Early June in the fields

A lovely day yesterday in the local countryside. Was out to take photos of marathon runners, something new for me. Certainly took the wrong lens and couldn't focus fast enough, so a lot of dud shots to sort through. Long gaps between runners at times, which led to this set. I'm not sure if I like them or not - all opinions welcome! K-3 + DA* 60-250.
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I really like the whole set. I often find myself taking shots of grasses, love the detail in these and of course Pentax is famous for the quality of its 'greens'.

Those with the red poppy are really to my taste as well and the last shot is superb. I'd personally be very pleased if i'd taken these.

Regards

Karlo

Really like these John... the grasses shots in particular... 1 and 5 are my own personal faves...

Best

Some lovely close up shots there. The 60-250 never seems to let you down with image quality, Were you running in the marathon at the same as well?

No reason not to like them 4, 5 and 6 would be my set of choice.

Thank you all for commenting. I'm happy to be corrected, but I think the first 6 are barley - I'm no expert on crops, either in fields or in photos! They are "growing on me", though. I must go back later in the year before harvest time. Apologies for the awful puns!

No, John, I wasn't running the marathon! I once did a half-marathon many years ago when I was much younger and fitter and that was quite enough! The Huddersfield marathon apparently has quite a reputation for being one of the toughest in the country, given the many ups and downs over a very hilly course. I was happy to stay more or less in the same spot for a couple of hours!

lovely set - I love simple, single colour images, the transition from detail to OOF background (particularly in the first 2) is really effective!

Beautiful set!

Thanks for commenting. Lenny and Raza.
I think I know what you mean, Lenny - simplicity is something that appeals to me more and more these days. A bit ironic that we should use such complicated, high-tech devices to show it!