Down on the farm - new images added, 22/6/17

[David Paterson]

Mayumi and I have just spent a few days with my brother, now retired but still living on the farm he worked for many years. Other nearby farm buildings are mostly disused and are beginning to crumble.


1. Ponies and abandoned farm buildings.
2. Ladies, please, line up in order of size . . . please . . .
3. The herd watches the dogs.
4. One of the dogs gets a hug. Lucky dog.
5. Farmer's boots? The farmer's name is Joanna.
6. Rented hill grazings.
7. Once was a shed.
8. Portrait.
9. Once was a fence.
10. The old steading.

[Fons Baerken]

Country life is a good life, well stated.

[CS]

What a nice series.

[Akira]

Literaly idyllic.  Peaceful.

[Erik Lund]

Wonderful series Nice weather/light!

[David Paterson]

Thank you all very much. Sometimes it is good to shot a few quiet little scenes as a change from big landscapes.

[David Paterson]

A few more from around the farm -

1. At the duckpond
2. Cow parsley
3. Burdock
4. Foxgloves
5. Memento mori
6. Portrait no. 2

[David Paterson]

As well as the old farm we visited an area of sea-cliffs with good bird-life, and travelled home via the valley of the River Dee, Glen Shee and Loch Tay -

1, 2.  Sea-cliffs north of Aberdeen
3. Herring-gull on nest
4, 5, 6, 7.  Glen Shee
8.  Pine forest along the River Dee
9. Sunbathing at Kenmore, Loch Tay

[Jakov Minić]

David, your images are always a treat for me. Thank you.

[elsa hoffmann]

Thanks for sharing - lovely series of images

[David Paterson]

Jakov and Elsa - thank you both so much - I'm so pleased that you like my pictures.

[Frank Fremerey]

I love the people bathing in the sun

[Akira]

I enjoy various geometries in the last set.

The second one illustrates the sense of the territory of the gulls nicely.  The Glen Shee offers yet another opportunity to appreciate the beautiful Scottish landscape.

[David Paterson]

I love the people bathing in the sun

Thanks, Frank - it's one of my own favourites too.

Akira - "various geometries" is a nice collective descriptor for those images. I have always thought that you have a particularly strong sense of geometry in your own work.

[Anirban Halder]

Every single photo in this series. Very thoughtful like a documentary. I personally like #8 - portrait in the first series a lot and after that #1 - Ponies and abandoned farm buildings - it's like a scene from a fairy tale.