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Category Archives: Gardens
Covid Bird Watching….
I really don’t know whether it is Covid or just getting old but the thought of going out and capturing bird images is a little bit off of the radar at the moment. Instead I have been trying to capture … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Blackbird, Blue Tit, Covid, garden, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Jackdaw
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Having a Cuppa….
What better than sitting in the garden and having a cup of tea when some friends decided to pop round. No covid regulations were broken in the making of these images.
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Blackbird, Cup of Tea, Dunnock, garden, Photogarphy, Robin
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Not going out….
The days are getting longer and I can now start to sit outside in my garden and watch the world go bye whilst drinking my afternoon tea. That may well be the most cliched english thing I do but I … Continue reading
Posted in Corvid 19, Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Aircraft, Buzzard, Collared Dove, Covid, Dunnock, FedEx, garden, Jackdaw, Robin, Sparrow Hawk
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Spring time ….
Not sure if I’ve mentioned it before but one of the YouTube channels I follow is Gold Shaw Farm. It can get a bit ‘Our Tune‘ at the moment from time to time but on the whole the ducks, chickens, … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Blue Tit, Daffodil, garden, Gold Shaw Farm, Jackdaw, Our Tunes, Robin, Spring, Toby Dog, Vermont
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Autumn comes but once a year….
Up until last week autumn hadn’t really happened. Yes some of the trees were turning but not as many as there should be by now. (My measure of this is personal experience so not very scientific I know.) Now, oh … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Gardens, Photography
Tagged autumn, autumn Leaves, Calke Abbey, Flowers, garden, National Trust, winter
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A few Days in the Garden….
Another period of immobility – getting old is a real pain! So nothing more to do than to pass the time of day in the garden.
Posted in autumn, Gardens, Photography
Tagged autumn, Butterfly, Flowers, garden, Honey Bee, Pollination, Sparrow Hawk
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New Season…New Camera…
Autumn is the season to buy a new camera…well at least that is what I seem to do. Early days, it arrived this morning, but it certain shows promise.
Posted in autumn, Gardens, Macro, Photography
Tagged autumn, garden, Insects, photography, Sony A7 R Mk 3
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Continuing a theme….
I know, I know, I getting to be a real bore but one last time. These images were captured on a camera that most of the talking heads on the Internet wouldn’t be seen dead with – I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Corvid 19, Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Bumble Bee, Butterfly, Flowers, garden, Honey Bee, hot summer days, photography, Pollination, Sony A6000, Summer
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15 Minutes by the Climbing Rose….
I always find that I am fighting a losing battle trying to capture bees – especially with my antiquated equipment. Hoverflies on the other hand are far more obliging.
Posted in Gardens, Macro, Summer
Tagged Bees, garden, photography, Pollination, rose
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How to Kill the Buzz…
So two weeks in and what little reserve of fun I had has totally evaporated. Every day around 4pm I hit the UK Covid dashboard for the latest figures on just how the infection in Leicester is doing and I … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Corvid 19, Gardens, Photography, Procreate, Summer
Tagged Apple Pencil, Bee, Cate Blanchett, City of Leicester, Covid, Flower, garden, Lockdown, photography, Pollination, portrait, Procreate, sketch, woman
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