Narrow depth of field in photography can be both frustrating and useful! It's something you have to deal with a lot in macro photography but you probably wouldn't need to think about it so much in landscape photography. As most of what I do is photographing small things, I encounter it a lot. The technical… Continue reading Narrow Depth
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Future Flowers
Back in February 2016 I bought myself an Orchid. I didn't have a great track record of keeping plants alive at that point, but I decided I would enjoy the flowers and see if I could keep it going. Back then, I didn't know that in the future I would still be enjoying this lovely… Continue reading Future Flowers
Red
If you look in my Nature Guide, you'll find there are a number of flowers with Red in their name. Sometimes they look pink to me, but if their name is red, then they count! We have: Red Campion: Red Clover: Red Dead-nettle Redshank With insects, red seems to be more literal and things definitely… Continue reading Red
Drawing the Eye Indoors
I had an urge to take some photos today, but didn't have much energy to venture out anywhere. So I decided to take some photos of our house plants. We have a bunch of cacti and succulents, and a (slightly random) Fuchsia in our living room. When I saw this week's Lens-Artists Challenge, I realised… Continue reading Drawing the Eye Indoors
Green Hairstreak
I was just thinking about the topic for this week's Lens Artists Photo Challenge: Special Spot Shots. My mind went directly to Cors Caron as this is one of my favourite places, one of my most special places. I then thought of the spot where I always see the Green Hairstreak butterflies that I mentioned… Continue reading Green Hairstreak