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Spring finally arrived yesterday and we took a walk around Rowney Woods. Amazingly we saw 3 different types of butterfly – they will have been struggling to find any flowers, with the exception of a few straggly primroses there really wasn’t much for them to go at. I forced myself
We had a day off from the rain so visited Rowney Woods for a stroll. I thought I’d try something different today. Normally when I look at the back of the camera and see a picture I like Iget it home and it’s rubbish. Today I looked at this shot
We haven’t been out to Rowney Woods for ages so nipped out this afternoon before the rain returns again tomorrow. The woods were very wet and very grey so a black and white photograph was always going to be the order of the day, and so adding a reflection in
We’ve not visited Rowney Woods for weeks so, with the forecast set for sunshine, popped over there this morning…it poured down! The camera stayed in its bag most of the time, then the sun popped out for five minutes, I grabbed this shot…and then it hurled down again.
The forecast said Saturday was going to be the dry day of the weekend so we set off for a walk around Rowney Woods in the hope that we may see some deer as we head into the rutting season. The woods were unusually quiet, no people and no deer,
Walking through Rowney Woods today we were passed by these two gentlemen on their tandem bike. They got a fair old shift on as they completed the circuit around Rowney Woods very quickly.
Spotted this fella in Rowney Woods – dragonflies may be bigger than damselflies, and you would have thought they would be easier to photograph – you have to be lucky to get one resting like this – normally they are permanently in motion patrolling their area, damselflies must get tired
We took one of our regular walks through Rowney Woods today and I spotted this (to me) slightly unusual thistle. It was the spider/eyelash effect under the purple flower that caught my eye…Turns out this is not a thistle but Black Knapweed. Having some fun in Photoshop turned this into
If you walk through Rowney Woods in Essex and you take the right path you will come across this lovely farmhouse with a fabulous pond.
All the yellow rape has long since faded and we are left with the rather dull green crop now. On our walk through Rowney Woods we walked through the crop and noticed some wild wheat growing. I’ve recently got a 14-24 lens which is mega wide and I’m slowly learning
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