Exploring the Barley Field
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A short series exploring a Barley field.
I often pass this field when I am out cycling and love the colours, especially in the evening light, with its change from vibrant green to a dusty but creamy pale golden brown.
I love that each stalk changes from upright to bent over as the weight of the seed increases.
There is beauty in everything if we just notice it.
I hope you will feel the warmth and movement, see the shapes and enjoy the insect treasures too.
More tomorrow
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A beautiful set, Helen.
Thanks Melanie.. I have just been catching up with some of your lovely work 🙂
Lovely photos and bokeh.
Thnaks Lignum and welcome to my blog 🙂
“There is beauty in everything if we just notice it.” – a fundamental of a photographer is to show this beauty. You have succeeded here.
Aww that’s a lovely thing to say Stephen.. thank you.
Beautiful series of shots Helen. Love the sense of wispiness in them.
Thanks David.. they do have a wispy appearance and yet they are coarse to touch
This is a fine selection Helen. You have captured the essence of a barley field in its various ‘moods’ as well as showing the ‘character’ of a barley seedhead. I particularly like the first – the rhythms, the lines, the counterpoint, the countless shades of green, the contrasting textures etc etc. It would make an excellent stand alone picture – but so would two, three and four!!
There are more to come Louis but I thought if I placed them all individually people would get rather tired of looking at them every day!
Such decisions are difficult when you are so prolific!!!
You know me Louis when I get a bit of a fixation on something I like to do it to death!
lovely pictures
Thanks ToGG and welcome 🙂
Such a lovely sequence
Aww thanks Rosie.
A lovely series Helen. It beautifully shows the variation of images that barley can produce. We walked past a great deal of barley today, but I don’t think I will be posting any of my shots.
Why not Dave ?
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I like them all but particularly that first shot 🙂
Thank you Stillwalks and welcome to my blog.. I hope you’ll have a mooch about 🙂
Nice pictures, Helen, and you’re right in there with “There is beauty in everything if we just notice it.”. I find the third image down very striking – it looks like a horde or herd of somethings, making off into the distance with great urgency. Adrian
Great imagination Adrian and I can see what you mean on that 3rd shot
Beautiful movement and moods!
Thanks Scilla..
The transitions of texture, light and colour are beautifully done, Helen. It’s interesting how those shifts change the mood of a photograph so dramatically.
Thank you Karen. I am lucky to live so close to these fields
Really nice shots. I really like the patterns and geometry displayed in these.
Thanks again Stevie