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Tag Archives: Flowers
Back to some decent weather…
As with most things decent weather is a relative statement. One person’s sunny day is another’s pollen hell. The past week has been marked by a significant amount of rain which is what we have really needed for some time … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Bee, Flowers, Gardens, hare, photography, Spring, weather
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In an English country garden…
Perhaps not a ‘country’ garden but they are certainly from an English garden….
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Bluebells, bulbs, Flowers, garden, photography, Spring
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A bit of a rough start….
April didn’t start too well – I was struck down with the a spring virus that whilst not particularly life threatening made me feel off it for almost two weeks. It wasn’t helped by the continued Brexit nonsense. Finally this … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, iphone, Macro, Photography, Spring
Tagged Dawn, Flowers, garden, Garden Centres, Jubilee Park, Nostell Park, photography, River Soar, Sculptures, trees
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Brexit Britain No. 09
It is very easy in these days of total confusion about WTF is happening in Westminster to forget that life goes on. Perhaps the most surprising thing so far is just how little the nonsense is affecting life outside the … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Brexit Britain, Photography
Tagged Brexit, Catkin, Daffodil, Exercise Bike, Flowers, iphoneography, photography, Spring, Willow
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Teaching an old dog some new tricks…
The other day I made a rather profound discovery…the reason why I am a much much better digital photographer than when I used film is that I have total control of the process. In the chemical days I had to … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Photography
Tagged autumn, Autumn Colour, Botanic Gardens, Bradgate Park, Dawn, Flowers, photography, photoshop, sunrise, trees, University of Leicester Botanic Garden
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Jessica and running out of RAM…
I have an ancient iMac that helps me produce all my digital output and just recently it has started to run out of puff when working with some of the very large files and new software. In a very real … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Digital Painting, Gardens, Summer
Tagged Apple Pencil, Archive, Bee, Digital Painting, Flowers, Hidcote Manor, Procreate, woman
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Teaching an old dog…
For reasons I have no intention of going into here I have just bought myself a new camera and lens – not an entirely unheard of pattern of behaviour on my part. However at the same time my rather ancient … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Jubilee Park, Macro, Photography, Summer
Tagged Adobe Lightroom, Flowers, Jubilee Park, photography, photoshop, River Soar, Seed
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From the bright side of the road…
What a wonderful thing it is to live in England in spring. This is not meant to be some form of jingoistic statement but rather a reflection of just how the weather changes so quickly on these damp and green … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Macro, Photography, Spring
Tagged Baddesley Clinton, bulbs, Chatsworth House, Flowers, garden, hot sun, photography, Spring, Tulips
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Back to the Ironstone…
Cold just about banished it was time to once more enter the freezer of the Ironstone benefice – today I was chasing snowdrops.
Posted in Ironstone Beniface, Macro, Photography
Tagged Flowers, Gravestone, Graveyard, Ironstone Benefice, photography, Snowdrops, winter
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Learning all the time…
Most of the day has been spent learning more about my new lens – an interesting experience and a lot of data has been stored for further use – whether this helps is another matter. On the whole it … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography
Tagged Bee, Butterfly, Flowers, garden, Lunar, Moon, photography
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