#1 - Sundown Over Mown Grass

 Inspired by my friend Michael Bickerton over at discarded365@blogspot.co.uk, and a deep admiration and, well... envy of the life and work of artist Andy Goldsworthy, I have decided to stop moping about the fact that I do not have the time to roam the hills creating masterpieces but instead challenge myself by taking 365 photographs of my own humble land art.  

So, I don't live in the country, and I am a busy, homeschooling mother of three but I do walk the dog quite regularly, often with some or all of my children, in parks and fields around Birmingham, this means I am  restricted in several ways, apart from being neither a photographer or an artist I mean...
1. Photographs are only shot on my phone (a Sony Xperia) and
2. Only while walking the dog, which means the shot must be set up in a very short time frame.
3. I can only photograph what I find in situ.
4. Post manipulation using only Instagram or similar free phone apps.
5. And of course, I can only use available light.

So, you know what they say, "If life gives you lemons..."

My first image - I am going to call it, rather imaginatively, 'Sundown Over Mown Grass'. I'm pretty sure Andy Goldsworthy's dog wouldn't jump all over his art work as mine did, although with the repeated interruptions to fend her off I did finish perfectly in time with the sun going down behind the  trees which made a rather wonderful play between the light and dark on the curves of the grass ridge.