I was actually looking for people camping at local parks, thinking there might be a good story on people who camp in the winter. Finding the park in Monitor closed for the season, I took the loop through Monitor toward Sleepy Hollow Bridge looking for something interesting.

I found the possibility of a good pattern shot with pruners in an orchard but needed to get above them for the best angle. I talked to a homeowner and got permission to take pictures from their property then waited for the pruner to get to a spot in my frame where the composition of the picture would be best - putting them in one of the corners of the picture, definitely not in the center.

I made 77 pictures over 20 minutes, each photograph improving as Luis Trujillo moved up a row of trees.