# Drought **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** non-nature\ **Created:** [July 11, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/drought/51458 "2026-07-11T19:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Han\_Schutten](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/han_schutten/32/72686_2.png) [@Han\_Schutten](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Han_Schutten)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/drought/51458/1 "2026-07-11T19:03:35Z")
![Original - Dubbroek_IMGP7163_DxO-3.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/c/0/c0f4bcb20e635bccf383c300592e1bc6e7d4fa37.jpeg) **Critique Style:** Standard The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below. **Feedback Focus:** Artistic / Expressive ### About This Image A farmer is irrigating crops with a rotating pulse sprinkler. This was shot about an hour before sunset, with a low standing sun backlighting the water beam. Wind helped to disperse the water. I waited until the water beam was in front of the dark trees. ### Feedback Requested I am most interested in feedback about mood and composition. Any other feedback is always welcome as well. ### Technical Details Camera: PENTAX K-3 Mark III Focal length: 85mm Shutter speed: 1/16000s Aperture: f/8 ISO: 800 Processing: I kept the image rather dark and the shadows intentionally without detail. There was a small cloud in the sky, that I removed because I felt it was distracting. Behind the water beam there were a few greenhouses, that showed through the trees a bit. I cloned them out (bright distractions). The color is a bit off, but I like the mood it conveys. ---
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/drought/51458/2 "2026-07-18T13:25:32Z")
Keeping the shadows dark was a good call since it highlights the time of day and the water so well. I put a crop suggestion up that I feel strengthens the composition. We have a ton of these around since there is so much farming, but I’ve never photographed one working the fields. Such a strong story with this shot - it has so much presence and is of its time and place. ## Visual Notes [Crop] Not sure we need more than this. ![visual notes](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/3/f/3f7765b114f27885c8ebcad76af9f3bcfff981c8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Han\_Schutten](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/han_schutten/32/72686_2.png) [@Han\_Schutten](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Han_Schutten)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/drought/51458/3 "2026-07-18T20:01:13Z")
Thanks @Kris_Smith for your suggestion. You are right, the image can use (another) crop. I started with a still wider image and a more pano format, that gave some more information about the surroundings. I decided that I had to crop. But I apparently wasn’t ready to go further away from the starting point 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Huw\_Thomas](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/huw_thomas/32/87850_2.png) [@Huw\_Thomas](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Huw_Thomas)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/drought/51458/4 "2026-07-18T20:53:11Z")
lovely light and composition. Monochrome works too and maybe high contrast, although I prefer colour ![Dubbroek_IMGP7163_DxO-3 mono](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/f/8/f8497465a623c71a25b9f822fdf0174b9df42662.jpeg)