Jan 6, 2024 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Flooded fields at Holmebridge and East Holme, Dorset Fields at Holmebridge and around East Holme, near Wareham, have been transformed into an unexpected spectacle as the River Frome overflows its banks. The normally gentle and meandering Frome has turned into a...
Nov 13, 2023 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, Nature
Dorset Red Poppies In Autumn Yesterday, I was driving home after photographing autumn colours in Dorset woodland when I spotted a red poppy field. Since it’s mid-November, this was amazing. I was compelled to find somewhere to park, and walked back to take a...
Jun 29, 2023 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, Nature
Opium poppies (Papaver somniferum) have a long and complex history, with their cultivation dating back thousands of years. Dorset’s ‘pink poppies’ do well in our favourable climate and fertile soil, which is an ideal location for growing these...
Jun 1, 2023 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, Nature
Spring has arrived in Poole Park. The once-dormant trees have awakened from their wintry slumber, flowers are unfolding and the gentle rays of the sun play upon the Park’s lakes. I do love this time of year because there’s something very special about it:...
May 9, 2023 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, Nature
Anacamptis morio Flowering in May and June, the green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) is classified as Near Threatened on the Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain. Taking its name from the green veins in the ‘hood’ formed by its sepals, it is...
Apr 28, 2023 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
It’s bluebell season! This year I was lucky enough to chance upon several, lovely Dorset bluebell woods. In previous years, for one reason or another, I’ve missed photographing ‘bluebell season’. In terms of good photographic light, the time of...