malcy_p Posted August 29, 2008 Author Posted August 29, 2008 The sky looks very leaden in the second photo... rain tomorrow? Quote
malcy_p Posted August 29, 2008 Author Posted August 29, 2008 Soon went totally dark - but still strangely hot and humid. Quote
Kiwi6920 Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Love the pics malc, never seen a combine working in the dark in person, been in sialge choppers at dark many a times, Quote
CX820Joe Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 These are great pics - for some reason combining never went on too late when i lived at Bagley, mostly until about 9pm - marshy area so I suppose the dew must have come down quite quick...though I can remember when the Laverda M132 (no cab) was out till late, getting on for 11pm - but the owners of it were nicknamed the Midnight farmers. When Suckleys were renting the big fields by us though they came in to lift the spuds one night about 10pm and were gone the next morning! They did everything on a big scale though, their manure spreader was a converted lorry which flung the muck around at about 40mph! (More like 'Night time rambling' from Joe here \) Quote
JohnP Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 well done ! I have a few like that but not nearly so clear and sharp. Quote
marshman Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 brillant pics, tryed to take some of a lexion yesterday but all you can see is two small lights, i dont think our camra is up to night time combine hunting Quote
JohnP Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 one other tip is to try and catch the combine before it is too dark, so that there is some light on the thing without relying on the lights (and I take squillions f pictures !) Quote
malcy_p Posted August 30, 2008 Author Posted August 30, 2008 These guys were running 'til 2.00am for a few nights this week - the dust was still flying when I was there about midnight so dew was not a problem then but the soil hereabouts is very light and sandy so I guess that helped. I put a few night time photo tips in another thread - http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=23559.msg457398#msg457398 - which might help! Give it a go and lets see your results! /malc. Quote
malcy_p Posted August 30, 2008 Author Posted August 30, 2008 Oh, in case I haven't mentioned it before, there are loads of day and night photos from my combine hunting at www.malcp.com if people are really stuck for something to look at! /m. Quote
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