Barley ripening in a Dorset field at Charlton Down 1st July 2017. The blond whiskers of the seed spikelets on the drooping heads of barley seem to create acres of pale gold cobwebs to delight the eye.
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Oh, how I love the grasses and grains in early summer! So abundant!
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All the wild grasses are flowering now in England. I have been picking some to dry and put in vases. The cereal grasses themselves, like the barley in these photographs, have been providing a lot of inspiration for artwork, their natural shapes and arrangements make great compositions that I can digitally manipulate into abstract “paintings”.
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Beautiful images – they are the very essence of summer… !
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Thank you Evelyn. The fields are beautiful right now.
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Love the different tones of gold you have shown in this series.
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Thank you, Bespoke Traveller. It was lovely to see the different stages of ripening. The barley in the shade of hedgerow trees was slightly greener than that growing in full sun on the slope of the hill.
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Lovely. You’ve caught lots of delightful moods with this series. I couldn’t resist taking some pictures of the fields round here too!
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Really beautiful shots Jessica. I’ve been looking out for a scene like this for the last week or so but haven’t fount it yet. These really say summer to me.
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Thank you, Allison. There were many lovely natural compositions but I was still not able to capture the magical effect of the ‘golden cobwebs’ to my satisfaction.
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Thank you, Aidy. There must be lots of barley fields somewhere – I think it is the main ingredient in Guinness.
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Lovely. I should think Mrs May would like to have a quick run through that field right now…
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