Category Archives: Macro

Bluebells In The Afternoon

As I said in yesterday’s post, a bright, hot & very sunny afternoon was not the best time to be taking photographs. But I had a wonderful few hours in Foxley Wood and the images in the gallery below – mostly, but not entirely, bluebells – are my pick of the day. They wouldn’t win...

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I Hope You Like Ladybirds

I recently spent a wonderful few hours at Fairhaven Woodland & Water Gardens. It was looking very different to my last visit in the autumn : lots of bare twigs and open, brown spaces because Spring hasn’t entirely happened here yet. There were a couple of areas in particular where ladybirds were out in force...

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Nature By Numbers

A superb animation from Cristobal Vila, which he describes as “inspired on [sic] numbers, geometry and nature”. A complete delight to view especially if, like me, you’re both a fractal nut and a lover of close-up nature photography.

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Fairhaven

I should be ashamed to admit that I’ve been living less than 15 miles from Fairhaven Woodland & Water Garden for nearly 20 years but only visited it for the first time just over a week ago. I was lucky: the weather wasn’t too promising but – although the thin cloud cover persisted – it...

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