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Spring keeps pushing on and a quick turn around the garden with the macro lens brought together a number of good images. This one got the Debbie vote for today’s photo of the day – leaves sprouting from a bud. As a special bonus, here are a couple of other
We wondered why some of the tulips weren’t doing so well. After a heavy rain storm this afternoon it was hard to miss the culprits. We’ve always had a lot of slugs and snails in the garden – Debbie had put down broken egg shells in all the pots except
Popped out into the garden to find one of the double tulips we planted back in October/November (when I say “we” I do, of course, mean Debbie!) had burst into bloom – with my extensive knowledge of plants I wasn’t expecting this explosion of petals, so that was a bonus.
The bluebells are well and truly out in Essex now. These were taken in a small wooded area around Quendon this afternoon. A few more picks after the break…
Having watched Game of Thrones (Sky +) I suddenly realised it was 11.30pm and no photo completed so I raided debbies knitting pots and got these very nice wooden knitting needles…she’s got quite a collection – perfect for a bit of macro photography.
We visited Rowney Woods for a walk today and found loads of new blossom sprouting out everywhere – here is just a small sample of what was on show.
Debbie made this paper (well, tissue) flower today and it looked pretty good. I thought I’d make a macro shot of it – lit from the right with a desk lamp.
More flowers are coming into bloom in the garden. This is the third camellia flower that has appeared on our new camellia tree, this is the first that hasn’t bloomed on the opposite side of the plant, up against the wall…what attraction the wall has for these flowers I don’t
Rooting around in the Pot Pourri bowl I found these old, dried orange slices and got to work with a lamp, a torch and a macro lens to come up with this. I desaturated the pith to give it that red colour.
I love these mars ice creams you get – they taste fantastic. I thought they’d make a great macro subject…
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