Jun 23, 2020 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, Nature
2020 hasn’t been great for Dorset’s pink opium poppy fields. Well, it has in some ways, but pink poppies never flower for that long anyway, but this year it was for an even shorter amount of time. Two days of rain and wind caused the petals to start...
Jun 21, 2019 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News
Sunrise and mist over a field of Dorset pink poppies. Image 1 of 3 June 2019. Firstly, in the light of recent events (*more on that later on), I’d like to start by saying that I was given permission to photograph the pink poppies. Anyone who follows my work...
Jun 26, 2018 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
For the last four years I’ve been photographing Dorset’s pink poppy fields – Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy. However, since the summer of 2017 there had been quite a bit of speculation, on the web, as to whether Dorset’s opium poppies...
Jun 26, 2017 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News
This year and for the previous two years (opium poppies 2015 and 2016), I’ve been photographing Dorset’s opium poppy fields. June 2017 was rather more difficult than previous times as the poppy fields were tucked away, pretty much out of sight. Also...
Jun 27, 2016 | M35 Photography News, Nature
I was lucky enough to take photos of some Dorset opium poppies in 2015. In 2016, due to inclement weather, achieving decent photos of the ‘morphine poppy’ (Papaver somniferum) has proved a little more difficult. The sunrise image...
