Jose Chica foreman of Dragt Farms irrigates a silage field on Ave. 296 near the Tulare/Kings County line © Visalia Times-Delta.

Just before was about to start my 45 minute commute to work, my photo editor called me and told me that news was slow and they had a huge hole in the front page. Assignment was to get “free art” something weather themed as we had had an odd combo of rain followed by clear skies, followed by rain again, all in the same day.

I saw this image as a sped past at 60 mph, turned around, took the image, got his name and was back on the road, only added 15 minutes to my drive to work. My photo editor was very pleased with the image, as it was exactly what he wanted. My turnaround time on the assignment was so fast that the page editor went from not knowing how to fill his page to having his page ready to go 6 hours before deadline.