Jawahar

You lookin’ at me?

A red-eared slider turtle basking in the Texas sun at Sea World, San Antonio.

3 -shot bracketed HDR photo merged in Photomatix Pro and processed in Adobe Lightroom.

A flint(stone)

If you came looking for Fred or Wilma Flintstone, then you’ve come to the wrong place :)!

East Anglia and Norfolk in England have many flint stones that can be found littering the countryside. Flints have been used since the stone-age to make sharp-edged weapons like axes and arrow-heads, as well as in the creation of sparks to produce a fire. The flints found in our local area take on peculiar shapes, like the one below which looks like a horseshoe.

Pink Rag Doll Horse

I try to take a walk around lunchtime every day when the weather permits. While this provides me with much-needed physical activity, it also takes me through public footpaths between villages and fields. Yesterday, I came across this pink rag doll propped up on a hedgerow in the middle of nowhere!

Bright and Cheerful!

Tulips.. — Tulips. Long exposure photograph. 30 seconds, f/18 ISO100 in dim light indoors.

A lily recovered..

While shooting couple of weeks ago I took a single photo of a lovely lily (a mistake, but excusable as I had my 6-year old tugging me along!). The photo was under-exposed and grey. I have tried to recover from this photographic disaster using post-processing. The results and the original are below.

I used Adobe Lightroom for general photo handling and Color Efex Pro to enhance detail and contrast. I realise I have lost detail on the petals due to the original problems with the photo (which was in RAW format).

Cheery cherry blossoms

Not your common daffodil

Peach-Pink Daffodil — Peach-coloured daffodil at the Anglesey Abbey.

A slightly uncommon daffodil photographed at the Anglesey Abbey.

Symphytum (Comfrey)

All signs suggest that spring has well and truly sprung here in East Anglia. I was at the Anglesey Abbey last weekend, and among all the bluebells, snowdrops, daffodils and hyacinths were some lovely flowering comfrey plants.

Symphytum "Hidcote Blue" (Comfrey) — Symphytum “Hidcote Blue” – aka Comfrey

As you may already know, comfreys have long been associated with medicinal properties – particularly for the treatment of skin treatment. Their role in herbal medicine, to say the least, has been controversial. Nevertheless, they are an attractive addition to wildflower gardens.

Technical Details:

Nikon D7000 with Sigma 105mm, f2/.8 macro lens
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f/4.0, 1/640, ISO 100
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Processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
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Bougainvillea

This is one from ages ago (10 years to be exact!). I find going back to my older pictures and re-processing them a source of great satisfaction. Also a useful activity on days when getting outside to take new photos is impractical or impossible (day job etc)..

First Appearance

A caterpillar takes its first look at the world around it.