Summer Shadows, Pen Y Ghent

I like this picture. The lane leads you right into the picture and to the iconic shape of Pen Y Ghent on the horizon. I also think you have done well with the range of greens in the fields - not always easy to get to look right. I just wonder about the distance of the rain cloud in the centre, it looks relatively close, by how dark the underside is, but there are no shadows on the ground to help place it. What do you think?

Cheers Crispian, yes I know what you mean, I was painting the sky from the attic window overlooking the hill, and a dark cloud scudded across the scene, and being in that frame of mind I threw it in the painting without a thought of the ramifications. However as the light is from roughly over your right shoulder, and there are so many false horizons it was difficult to place the shadow on the ground. I think with a bit more courage I may place in the shadow at a later stage.