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...
May 25, 2020 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Following on from my earlier post about red poppy fields in Dorset, here are more photos of Dorset red poppies. On the day I took these, the sun was starting to go down and the wind was blowing gently, creating a gorgeous, swirling sea of flowers. I hope I’ve...
May 23, 2020 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Yes, it’s Dorset red poppy field time again! The sun is shining and the poppies are starting to bloom! Luckily the lockdown has eased a bit, and so I was legitimately able to go out for a walk in the countryside, whilst keeping an eye out for some red poppies....
Apr 26, 2020 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Beautiful and ethereal Phalaenopsis (moth orchids). Click on each photo to enlarge. At this time of year I would normally be out in an ancient wood or hillside photographing flowers. Due to the lockdown that’s not possible, of course, so I decided the flowers...
Apr 16, 2020 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Following last year’s discovery of a solitary pasqueflower at Martin Down Nature Reserve, I was waiting anxiously to see if the same plant would re-appear in 2020. Well, I’m pleased to report that it has made it through to another year. There may well have...
Nov 17, 2019 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
For the past two months I’ve been photographing the same group of trees at Bolderwood, in the New Forest. I wanted to capture the changing colours of the leaves as autumn 2019 took hold. There’s one tree in particular that I really like, a beech tree that...
