Cambridge – Page 3 – Juridicious

Fat-Legs and Doves-Foot!!

Not the cast of an improbable movie, but a photograph of a fat legged beetle (Flower Beetle/Oedemera nobilis) on a Doves-Foot Cranesbill flower (Geranium molle)!

An unlikely cast! — Click on photo for a larger version on Flickr.

Bougainvillea – closer still

_DSC4017 — Bougainvillea. Click on photograph for a larger version.

Nikon D7000, with a 105mm/f.2.8 Sigma macro lens with extension tubes. 
ISO 100, f/18, 1.6 seconds
Processed in Adobe Lightroom

Bougainvillea – up close and personal

A cheery tropical bougainvillea lights up an otherwise dull, cold and rainy day here in Cambridge!

_DSC4012 — Bougainvillea. Click on the photograph for a larger version on Flickr

Technical Details:
Nikon D7000 with 105mm f/2.8 Sigma Macro lens and extension tubes
f/18, 3.3 seconds, ISO 100
Processed in Adobe Lightroom

Christmas Candle…

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world – William Shakespeare

Technical Details:
Nikon D7000 with Sigma 105mm f/2.8 lens
f/16, 15 second exposure

Respect the thorns..

He who wants a rose must respect the thorn – Persian Proverb

3942651920_bc2e2e4822_o_tonemapped — Click on the photograph for a larger version on Flickr

Such a simple proverb but with such deep meaning!

Photographed in 2009 at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, a property of the National Trust.

Remembering summer….

18374341_0d775f04b9_o — Dog rose – Rosa canina. Click on the picture for a larger version on Flickr.

Keeping alive the memories of a glorious summer past, and anticipation of the summer to come in 6 months!

View from a window..

On some days the view from my office window makes you want to go out there and enjoy the greenery and not be stuck behind a desk :).. But I’m eternally thankful that I work in such a beautiful place!