We have an amaryllis growing in the kitchen; it was a Christmas gift from a friend. It’s coming along nicely, and a few days ago it was lit by the early morning sun. I loved the rim lighting, and thought I would try and capture it. The plant is growing near the window, hence the […]
Category Archives: Garden photography
It’s well and truly autumn now and the sun, when it’s out, is at a much lower angle to things than at the same time of day in summer. That lower light angle means that lots more photographic opportunities arise. There are very busy spiders living on and around our window frames. However often you […]
In our new garden in Worcester we are still learning about what plants and wildlife we have. Putting to one side the squirrels that drop bits of part-chewed walnuts (and squirrel spit!) all over our cars on the drive, there are some interesting insects around, like this Bronze Shield Bug. Some of you will know […]
Yesterday I went to the wonderful Savernake Forest in Wiltshire. It started out as a socially-distanced lockdown autumn colours walk with a friend, but ended up being a fungal foray photography fest! I was hoping we would see some fungi, so I prepared for it. I took my Olympus E-MD5 MkIII fitted with the superb […]
Lockdown has given me lots of extra time to examine my Oxfordshire* garden and its wildlife, more specifically the life that feeds or lives/dies, on my eryngiums. * Yes, I know I have a Wiltshire postal address, but that’s a quirk of Royal Mail’s systems. I’ve also had a chance to try out my Olympus’s […]