Beautiful Evening Light in Toft

The evening light was very beautiful for our local stroll yesterday evening - all the rain has cleared the air. The yellow is quickly fading from the rape field as they set seed. 

May Day - Soft Focus in Toft Wood

A series of 'dreamy' shallow depth-of-field images taken in our local woodland or its edges with an Olympus 50mm 1.8 mm lens, mainly at f1.8. I love the soft effect that this legacy lens gives - quite unlike any of my modern lenses

Wildflower Project 2

This is the second set of wildflower images from my village in Cambridgeshire - Salad Burnet, Red Campion, Meadow Buttercup, Dusky Cranesbill, Forget-Me-Knot, Crosswort, Spurge and White Comfrey

Wildflower Project 1

One of my projects this year is to photograph all the wildflowers growing in my garden (and aroundthe village) in Toft, Cambridgeshire. Here is the first batch - all from the garden. (Dog violet, Cowslip, Primrose, Celandine, Herb Robert, Groundsel, Cow Parsley, Woodruff, Greater Stitchwort, Bluebell)

 

"Little Things ........" Project

At our April CC workshop, we discussed making miniature landscapes given that we cannot travel during the crisis. Here is one attempt using blue crystals that we had grown last year, some miniature figures and a backdrop of an ice cave from Iceland - one of my all-time favourite experiences. Two different techniques - first is taken at F16 and second is a focus stack of 25 images at F2.8 plus one at F16 - surprised it would stack them but has resulted in just the right amount of background detail but good separation from background. Ssome post-taking Photoshop work on the costumes!

Our Shopping Area Under Lockdown

Although, we can do most of our shopping at our village shop, we do have to visit Cambourne for some amenities occasionally.  The town was deserted other than a queue at the chemist, everyone keeping more than the required separation, and the supermarket with arrangements for one-way flow. Otherwise, the food outlets are all preorder take-aways, the church, schools, play areas and even the clothes bank are closed.

Eyed Hawk Moth

Last summer we fed up some Eyed Hawth moth caterpillars until they pupated. This week the first moth emerged. (Focus stack 25 images f2.8)