Apr 20, 2021 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Last year I started photographing orchids, after a chance ‘encounter’ with some pyramidal orchids [Anacamptis pyramidalis] when on a walk. At that time I was really a little too late in the season – and unprepared – to start searching for more...
Apr 5, 2021 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
2021 – A beautiful and rare pasqueflower plant growing at Martin Down. Background For the last two years (2019 and 2020) I have been photographing a pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) at Martin Down, on the Hampshire/Dorset border. During that time I have only...
Apr 1, 2021 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, Nature
A solitary pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) growing on the hillside at Barnsley Warren SSSI, in Gloucestershire. This exquisite, hairy, little plant is also known as the ‘anemone of Passiontide’, because it flowers around Easter time (tomorrow will be...
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....
