In my last post I said I was aiming for long grass in the foreground. These were my inspiration shots from a walk in late summer:

Armed with a mid-green for the base at 1mm and a straw colour at 6mm, here is how I got on. First a close up attempting to show the detail:

A wider shot:

One thing I learned is that it is not easy to get a photo that reflects the actual colour of the grass. It looks a bit more vivid in the photos that in does with the naked eye.