Red on black-and-white is such a cool combination of colours. Red poppies in a wheat field, memories of a summer gone by!
Tag: Summer
Sunset
This sunset over Morecambe Bay was just too good to record using a single exposure. So I bracketed 5 shots and merger them. The slight fuzziness of the clouds nicely compliments that sharp inky blues of the beach!
Ocean Edge Leisure Park, Heysham, Morecambe Bay, England.
Insignificant portrait
What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
These words came to mind when I looked at this photo of me taken by a friend. In the vastness of space, we are but insignificant creatures living on a tiny planet in orbit around an average star in one corner of a galaxy amongst billions of galaxies!
At Heysham on Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, UK.
Lake Grasmere, Cumbria
The lake made famous by William Wordsworth, Lake Grasmere in the Lake District National Park is a mile long tranquil lake. I took this picture from a low perspective and attempted to capture the natural beauty of this place. In the distance, Allan Bank, a property managed by the National Trust can be seen. A small island in the middle of the lake was Wordsworth’s favourite destination while he was staying at nearby Dove Cottage. Click on the picture for more viewing options. Photo best viewed in large size!
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Red Admiral
A red admiral butterfly takes a brief rest on a yellow flower. At the Cambridge University botanic gardens.
Golden!
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.
A blue rose
I purchased the rose “blue for you” last year as I was intrigued by the colour advertised. This rose is one of a few varieties of genetically engineered roses to produce delphidin – the compound that imparts blue colour to violets and other blue flowers. Finally spring arrived and the rose has flowered. It is not strictly blue but more a lavender/purple but is the closest I have seen any rose come to the as yet impossible “blue” colour.
Larger versions of these photos are available from Flickr by clicking on the photos. Comments welcome!
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)!
Remembering summer….
Keeping alive the memories of a glorious summer past, and anticipation of the summer to come in 6 months!
Taraxacum – the dandelion
Field dandelions (Taraxacum sp.) photographed in the middle of summer near Hinxton, England.
All greens from the background were removed in Lightroom.
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