Tree Metamorphosis: New Forest Autumn 2019
Hidden New Forest: how to find the perfect tree to photograph
Fallen Tree, Broadwater Avenue, Poole
The photo, here, shows the fallen tree lying across Broadwater Avenue. Anyway, I thought the poor old thing was worthy of a mention on my website.
Great Dorset Steam Fair 2019
Wickham Festival 2019
Since Thursday, I've been at Wickham Festival, Hampshire. The weather has been beautiful and the large crowd, on the first day, was probably (mostly) there to see Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) performing a solo gig. Also Matthews Southern Comfort, Judi Collins and The Proclaimers were playing. It was a great line-up, especially if you're of an age where you remember these guys when they first made it big. Graham sang song after song and talked about things that had happened in his life, and of his good friend, Joni Mitchell. I have to say that I've never seen a...
Camp Bestival 2019
Larmer Tree Festival 2019
Dorset pink poppy fields 2019 (Solstice poppies)
Red poppies at dawn, 2019
Dorset Red Poppy Field, 2019
Tonight I was recceing another photographic location, and chanced upon this gigantic red poppy field in Dorset. I haven't ever seen such a large field of red poppies, so this was a beautiful site, almost bringing a tear to my eye. Very 'late to the party' because of when I arrived, I was just one of several photographers jostling for position as the sun set over the delicate blooms. Luckily I had my camera with me, but I didn't have a tripod (because this was just a recce to another area and I hadn't expected to take any photos tonight!). As a result, the camera was hand held, and I have...
Dorset’s Red Poppy Fields, 2019
Pasqueflowers at Martin Down, Wiltshire
Yesterday, I took a recce trip out to Martin Down Nature Reserve looking for the beautiful and rare pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris). Also known as the 'anemone of Passiontide', the pasqueflower blooms around Easter, deriving its name from the word Paschal ("of Easter"). This striking purple flower, with its furry leaves and petals covered in long, silky hairs, is now found growing on only a few chalk and limestone grasslands. Numerous reports on the Web say that a few pasqueflowers grow at Martin Down. However, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack, as the...
Youth Strike 4 Climate Bournemouth Protest
This morning I went along to the Town Hall, in Bournemouth, to take photos of schoolchildren, students and parents protesting against climate change as part of Youth Strike 4 Climate's worldwide protests. This was an organised protest, and part of Youth Strike 4 Climate, an attempt to force politicians to tackle growing environmental problems. Organisers said that action was planned in at least UK 60 towns and cities, from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands. The Youth Strike 4 Climate movement started in August 2018, when Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, held a solo protest...
Lower Parkstone @1910, @1930 and 2018
The Old Decoy Pond, Morden Bog National Nature Reserve
