I was back in the Cotswolds this week with the kids doing the first family visit of the summer holidays. We took the opportunity to pay a visit to Cotswold Lavender farm with Granny and it presented this wonderful photo opportunity.
I mean come on, if you have a family blog, you have to have to post at least one lavender farm image in the summer months, right? Having been blogging for years, it seems to be a pre-requisite!
Anyway, just to put this picture in context, in the foreground is a large patch of wild flowers. These are planted to attract insects for pollination (…they also make a contrasting backdrop to any photos). In the background you can see the purple of Cotswold Lavender’s lavender crop.
I simply felt this image was so colourful I had to post it here. I put a different version on Instagram earlier this week and it was popular so it only seems right to share on the blog as well.
I have also got a small confession to make regarding this image. I took lots of pictures using my DSLR camera, but stupidly I had it on the wrong setting so all the pics were in low resolution. Luckily I’d taken some other pictures with my phone and this is one of them. It just goes to show you should always take a mix of phone pics and camera shots to ensure you always come away with something.
If you have children at home over the holidays, I hope things are going well for you. For our family, the next stop is Wales. Expect more about that on the blog in the weeks to come.
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15 thoughts on “A family visit to Cotswold Lavender”
Easily done John with the settings. In a rush and haste I decided to try my go pro on native whilst filming the new 5008, ????????♂️ colour grading in post was a b***h. For a mobile photo that is incredible, very colourful.
Hope you and the family had a great time visiting the family.
We sure did have a great time Eddie. In fact, reading your comment I’ve just realised I haven’t actually changed the camera settings yet! Better go and do that now before I make another mistake!
The field flowers is marvelous! #MySundayPhoto
Aren’t they just? I want to plant some myself now.
That is just gorgeous!!
Glad you think so Tamar. I have to say, it certainly stood out in the surrounding corn fields.
Oh wow! What a beautiful sight. It is so bright and colourful. x
Thanks Kim, it was certainly a sight for sore eyes, that I can tell you.
What a delightful view!
Thank you Shiju. I have a sneaky suspicion the wildflowers were planted as much for the photo opportunities as for attracting pollinating insects!
I have had my camera on wrong settings before too. However, your photo is gorgeous. I love the stunning colours and the composition. Proof that it’s the hand not the camera that takes the photo 🙂
-Soma
I like the idea that it’s the hand not the camera that takes the picture! Great sentiment.
Wow the yellow is so summery x #mysundayphoto
How glorious is that, I love the purple in the background breaking up the view
Thank you for linking up to #MySundayPhoto
What a stunning photo!
I wrote about Cotswold Lavender for one of my freelance jobs recently and was thinking of taking my daughter, but you never know how a 15 year old will react to a trip to look at flowers in a field! She would either have loved it or thought I’d gone insane. As it happens, we didn’t have any free time to visit anyway.