Hot Bed!
This worker was taking a midday nap on the back of a truck loaded with chillies that were about to be dried. We were in the Thar Desert, Rajasthan when we came across about an acre of bright red chillies spread out on the sand in the sun to dry – a truly spectacular sight!
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Basia McAuley
Awesome capture! What a sight! Love the crispness of the image, you can see every individual chillie, well done!
Sharon Hammond
What a great shot. Splendid!
Phil Thomson IPA
Excellent Image, Heather !!! Great perspective, crisp and sharp and beautiful lighting !! When you gotta rest , you gotta rest. No matter where or when!!
Globalphotos
Excellent capture, love this :))
Travis Easton
Fantastic and memorable pic and story.
Gerard Rotse
This is a hot one. Well done.
bites
wow excellent!
Sharon Bishop
Another great shot -ideal title.
Mel Brackstone
Wow, what a great shot, Heather!
rochelle
great shot!!
sparklehen
the red looks amazing!
felixx
excellent photo! Just hope he doesn’t rub his eyes on waking !!
velveteagle
This fellow must work so hard.. Great capture for sure..
Richard Shepherd
This is an excellent shot Heather, pin sharp and great textures / colours. Right place at the right time, well done!
~Shepy
cbrook
What a unique photo op … well captured
Dharna
Oh wow, look at all those CHILLIES!! Just fantastic.
The song “Burning ring of fire” comes to mind.
brian pendrey
GREAT CAPTURE AND TITLE
micmac
So special,I love the title ,he looks so comfortable,fabulous shot.
RLHall
Great capture. lol
Geraldine Lefoe
Congrats Heather – love the title too!
Allison Lane
Fabulous capture.
Peter Marin
I knew there was a reason I didn’t eat chillies lol. Hope you had a memorable trip Heather and bagged lots of keepers.
liak
Excellent capture!
Heather Hartkamp
Thanks for the feedback everyone – I’m slogging my way slowly through the 30GB of images I brought back – but loving every minute of it!!!!
coffeebean
That is a superb capture, very unique, lovely clarity and detail in all your work, you have great talent
Annais Brindel
wonderfull work.composition is excellent.,i love your style
linaji
Great eye I really love ;your perspective on lovely india:0)
Stephen Colquitt
Such a great title to go with this remarkable image. Straight to my favs!
Noor Y
oh wow.. I can only image how strong the smell of the chillies is..
great shot..
Kiwikiwi
Great opportunistic photo.
Maya -
Awesome photo!
wellman
an absolute cracker!
frankc
Keep coming back to this pic… love it!
justineb
Great picture Heather! I saw this yesterday in the Sydney Morning Herald travel section! Well done to you!
dianestroud
i just received my print! thanks so much, he will love it!
DaveBassett
Cool… Now that’s what you call a ‘hot’ bed.
amulya
What a shot ! Wonderful !
Vikram Franklin
Congrats on placing first! Wonderful image and great timing!!
mrjaws
Well done Heather, its a great image.
clizzio
Excellent Shot!
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pugazhraj
nice shot!!!
Pip Gerard
this is absolutely sensational!! what a capture!!
I’m a little speechless… I love it that much!!