Two farmers sitting in the shade of an old tree sheltering from the burning sun at the road side up to Alagar Kovil. The chicken was tied up with a rope.

At noon most farmers take a break often having a nap in the early afternoon after lunch at one o'clock.

I wondered if my camera could cope with the high contrasty light by going to high iso, so here the result with a slight local reducing grains on the darkest points, their faces. Many are afraid to use high iso's for grain, the 5D doesn't worry that much about it as long the exposure is right.