I decided to rework a photo I posted a little over a year ago titled Liddington from Upham. Feel free to compare the two and leave a comment with your thoughts.
You can't actually see the village of Liddington – it's on the far side of the hill with the stand of trees. Also you can't see the Bronze Age/Iron Age fort of Liddington Castle which is off to the left of the stand of trees in the distant hill. The bush-lined hill descending to the right of the distant stand of trees marks the track of the Ridgeway Path. Although called a castle, it's not a castle like Windsor Castle, made out of stone, it's a series of earthworks on the top of a hill which meant any attackers had to attack uphill which is always harder.
The purple field is a field of flax which has multiple uses. The fibers in the stems are stronger than those of cotton and are woven to make linen. Flax seeds are high in omega-3 fatty acids while the oil they produce is often known as linseed oil, one of the oldest commercial oils.
The flowers blooms only for a day. They typically open before dawn but drop by midday. During the blooming season, this cycle repeats daily for up to several weeks, a new flower replacing the one that dropped the day before. I was too late in the day to capture this field at it's best, the shadows on the farm equipment on the right indicating this was a late morning shot.
The last time I posted this image it was just a working of a single frame. This one is based on an HDR of three frames but with only a 1EV separation between the frames rather than the more normal 2EV separation. This HDR version yields more saturated colors and enhanced detail, most noticeably in the copse on the right.
