Storm Brewing
by Rob Hemphill
Title
Storm Brewing
Artist
Rob Hemphill
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Storm brewing over a ripe field of barley in the Valensole area in Provence in the south of France. Thunder and lightning soon followed. This field of barley was growing beside a beautiful lavender field of which I managed to capture a lightning bolt ("Lightning over Lavender Field") soon after this shot.
This area is famed for growing lavender and is a popular tourist destination during the bloom period in July. However, due to the increasingly large numbers of people who must get their traditional lavender selfie of non-selfie shots dressed in flowing dresses and hats, beware. The days of having empty fields to photograph are going fast, we had to drive well off the beaten track to find our own shots where there weren't folks wandering through and picking the lavender stalks. It is such a shame that so many cannot respect these farmer's work and stick to the paths or surrounds of the fields.
Anyhow, my advice would be to find your own locations and don't expect to see Google's recommendations without hundreds, if not thousands, of people already there! The Instagram age is changing photography of wonderful locations like never before.
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November 11th, 2019
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