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Towards Crook Peak - From Bagley, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR55740

Towards Crook Peak – From Bagley, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR55740

We have been so lucky to get some beautiful September weather.  Trying to make the most of the opportunity I returned to the fields at Bagley to photograph them at dawn and then again in the  evening.

Sunrise at Bagley Fields - Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR55808P

Sunrise at Bagley Fields – Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR55808P

The early morning sky was full of small fluffy white altocumulus cloudlets.  I was there well before sunrise, but unfortunately they never turned red.  Perhaps these clouds were too low.  All too often we get a bank of low cloud sitting on the high ground towards Shepton Mallet that blocks the first light.

Sunrise at Bagley Fields - Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR55822

Sunrise at Bagley Fields – Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR55822

Gradually, the rising sun illuminated the field.

Sunrise at Bagley Fields - Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR55845

Sunrise at Bagley Fields – Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR55845

In the morning the shadows stretched from right to left across the fields.  I had to wait a long time for the sun to appear above the trees and shine across the cut hay at the top of the field.

Bagley Fields - Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR55974

Bagley Fields – Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR55974

Obviously, come evening the shadows stretched out across the field from left to right.  Soon the cut hay would be in shade of the nearby trees and houses.

Bagley Fields - Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR55752

Bagley Fields – Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR55752

And finally…

During the day I photographed the cut hay that covered the steep part of the field.

The steep bit - Bagley Fields, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR56615

The steep bit – Bagley Fields, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR56615

The seed heads of ragwort adding some texture.

Ragwort - Bagley Fields, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR56590

Ragwort – Bagley Fields, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID BR56590

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