I don’t have space to grow a full magnolia tree in the garden so I have these in large pots. The magnolia flowers are therefore smaller than one would find in trees. This is a white magnolia that has been in bloom since mid-March.
f/6.3, 1/500, ISO100, 105mm macro lens.
The rain and the damp here in East England has meant that there is a sudden explosion of mushrooms. Large and small, normal and strangely shaped, they’re all shooting up everywhere.. Here’s a tiny tiny mushroom that was shot at the closest approach I could make with my phone! I have selectively desaturated the background for emphasis.
Autumn 2015 has been particularly great for roses here in Cambridge. My garden was full of roses in their second blooming flush this year and some are still in bloom (in November). This particular english rose has heavy blooms that almost bend the thin branches to the ground.
This photograph has a natural black background generated by the use of a off-camera slave flash at right angles combined with a small aperture f/11 and exposure time of 1/250. Click on the photo for options to view this in larger size on Flickr.
Technical Details:
Nikon D7000, 105mm f/2.8 Sigma macro lens f/11, 1/250, ISO100 Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC
This afternoon while taking a short walk after lunch, I spotted this red currant tree resplendent in autumnal colours! And it is only mid-September.
Photographed using an iPhone 5s, auto settings. Merely added watermark in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
A red admiral butterfly takes a brief rest on a yellow flower. At the Cambridge University botanic gardens.
Spotted at the Cambridge University botanic garden. Beautiful golden wisps of what I think are decorative grass flowers/fruit!
Nikon D7000 with a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 lens. ISO200, f/5.0, 1/1250 seconds.
My pot bound Chinese rose (Hibiscus rosa sinensis) almost died last year due to a nasty mealy bug infestation. In desperation I chopped the branches down till I was left with a few stalks and no leaves. I left it undisturbed over the winter in the conservatory with minimal watering. This year the plant is back and has set buds like the one shown below. Needless to say, I’m extremely pleased!
Best appreciated in large size. Shot with a Nikon D7000 and a 105mm Sigma f2.8 macro lens. ISO 320, 1/250, f/4.5.
As most everyone else my visit to Keukenhof Tulip gardens 3 years ago resulted in the purchase of tulip bulbs. Many of these lasted one season only but the one below has been a repeat flowerer. The is the Estella Rijnveld Parrot Tulip with bright red and creamy wavy petals. They are indeed spectacular, are they not?
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A friend gifted us this plant many years ago, and it makes its yearly appearance every spring in one corner of our garden. The flowers are beautiful pink and white and arranged in long pendants. The bleeding heart plant (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) has other common names including “lady in a bath”.
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These beetles seem to just love the pollen from the daffodil.
Technical Details
ISO200, f/11, 1/60 Nikon D7000 with Sigma 105mm f/2.8 lens Post-processed in Adobe Lightroom CC
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