John Deere Combine 1 by Gary Hamburgh - All Rights Reserved
When shooting harvest in the Palouse not only are you treated to some beautiful landscape, but the various colors of the farm equipment adds to your images.
John Deere Combine 2 by Gary Hamburgh - All Rights Reserved
John Deere combine 3 by Gary Hamburgh - All Rights Reserved
In this post I am going to mainly just share images with you that were taken during the wheat harvest last week in the Palouse. The harvests showing the John Deere and Case combines were shot near Steptoe Butte. Each of the growers that was using these two brands was harvesting between 8500 and 10,000 acres. These are large operations and involve several combines and trucks at each location.
Case IH Combine 3 by Gary Hamburgh - All Rights Reserved
Case IH Combine by Gary Hamburgh - All Rights Reserved
Case IH Combine 1 by Gary Hamburgh - All Rights Reserved
The harvest showing the Gleaner equipment was shot near Dayton, WA. They were harvesting only 4500 acres and using two combines. In this process a tractor pulls a wagon up to the high country where the grain is emptied then the tractor pulls the wagon down to where it is loaded in a truck.
Gleaner Combine 2 by Gary Hamburgh - All Rights Reserved
Gleaner Combine 1 by Gary Hamburgh - All Rights Reserved
Gleaner Combine 3 by Gary Hamburgh - All Rights Reserved
The dog in the last picture belongs to the man driving the combine. He runs with the combine all day, every day during the harvest.
Try to get to the Palouse to photograph the harvest. It is a colorful scene and very interesting to observe. Hopefully the images in this post let you experience some of the process and scenery that is involved during the wheat harvest.
The Palouse Guy 
Hi there, Like your pictures!! I am from the UK and spent 3 months in 2002 photographing the wheat harvest from Texas all the way up to Montana and especially in the Palouse, WA too. My favourite region. Have a look at my website if you like (www.sjatkinson.com -which is a work in progress) and has a selection of the photos I took, including the Palouse.