The Meadow

The first of these photographs was taken about three weeks ago: the second, earlier this week in the same meadow.  Most of the flowers have gone; most of the seeds dispersed leaving, to my eyes, a delightful abstract pattern.  In just a few weeks this same field will be teeming with buttercups and a few weeks later will be full of flowering grasses, ready to be mown for hay.  It is a natural meadow  –  no artificial fertilizers here  – and has belonged to the same family for more than two centuries  But now there is a cloud on the horizon and its future is unsure.

Nature’s backyard

On the verges beside the bridle way last year’s grasses and wild flowers, dead or decaying, frequently form interesting patterns that normally we ignore or, most often, just don’t see.

Dune Grass 7

See also Introducing the Dune Grass photos, Dune Grass 1, Dune Grass 2, Dune Grass 3, Dune Grass 4, Dune Grass 5, Dune Grass 6:Close Encounter, Dune Grasses, Intricate pattern of Dune Grasses

Dune Grass 6: Close Encounter

 

 

See also Introducing the Dune Grass photos, Dune Grass 1, Dune Grass 2, Dune Grass 3, Dune Grass 4, Dune Grass 5, Dune Grasses, Intricate pattern of Dune Grasses

Dune Grass 5

Dune Grass 5

See also Introducing the Dune Grass photos, Dune Grass 1, Dune Grass 2, Dune Grass 3, Dune Grass 4, Dune Grass 6, Dune Grass 7, Dune Grasses, Intricate pattern of Dune Grasses

Grasses in the Breeze 3

Beige seedheads dance in the breeze against a soft, deep olive background.

Grasses in the Breeze 3

See also Grasses in the Breeze (1), Grasses in the Breeze (2), Flowering Grasses in Sunlight, Grass silhouette, Flowering Grass

Dune Grass 4

Dune Grass 4

See also Introducing the Dune Grass photosune, Dune Grass 1, Dune Grass 2, Dune Grass 3, Dune Grass 5, Dune Grass 6, Dune Grass 7, Dune Grasses, Intricate pattern of Dune Grasses

Dune Grass 3

Dune Grass 3

See also Introducing the Dune Grass photos, Dune Grasses, Dune Grass 1, Dune Grass 2, Dune Grass 4, Dune Grass 5, Dune Grass 6, Dune Grass 7, Intricate pattern of Dune Grasses

Introducing the Dune Grass photos

Dune grasses have provided the subject for a number of my photographs.  I enjoy their spiky character and fine lines which contrast with the flexible flowering grasses found in a meadow.

Dune grasses frequently form distinctive, natural patterns that can be lost to the casual viewer.  To draw attention to the patterns, in most cases I have removed the background or used a neutral or contrasting colour (as in Dune Grasses).

Removing the background provides an opportunity to create abstract minimalist compositions of fine lines within a defined space.

I hope you enjoy them.

See Dune Grasses, Dune Grass 1, Dune Grass 2, Dune Grass 3, Dune Grass 4, Dune Grass 5, Dune Grass 6:Close Encounter, Dune Grass 7, Intricate pattern of Dune Grasses, Why amd I doing this?

Dune Grass 2

Dune Grasses 2

See also Introducing the Dune Grass photos, Dune Grass 1, Dune Grass 3, Dune Grass 4, Dune Grass 5, Dune Grass 6, Dune Grass 7,  Dune Grasses, Intricate pattern of Dune Grasses

Intricate pattern of Dune Grasses

Dune Grass pattern

See also Dune Grasses,  Dune Grass 1, Dune Grass 2, Dune Grass 3, Dune Grass 4, Dune Grass 5, Dune Grass 6:Close Encounter, Dune Grass 7, Introducing the Dune Grass photos

Dune Grass 1

Dune Grass 1

See also Introducing the Dune Grass photos, Dune Grasses, Dune Grass 2, Dune Grass 3, Dune Grass 4, Dune Grass 5, Dune Grass 6, Dune Grass 7, Intricate pattern of Dune Grasses

Grasses in the Breeze (2)

Grasses in the Breeze (2)

See also Dancing seed heads, Grasses in the Breeze (1), Flowering Grass, Flowering Grasses in Sunlight, Buttercup Meadow, Dune Grasses, Autumn silhouette, Grass silhouette

Flowering Grasses in Sunlight

See also Buttercup Meadow, Flowering Grass, Grasses in the Breeze (l) and Dune Grasses

Dune Grasses

Dune Grasses

See also Dune Grass 1, Grasses in the Breeze (1), Flowering Grass, Buttercup Meadow, Intricate pattern of Dune Grasses and Flowering Grasses in Sunlight

Grasses in the Breeze (1)

When the wind blows

See also Flowering Grass, Flowering Grasses in Sunlight and Wild flower meadow