Although I wouldn't consider hay bales to be a particularly interesting subject, yet I found that I liked the backlight in this image because it brings clarity to the outline of the bail, highlighting the hay as it protrudes from the bail in all directions. I also like the lens flare because it almost gives the image a hot and dusty feel, which is exactly what I think of when I see a hay bail. The grass in the foreground gives context as to the location of the bail, still out in the field waiting to be picked up. Though I won't claim this to be a great photograph, hopefully what I've done by choosing this angle for shooting is taken a very boring subject and made it more interesting, or at least captured it in a way that most people haven't seen it. If nothing else, that should be our objective in photography. Though our subject may be overused and boring (who wants to see a photo of a hay bail?), yet the challenge is to portray it in a different light, bringing out a characteristic that maybe was missed before, or possibly to bring new meaning to the subject altogether. If you can do it with a hay bail, then you can do it with just about anything.
