This farmer walked by as I was kneeling down to shoot the "guarding the path" scene. I snapped him in a reflex. I like his strong posture (allmost like a sculpture) so I wanted to work with this image. Since I had everything in manual everything came out somewhat dark, it took quite some PS to tweak the image. Used the same techique as in "guarding the path II" to paint him.
Sony Cybershot 1/320s f/2.8 at 10.2mm iso100
full exif
Really neat that you captured this moment of crossing. I too like the expression... and the "bigger than life" perspective of the farmer. Nicely composed as well. Again, I like the interesting effect here; but I'd probably like it without the effect too. Nice photo, Hewy. MFC