique that was taught to me by renowned photographer Tony Sweet. Google him to see some of the most creative methods of composition. This particular technique involved zooming from a long focal length to a shorter one during a long exposure. To reduce your shutter speed for the long exposure try using a combination of low ISO, narrow aperture, or adding a neutral density filter to your lens. This actually employed a polarizing filter later in the evening allowing me to use a wide aperture of f/2.8. That helped to separate it from the background. A slight pause during the exposure before zooming will help define the subject. Otherwise it just looks like the screen on the Starship Enterprise at warp speed.