I can only assume it’s barley in the third shot?
Would have preferred to have seen the ‘barley’ more in focus than the background
but you might have been limited by your lens. Same regarding the poppies in 2.
I think you need to tweek the contrast a little but a nice shot in no’ 3.
if you focus on the barley or poppies or anything else in the foreground
and use a small f# like 2.8 or 4 the camera will make everything in the background
blurred to the foreground stands out more !
Thanks for the comments, I was using a Nikon 18-55mm lens (came with the camera, D40). Hoping to upgrade my camera and get a new lens or two shortly. Would a wide angle lens help with shots like that was looking at getting the Tokina AF 12-24mm, seems to be getting decent reviews online.