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at plantation somewhere in the Gros-de-Vaud, from which you have direct views to the Alps:</p><figure id="5bbe"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*YIqjfQJR0wkmdWM3"><figcaption>Wheat crops with the Alps in the back. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.</figcaption></figure><p id="f64e">And here another wheat field growing up a bit late. It’s still deep green, contrasting with the white-blue hues of the upper half and separated from it by a line of earthy and autumnal colors:</p><figure id="eef4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*ZWXubgJytaBYLQvOkUxpEQ.png"><figcaption>Shot near Ferreyres. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.</figcaption></figure><h2 id="4d52">A plantation of Phacelia flowers:</h2><p id="753f">This is a plantation of a beautiful forage plant I had never heard about, until recently:</p><figure id="4890"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*MBfFuHLr5AhU-rQZ.jpeg"><figcaption>Field of Phacelia flowers. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.</figcaption></figure><p id="cfbb">Phacelia plants are not only beautiful but also useful for agriculture, as I explain here:</p><div id="785d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/shots-in-a-phacelia-field-a38e6dbef415"> <div> <div> <h2>Shots in a phacelia field</h2> <div><h3>Simple shots plus some interesting facts about this flower and plant that until yesterday I didn’t even know existed.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*VlaTCDaJ59CqOTlw9B9jkw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="dafa">Cows paradise</h2><p id="b98a">A field of grass for these cows, and behind a forest well into the fall:</p><figure id="acac"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*4As3wzBwUO7aR3cS"><figcaption>Cows in their grass field. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.</figcaption></figure><p id="7c05">This is near Romainmotier, which I portrayed here:</p><div id="d7a7" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/snap-shots/walking-a-stretch-of-the-

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centuries-old-via-francigena-part-1-romainm%C3%B4tier-e68246d9759f"> <div> <div> <h2>Walking a stretch of the centuries-old Via Francigena -Part 1: Romainmôtier</h2> <div><h3>From Romainmôtier, an old town built around an abbey church, to La Sarraz, at the other end of a pristine water-soaked…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*K8RY5_WLnzP-UhON)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="7ba7">About the lead photo</h2><p id="468b">The lead photo was shot in a field that is taken over by wildflowers in summer, in the Jura mountains in Switzerland:</p><figure id="45b6"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*PwhtIszvfkuyvURn"><figcaption>Wildflowers dominate the view of this field in the Jura mountains. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.</figcaption></figure><p id="8d2d"><i>I am a nature, science, technology, programming, and DIY enthusiast. Biotechnologist and chemist, in the wet lab and with computers. I write about everything that lies within my broad sphere of interests. Check out my <a href="https://lucianosphere.medium.com/lists">lists</a> for more stories. <a href="https://lucianosphere.medium.com/membership"><b>Become a Medium member</b></a> to access all its stories and <a href="https://lucianosphere.medium.com/subscribe"><b>subscribe to get my new stories</b></a><b> by email</b> (original affiliate links of the platform for which I get small revenues without special costs to you). <a href="https://lucianoabriata.altervista.org/office/donations.html"><b>Donate here</b></a><b> </b>through various means. <a href="https://lucianoabriata.altervista.org/office/contact.html">Contact me here</a>.</i></p><p id="c458"><i>To <b>consult about small jobs</b> (on programming, biotech + bioinf project evaluations, science outreach + communication, molecular data analysis and design, molecular graphics, photography, moleculARweb tutorials, science teaching and tutoring, etc.) check my <a href="https://lucianoabriata.altervista.org/services/index.html"><b>services page here</b></a>.</i></p></article></body>

In summer, wildflowers dominate this field in the Swiss Jura mountains. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.

Fields of colors

Shots of colorful fields of crops and wildflowers.

One field, three colors

A crop field close to my house dresses in different colors throughout the year. It’s yellow in April-May when rapeseed blooms:

A rapeseed field near home, yellow in April but that will get red upon the invasion of poppies in May as shown below. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.

And it is red in summer when the poppies bloom:

The same field as above but shot in May, when rapeseeds were already harvested and poppies bloom. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.

The very same field now looks like this well into the fall, mainly green with autumnal colors in the trees:

The same field as above by late October. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.

Reaching the best colors of autumn: afternoon shots around the corner

Well into the fall, hues of yellow, brown, and red burst while we still have very green backgrounds and blue skies…

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Crops with a view

Continuing with this wheat plantation somewhere in the Gros-de-Vaud, from which you have direct views to the Alps:

Wheat crops with the Alps in the back. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.

And here another wheat field growing up a bit late. It’s still deep green, contrasting with the white-blue hues of the upper half and separated from it by a line of earthy and autumnal colors:

Shot near Ferreyres. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.

A plantation of Phacelia flowers:

This is a plantation of a beautiful forage plant I had never heard about, until recently:

Field of Phacelia flowers. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.

Phacelia plants are not only beautiful but also useful for agriculture, as I explain here:

Shots in a phacelia field

Simple shots plus some interesting facts about this flower and plant that until yesterday I didn’t even know existed.

medium.com

Cows paradise

A field of grass for these cows, and behind a forest well into the fall:

Cows in their grass field. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.

This is near Romainmotier, which I portrayed here:

Walking a stretch of the centuries-old Via Francigena -Part 1: Romainmôtier

From Romainmôtier, an old town built around an abbey church, to La Sarraz, at the other end of a pristine water-soaked…

medium.com

About the lead photo

The lead photo was shot in a field that is taken over by wildflowers in summer, in the Jura mountains in Switzerland:

Wildflowers dominate the view of this field in the Jura mountains. Photo by author Luciano Abriata.

I am a nature, science, technology, programming, and DIY enthusiast. Biotechnologist and chemist, in the wet lab and with computers. I write about everything that lies within my broad sphere of interests. Check out my lists for more stories. Become a Medium member to access all its stories and subscribe to get my new stories by email (original affiliate links of the platform for which I get small revenues without special costs to you). Donate here through various means. Contact me here.

To consult about small jobs (on programming, biotech + bioinf project evaluations, science outreach + communication, molecular data analysis and design, molecular graphics, photography, moleculARweb tutorials, science teaching and tutoring, etc.) check my services page here.