This watermelon field was being harvested this morning. It was pretty neat to watch. A conveyer belt picked up the melons and sent them through a turbine in the back that just tore them to shreds and spat out watermelon guts. I really couldn't figure it out at first, but then the guy working there told me that they were actually harvesting the seeds! All these melons are way over-ripe, so I guess that's when the seeds are best. In the background of the photo you can sort of see some of the harvested rows; it's pretty blurry because I used my lowest aperture and just focused on the front melon with the yellow skin. The red areas in the upper left are the leftover watermelon shells.
f/5.6, 1/100, 200mm
