Garden Project 9

All the plants in the garden have grown this year very fast in the last three weeks, especially in the wild flower meadow where the foxgloves ae much taller than me now. Poppies everywhere and the contented buzzing of bees - wonderful. The Red Mason bees have started on the second bee box - this was taken by flash in the evening and there a roosting bees in some tubes

After the Rain at Cambridge Botanic Gardens

The weather was just perfect for a trip to the Botanic Gardens yesterday with rain until we arrived and then bright clear sunshine shining through or onto wet autumnal poppies and leaves.

Lark Rise Farm Barton

Spent a very enjoyable morning, under glowering skies, 'bug' hunting around the hedgerows at Lark rise Farm (Countryside Restoration Trust). Delighted to find a couple of very young Wasp Spiders as well as a plethora of Flies, Shieldbugs and Frog hoppers. More insects to follow.

 

Further Ultramacro Experiments - Extension Ring

I have been trying different setups for extreme macro and this is the simplest - using an extension ring on a 50mm macro lens. Images here taken from  f2.8 to F16. 

A Sea of Red Poppies, Cambridgeshire

Some of our local fields are awash with poppies at the moment. I tried different lenses, positions and even a double exposure or two to try and capture their vibrance.

Poppies in an Olive Grove, Alonissos Greece

Our sixth day in Alonissos started overcast and by the end of the morning heavy rain arrived. The soft light conditions suited the poppies that we found in one olive grove - not quite the masses of blooms that would have been there in April/early May but enough to keep us busy for an hour or so.