Thanks, Mike and Paul. What I really don't like about that photo is that I know what it could have been, rather than what it is. The framing was restricted by cows just out of shot to the right, and I try to keep those malevolent creatures out of my photos if I can. At least once a year a cow will try to kill me, no matter what precautions I take, and as far as I'm concerned we should all eat as much steak and burgers as possible to try to rid the world of the bovine menace. We just need to eat 'em faster than they can reproduce.
This has suggested a new photographic project for me, though: to try to find a photogenic cow and take a decent picture of it. I think that when the snow comes I'll head out stalking the longhorns up on the high moor.