Nature's Quilt

Posted by
Richard (Ellemford, United Kingdom) on 18 July 2010 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Took this photo yesterday morning half a mile across the hills from our house looking up the valley of the River Whiteadder. It's a tributary of the Tweed, the river after which the cloth is named. I just love the way these fields of gold (barley) are so defined in the landscape.

NIKON D3000 1/2500 second F/5.6 ISO 800 105 mm

Mostly I write books and other things that people pay me for. What I'd like to do is to take more photographs. Ideally I'd like to try combining the two at some point in the future. . .

Comments (17)

Rags from Plano, United States

Great view!

18 Jul 2010 6:25am

@Rags: Thanks!

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

Excellent shot Richard - well done.

18 Jul 2010 6:44am

@Nigel: Thanks!

CElliottUK from United Kingdom

Lovely colours, lovely shot-well done

18 Jul 2010 7:06am

@CElliottUK: Thanks!

Marie LC from France

I like this graph in the various colors, little as an image taken since a plane. The cultures offer varied tones very pleasant to the glance

18 Jul 2010 7:56am

@Marie LC: Merci Beaucoup. You said exactly what I was thinking!

Tamara from Aarschot, Belgium

What a gorgeous light ! These fields are so beautiful... looks like a puzzle. It's really fantastic ! Have a nice sunday Richard :)

18 Jul 2010 8:06am

@Tamara: Thank you Tamara, jigsaw is right. Have a good day too.

Philip from South Wales, United Kingdom

Lovely tones and textures from the fields. Nice perspective as well.

18 Jul 2010 9:07am

@Philip: Cheers!

JJ from Jersey City, United States

What a wonderful landscape and a very apt title the patterns of the fields do make a natural quilt

re my post, yes the batter did connect with the ball just after my snap

18 Jul 2010 11:30am

@JJ: :) thanks!

Ally from Singapore, Singapore

love this photo and its tone! it looks like a painting ;) you did great, Richard. and you live near this place? aren't you lucky!

18 Jul 2010 2:36pm

@Ally: Thanks Ally!

Christine from Duns, United Kingdom

Lovely shot, the top gold field looks like it is cloaked in silk

18 Jul 2010 4:23pm

@Christine: x

Boas from Helsinki, Finland

This picture is just wonderful. Then titel is justn perfect.
Well done Richard

18 Jul 2010 4:54pm

@Boas: Thank you!

Shahryar from Isfahan, Iran

so beautiful landscape ,nice capture :)

18 Jul 2010 4:56pm

@Shahryar: Thank you!

Becky from los angeles, United States

there is so much in this shot - so many patterns and colors - and that wonderful bit of water. really wonderful landscape.

18 Jul 2010 6:48pm

@Becky: Thanks Becky, that sums it up for me too

Mohsen from Tehran, Iran

Dreamy :)

18 Jul 2010 9:04pm

@Mohsen: Absolutely!

Andrea from Regina, Canada

I love the colours and patterns and mood of this photo. Why is it that Scotland's fields are so much more poetic and romantic than the Canadian prairies'? Perhaps because I've been reading Jane Austen this week...

19 Jul 2010 1:12am

@Andrea: Thanks! Austen will do that to you.

✿ Anina ✿ from Auckland, New Zealand

WOW! What a beautiful view! The colours and patterns are gorgeous. Very well captured.

19 Jul 2010 5:29am

@✿ Anina ✿: Thanks!

Fergus from London, United Kingdom

Le Camp du Drap d'Or. Fantastic shot Richard.

22 Jul 2010 8:58pm

@Fergus: Cheers mate! plus I wish I had thought of that as a title!

asphaltfee from vienna, Austria

marvellous! like a good painting, your picture makes the beauty of the landscape even more obvious. the composition is indredibly perfect!!!

greetings,

asphaltfee

25 Jul 2010 12:57pm

@asphaltfee: Thank you very much

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NIKON D3000
1/2500 second
F/5.6
ISO 800
105 mm

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