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Category Archives: Spring
Spring Sprung
I was surprised to realize that I had yet to post an image of Spring. Life has been unusually busy recently and Spring didn’t just arrive – it exploded into life. It was a case of ‘blink and you missed … Continue reading
Spring has Sprung
April was a real mixed bag of weather from warmth to snow and a profusion of April Showers – sunshine one minute, pouring rain the next. How trees, plants and flowers make sense of this is a mystery but they … Continue reading
Down the Garden
Two more Springtime images today from the bottom of our garden. Which is taken with a Mirror Lens? The first one is fairly obviously taken with one. It shows the typical – and in this case rather intrusive – ring-shaped … Continue reading
Posted in Mirror Lens, Spring
Tagged Bluebells, Mirror Lens, Photography, Spring, Spring Time
16 Comments
Dockey Wood Bluebells
Finally we got to visit our favourite Bluebell Wood two days ago. This is Dockey Wood on the Ashridge Estate not far from Berkhamstead. It’s the best Beech wood with Bluebells that I know, and we have been visiting this … Continue reading
Posted in Spring
Tagged Ashridge Estate, Bluebells, Dockey Wood, Motion Blur, Photography, Spring, Spring Time
32 Comments
Bluebells close to home
Bluebells are not the easiest of Spring flowers to photograph but they are most definitely one of the Icons of the season. They create a haze of blue, and that is how they are commonly photographed – en masse. My … Continue reading
Spring Time
A funny thing has happened to me this Spring. Funny meaning ‘odd’ or ‘strange’. I’ve struggled to get engaged with the season – in general and photographically. It’s a mixture of ‘I’ve seen it all before’, and a distinct failure … Continue reading
Posted in Spring
Tagged Canary Wharf from Greenwich, Cherry Blossom, Daffodils, Greenwich, Photography, Spring, Spring Time
19 Comments
Snowdrops through a Mirror
The seasonal year is peppered with icons. We measure the progress of the year via these seasonal events. Snowdrops are one of the first blooms to flower, appearing often in mid February. So far this year I have not photographed … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Plants and Wild Flowers, Spring
Tagged Mirror Lens, Photography, Snowdrop
14 Comments
Late Light
Every photographer knows there is something special about early morning or evening light. It has warmth, it throws long shadows and has the ability to light-up the landscape. For a brief while in the evening at this time of the … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Plants and Wild Flowers, Spring
Tagged Apple tree leaves, Evening light, Long Grass, Photography, Spring
32 Comments
Wisteria
Our Wisteria has finally struggled into bloom a full month late; and just as it nears its peak down comes the rain. Wisteria does not like rain. The earliest flowers heads braved the weather a full fortnight ago and are … Continue reading
Bluebells 2013
Finally, in honour of the Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend, the sun obliged by shining and in the space of a day we visited four Bluebell woods. A fifth wood (first image below) had been visited a few days earlier when … Continue reading
Posted in Mirror Lens, Spring
Tagged Ashridge, Bluebell Time, Bluebell Wood, Bluebells, Coton Manor, Dockey Wood, Mirror Lens, Motion Blur, Panning with a camera, Photography, Spring
39 Comments