Meadow, trees, cloud

Sometimes it is the simplicity of what a day can offer is all that is required for a photograph. Featureless blue or grey skies are my least favourite "simple" element. But when an empty blue sky is broken by just one or two passing clouds that is enough to combine those elements with one or two others to make a photograph. As we toiled up a footpath through a hillside meadow the cloud over the nearby wood, combined with the grasses around us was enough for me to want to record the moment.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2

Garden sculpture

This piece of garden sculpture appears to be one of two children responding to the beckoning flute of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The three metal sculptures are situated in an area of "meadow" in a garden at Hampton Court Castle in Herefordshire. The setting of long grass adds depth and mystery to the the pieces that placement on a manicured lawn could not.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10

Meadow

Modern farming methods mean that meadows are fewer and less species-rich than they were when I was young. However, in the north and west of the British Isles they can still be found in reasonable numbers and they still have the power to lift my spirits as I pass through one on a walk. This example is on a steep hillside in an areas largely surrounded by trees. Nearby, in the last week of May we saw our first meadow that was being cut for silage.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Sony DSC-RX100