Dandelion field

[Francis R]

Woodyman 4x5, Nikkor-W 210mm, FP4+

 

[Alan Clark]

Wow....Is that your lawn?

 

[Francis R]

No. That’s a field a few km from my home.

 

[Terry Jones]

Now that is an impressive field of dandelions! Nice shot as well.

 

[Francis R]

Thank you Terry.
The dark side is that such an impressive density of dandelion is the result of intensive fertilisation, and diversity of plant is quite poor in this case...

 

[Terry Jones]

I live on a small farm which rents out some of the land to a local farmer for arable use but the rest is left as pasture with sheep and horses on year round. I have never seen more than a handful of dandelions on any of the pasture which is why your shot really caught my eye.

As you say, they don't leave much space for other plants. I think the last time I saw a true meadow with wild flowers was probably in my youth...