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Monochrome madness: Flowers out in the garden
Posted on October 8, 2024
In ‘real life’, as it were, these tiny flowers have bright pink petals. However, converting the image to monochrome goes some way to transform a ho-hum record shot into something a little more striking in its own right, partly helped by eliminating background distractions.
Lens-Artists Challenge: What’s In A Garden?
Posted on August 13, 2024
What’s in a garden? Many things, large and small. From stately homes to formal beds, from fountains to mazes. Obviously, not every garden has any of these, but I can pretty much guarantee that thy will all have flowers and insects that have a symbiotic relationship with them.
The Buddleia in Our Back Garden
Posted on September 15, 2022
A mere twenty steps from our back door is a by-now well-established Buddleia bush, normally irresistible to butterflies and bees – although apparently not at the precise moment I took this photo a couple of days ago.
April’s Last Photo
Posted on May 1, 2022
In our son’s garden in Oxfordshire, I was struck by the almost luminous bark on this tree.
Formal Gardens at Chateau Villandry
Posted on August 7, 2019
Part of the extensive formal gardens at Chateau Villandry:
Posted is response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge with the theme of ‘gardens’
Tuesdays of Texture: Fungi
Posted on September 13, 2017
I’m not exactly sure what this is, but it’s growing on a log in my garden. (The artful little splashes of blue are from the wisteria growing above it.)
Tuesdays of Texture: Celtic Cross
Posted on March 29, 2017
This Celtic cross was spotted in a display of ornaments in a garden centre. It’s pre-cast rather than carved, obviously, but nonetheless the texture is interesting.
A contribution to Tuesdays of Texture, hosted by Narami at De Monte Y Mar.
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