Photo365 – Day 171 – the poppies

This is my small patch of poppies I’ve been photographing in the garden in previous blogs posts. They’re now all coming to flower. I photographed…

Photo365 – Day 170 – reel

I cycled round Clumber Park this afternoon a 30km route, and on the way stopped off at one of my favourite woodland scenes to take…

Photo365 – Day 169 – Helmet

A reproduction divers helmet I’ve been meaning to photograph for ages. I placed the studio light inside and used the modelling light as illumination. Then…

Photo365 – Day 168 – poppy drops

I’m making the most of the poppy explosion in the garden, and the rain with this shot. A poppy petal fell off, so I placed…

Photo365 – Day 167 – Delicate

A close up abstract of a poppy petal…such large and delicate things – they don’t stand a chance in the wind and rain.

Photo365 – Day 166 – Plan B

Plan A was to photograph tonight’s lunar eclipse, but with all the will in the world, and no access to the largest wind machine in…

Photo365 – Day 165 – Caterpillar

Well actually having looked it up, it’s not really a caterpillar, it’s a larvae from the sawfly. I get these every year on my Solomon’s…

Photo365 – Day 164 – Into the sun

“Never shoot into the sun” was something you were always told not to do.  That was in the days of standard coated lenses with minimal…

Photo365 – Day 163 – The First Poppy

We had a pond. At one end was a water feature on an incline with a few pond type flowers around the cascade and a…

Photo365 – Day 162 – The Price of Gold

I was at the petrol station today and, as I’m sure you’re aware, the cost to fill up a tank is now stupendous. Will it…