Welsh Poppies

The last couple of years have seen these orange poppies flowering in my garden and I know I never planted these! These are the Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis cambrica).

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Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis cambrica)
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Welsh poppy

These are obviously wild flowers but they’re certainly not unwelcome in my garden!

Both pictures photographed with a Nikon D7000 and a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 macro lens.

Strawberries and Cream

I believe the picture explains the title of this blog entry…

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Photographed using a Nikon D7000 with a Sigma f/2.8 105mm macro lens (f/5.0, 1/800). Selectively converted dull green background to black in Adobe Lightroom 4.4

 

Last of the Tulips…

The tulips came and went really quickly this year.. At least I managed to capture a few with my camera.

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Selectively coloured to remove dull brown background. ISO 200, f6.3, 1/60 200mm
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ISO200, f/6.0 1/60 145mm

Photographed using a Nikon D7000 and post-processed in Adobe Lightroom 4.4

 

Dramatic Skies

I recently returned from a visit to Michigan, where one evening the skies put on a dramatic show of the myriad colours contained in natures palette.

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Stormy skies, dramatic colours and a sunset. Click to see a larger picture
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Sunset over Farmington Hills, Michigan

Images taken with a Panasonic TZ30 compact camera and post-processed in Color Efex Pro

Warning: Here be Dragons!

Legoland is a chain of Lego-themed amusement parks at different locations around the world, including the one in Windsor near London. Away from the milling crowds and long queues for parking and rides, this amusement park in London also offers excellent views of Windsor Castle, the residence of Queen Elizabeth 2.

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A Lego dragon at Legoland Windsor

 

Cambridge in HDR – Jesus Lock

Another two images of the Jesus lock on the river Cam in Cambridge. Locks are used to raise or lower boats between stretches of water of different levels. The Jesus lock was built in the late 19th century and is now maintained by Conservators of the River Cam, the navigation authority for the River Cam established in 1702.

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Looking down the lock. The water inside the lock is at a higher level

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The lock is on the right of the picture just beyond the island. The broad stretch of river in the centre flows by a mini-waterfall due to differences in level.

HDR generated by bracketing 3 photos in Photomatix Pro.