Of all the places that Hilary and I travelled to in Cuba, I think Vinales was probably my favourite. We went to Vinales directly after Havana and the quiet and calm of the small town and countryside was a total relief from the overwhelm of Havana.

Vinales is known for its tobacco farming and everywhere that you look there are fields being worked by animals and Cuban farmers with straw hats.

This picture was taken on a small road just outside of Vinales when we went on a horseback ride with the owner of the Casa Particular. We stopped to look quickly at a small section of limestone caves and I looked back and saw this lone tree with a donkey sitting beneath it in the shade. It was a typical Cuban sight, but with the lone tree, the fence and the dusty dirt, it looked complete.

There is a composition rule in photography called the rule of thirds that everyone learns about. The idea is that we can draw an imaginary grid on any photo with two horizontal lines and two vertical lines placed on the thirds of the photo. And the eye is drawn to where these lines intersect. Because of this, we try to place horizon lines on the horizonal 1/3 or 2/3 lines if possible and the main objects in a photo are places on these intersections. This photo is a good example of how this balance works as the tree is placed nearly exactly on one of these intersections which gives the photo an overall balance.