“Natural light photography uses the sun as a light source” I am a passionate flower photographer and mainly use natural light as my light source as I photograph outdoors, hardly ever in a studio/indoors. We all know that the time of day influences the way the light falls, the colour, the shadows. Early morning and…
Tag: flowers
hoverfly and one flower
Cee is hosting the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge this week and as a huge lover of flower photography her choice is ‘one flower’. As I post many flowers on my blogs I wasn’t going to join in this week, until I captured this lovely Eupeodes perplexus (?) hoverfly (just look at that pattern!) on an Ox-eye…
delicate colours
delicate (adj.) – very fine in texture or structure; of intricate workmanship or quality / dainty / graceful / elegant I suppose we think of delicate colours as those that are very pale; pastels, ethereal, soft. So I had a look around the lanes and my walk along George V yesterday to try and capture…
bees and one butterfly
pastime (noun) – an activity that someone does regularly for enjoyment rather than work; a hobby. I don’t have many pastimes. Mainly gardening and photography take up my time now that I am retired. So flower photography is pretty much a given. What I do like to do at this time of year is try…
Garden View: Bonython Manor Gardens
Bonython is a 20 acre garden I have yearned to visit since moving to Cornwall. Typical of the usual Cornish spring plantings of Camellias, Azaleas and Rhododendrons and Magnolias it then explodes into colour during the summer with hot South African planting reminiscent of the owner’s home country. It is a little out-of-the-way situated on…
Six on Saturday | Mid June Edition
A quick look around the garden with more plants beginning to flower this month as the temperature climbs. Another blue hardy geranium and one which I bought myself last year from Burncoose nursery. I have of course lost the name. Slightly paler than last week’s version and with a white eye. Looks lovely intermingling with…
Six on Saturday | odd one out
“I appreciate the misunderstanding I have had with Nature over my perennial border. I think it is a flower garden; she thinks it is a meadow lacking grass, and tries to correct the error” ~ Sara Stein Well spring hit us with a sledgehammer this month with rain and sunshine setting the plants in competition…
Six on Saturday | Dazzle
When the sun shines in Cornwall there can be no better place in the world. And May is a perfect time to visit a Cornish garden which is famous for Magnolias, Camellias, Rhododendrons and Azaleas. May is R&A time so here are my six this week from Glendurgan Gardens on the Helford River. (1) White…
Six on Saturday | My Garden
It so happens that I have designated six areas to my garden to be able to plan the appropriate planting for each section, so it seemed fitting to describe the parts which make the whole in a six on Saturday post. When I moved here two years ago (end March 2016) I had little idea…
cornwall in colours: a rainbow
Persian Buttercups As mentioned in my Eden post here are more photos of the incredible Persian Buttercups (Ranunculus asiaticus). Just grab your sunglasses and take a look: The clashing colours are just so amazing. Must be hundreds of bulbs planted here. Have you ever seen such a floriferous display? Singles, doubles all with flouncy petticoats,…
Cornwall in Colours 