Norfolk Farmland: before the harvest

I am privileged to live near the Norfolk Broads amongst some fine arable land with beautiful views. This year I was determined to try and capture this beauty before the crop was harvested. Here are a few of the results (you need to click the image to see a larger version – these are scaled down to fit the blog page):

barley field

This first panoramic view is taken from the corner of a field of barley. On the day this was taken it did have this beautiful golden colour – a few days later the colour had faded to a light fawn. This was one of two taken together – the other was spoilt by too much wind movement although there is some movement showing in this one. From the shadows you can see that the sun is almost directly behind me.

In this view is another field of barley a few minutes walk from the previous image:

Barly field adjacent to road

Although the barley still has a good colour, is is not as good as the previous view – this was taken a few days later. This photo was taken from a permissive path adjacent to the field. This is only a few minutes walk from home.

For this panoramic view I was looking across the road at a wheat field. wheat field across the road

I included the road as I wanted to show some context to the photograph. This looks a quiet and idyllic view but this leads to a large refuse tip just a few miles away. There are big tipper trucks that use this and they often smell and loose refuse sometimes blows out from under the covers.

Finally, one of the big Norfolk sky:

norfolk summer sky

You can see the full set in the Panoramic Gallery.

The next task is to make some interactive views of some of these scenes.

Author: Paul L.G. Morris

I am an amateur photographer whose photography is mostly of gardens, nature and the rural environment. My specialities are close-ups, panoramic views, or a combination of both that I call 'Nearscapes'. I work mostly for my own interest having closed my business PM Studios Ltd.