For the Smile on Saturday challenge "meadows and fields"
HSoS !!
The barley field beyond our garden - a sea of barley - just beginning to get its golden colour as it ripens.
We don't have meadows round here, all the land is in use for grazing Aberdeen Angus cattle or sheep, and primarily for growing barley for the Scotch Whisky industry. Computerised tractors mean that they plough ever closer to the boundary fences and hedges, leaving no room for the wild plants and hedgerows that used to support so many butterflies and birds. It's sad that the meadows and hedgerows I loved and played in as a child are now largely only a memory!
So we grow as many wild and insect friendly plants as we can in our garden, and try to keep an informal 'hedgerow' between us and the barley field. Shot here after a welcome shower of rain, when the sun came out and the world sparkled ;o)
Shot with the Zeiss 50mm f2.8 Makro Touit lens
Cliche and Smile on Saturday:
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Shot with the Zeiss 50mm Makro lens:
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My landscape set
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