‘Race against time’ by Dominic Vacher, 2nd prize winner in the South Downs National Park Photo Competition 2018/19 Dominic, from Brighton, says: “There had been a long hot and dry spell for weeks but the forecast predicted a dramatic change with heavy rain and wind imminent. The farmer was clearly taking heed and working frantically to get his crops harvested before the weather turned. I returned the next day hoping to find a classic scene with the field scattered with bales but alas, the farmer had come back early and scooped them up and off to storage, away from the heavy rain.” “I love the pace, lines and colours of Dominic’s photo” says competition judge Finn Hopson, local photographer and owner of Brighton Photography Gallery. “This is the life of a farmer, out working in the National Park in 2018 and yet it captures the feeling of those old war time photos designed to remind people of what a special place the South Downs is.”