spring – Page 3 – Juridicious

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!

Nature on fire!

Grass photographed under the mellow warm colours of sunset at Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire.

_DSC2388 — Grass on fire (not quite!). Click through for a larger version on Flickr.

A beautiful day!

At the Queensmead Lake in Staines, England. A tranquil place to relax and walk, yet within 5 minutes walking distance from Staines town centre. 3-shot bracketed HDR processed in NIK HDREfex Pro

Strawberries and Cream

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

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

Spring – Tulip (juridicious.com)

Last of the Tulips…

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

_DSC2496 — Selectively coloured to remove dull brown background. ISO 200, f6.3, 1/60 200mm

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

Spring – Tulip (juridicious.com)

The (almost) perfect path..

A long straight path with a kink in it..

Farmington Hills, Michigan

Photographed using a compact Panasonic TZ-30 Camera and post-processed with NIK HDR Efex Pro.

Cherry Blossoms

Last of the cherry blossoms in Michigan as spring fast appears to be coming to an end.

Photographed with a Panasonic TZ-30 compact camera. Post-Processed in NIK Color Efex Pro

Dandelion – British Wildflowers

The earliest signs of spring in gardens and meadows around Britain are the appearance of these tough dandelions. They might be the scourge of the gardener but they do light up meadows with their bright yellow showy flowers. These dandelions were seen on a footpath along a field near Hinxton, Cambridgeshire.

Spring – Tulip

Spring finally arrived in Cambridge this week. The garden suddenly woke up from its long winter slumber and burst into colour. Daffodils, Crocuses and now tulips are in bloom.

Technical Details

Nikon D7000 with external Speedlight SB600 flash in slave mode

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Sigma 105mm f/2.8
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1/250 f/20 ISO200
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Post-Processed in Adobe Lightroom 4.4
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Anatomy of a Hibiscus – Part 1 (juridicious.com)
Tulips, etc. (bluestar2012.wordpress.com)
Tulip (vanessavankova.wordpress.com)

Spring – Daffodils!!

This looks likely to be the most christmas-like Easter here in England this year. Snowfall this week and more expected over the Easter weekend make it hard to believe that spring is actually here. These daffodils from my garden are proof that, whilst we may not think of spring, the plants have certainly made up their minds.

_DSC2232 — External SB600 flash from left of picture. 1/250 f/3.3 ISO200

_DSC2240 — External flash from underneath. 1/250, f/14, ISO200

_DSC2239-Edit — Closer still. External SB600 flash under-lit. 1/160, f/14, ISO200. Sharpened with NIK Software.

All these pictures taken outside at dusk. The black background in the photographs are a result of using an external flash combined with a high aperture setting. Final black corrections in Adobe LightRoom applied to create a fully dark background.

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