Bale Out

Photograph info: Saw this sign today and thought it was an excellent example of farmer humor.

(Don't shoot the messenger.)

Camera settings and post-processing: Shot with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and the Canon 50mm f/1.2L lens at ISO 200, f/8, 1/500s. Camera JPEG, basic S curves adjustment.

Thank you for visiting Durham Township!

-- Kathleen

Comments

How clever! How sad!

Posted by Donna on October 11, 2009 11:00 PM

Some funny folks around there in your area :-) Beautiful capture as well with those brilliant colors.

Posted by Mirko Herzner on October 12, 2009 1:05 AM

Your image is the proof that the U.S. of A. still are the country of unlimited possibilities - everybody can have his/her bailout, and I guess the banks will accept this as willingly as they accepted missing collaterals not so long ago!

Posted by Markus Spring on October 12, 2009 2:14 AM

That's pretty funny!

Posted by Marcene on October 12, 2009 9:04 AM

the last hay-rah

funniest op ed
ever I saw
leads one to wonder
is that the last straw?

another thought
not so funny
who'll ever know
where went the money?

Posted by David Tinnon on October 12, 2009 10:36 AM

Great statement by the farmer but hey he got more then me! LOL. Glad you posted this as it's a nice twist of humor.

Posted by Dan Creighton on October 12, 2009 11:34 AM

Makes me smile. Better to be able to laugh than cry.

Posted by Laurie on October 12, 2009 2:15 PM

A very clever play on words (and visuals), and I do feel sorry for the farmers. Here in upstate New York the dairy farmers are suffering something awful and it's a wonder that they haven't all been put out of business already, with milk prices currently at 1970s prices! They really could use a bailout right about now...

Posted by Judith Polakoff on October 12, 2009 5:05 PM

Glad the farmer still has a great sense of humor :)
Made me smile.

Posted by Ruth Taylor on October 12, 2009 5:10 PM


Good lighting and a curious lineup .. the result strikes the observer, good job.

greetings!

Posted by Raul on October 15, 2009 6:22 PM

Great angle for the shot. I might steal this idea for my own yard. ;)

Posted by Wendy on October 15, 2009 9:32 PM

Hay que tener sentido del humor, y este agricultor lo tiene... buena iluminacion.
Saludos.

Posted by Alex on October 16, 2009 3:15 PM

Hah :D
Great catch, and nice sense of humor there.
Love it, thank you for sharing :)

Posted by Ilan on October 17, 2009 5:27 AM

I'm back from the beach, enjoyed two weeks of rest.
While I left David T. to advance the poem quest.
With candor and rhyme
He well-spent the time,
Fully passing the verse writing test.

Posted by JPH on October 19, 2009 6:58 AM

Jon, Whew, glad you're back and I can relax. I hope you had an excellent hiatus! Can I download my diploma now? (Whil'st you re-acclimate yourself to Kathleen's world of Agri-Politicus Graphicus!)

Posted by David Tinnon on October 19, 2009 10:54 AM

Funny folks in your neighborhood.

Posted by ffocuss on November 6, 2009 6:50 PM

hahaha, great find

Posted by pierre on February 6, 2010 12:17 PM
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