Spring
I was having more fun this morning with the Soft Focus II lens.
The spring flowers were beautiful in the sunshine.
I was having more fun this morning with the Soft Focus II lens.
The spring flowers were beautiful in the sunshine.
It felt almost like summer this morning when I went out with the dog. I treated myself to a new Lensbaby Soft Focus II optic and was keen to have a play. I think I’m going to have lots of fun with this lens.
On top of the Old Hills first thing in the morning is a special place.
These shots were taken with the Lensbaby Obscura optic with the Pinhole Sieve.
It was a bit grey this morning and threatening to rain when I took the dog out. I had more time this morning so I had a play with my camera capturing the spring flowers which were out. The snowdrops are passed their best, the primroses and daffodils are radiant and I was amazed to see the violets out.
I’ts been a strange start to the year and I don’t really know where January went. Most of it seems to have just disappeared.
I’ve been getting out with my camera again over the last few days and capturing the snowdrops which signal the coming spring.
When I was downloading some recent shots from my camera I came across the following shots from a frosty morning in January.
After several dull, grey mornings its was great to get out and discover a clear frosty morning.
I was out early enough to capture the sunrise over the Old Hills.
For today’s photo I had planned to capture some mistletoe. There was a beautiful bunch which I’ve walked passed for the last month or so I headed onto the Old Hills to find it. I was really disappointed to find that someone had cut away all the bits within reach.
Luckily the bunch at my back-up spot was intact and I was able to capture these shots.
I pass this old tree regularly when walking on the Old Hills. It’s amazing!
The main trunk is split down the middle, the centre is rotting and its hollow in places, yet in summer there is new growth on the upper branches and it’s leaves mingle with the others from the surrounding trees.
I’ve watched the fungi growing in the rotten, hollow trunk all this week and thought it was something worth sharing. Nature’s ability to persist is fascinating.