Category: Macro

Poppies after the rain

By cpadmin

Poppies after the rain

Poppies after the rain shows three images of a group of ten large deep red poppies has broken bud in the garden. The poppies flowered a few days ago. Yesterday was showery and between the showers I nipped out to collect images of the poppies. Just after a rain shower water droplets are still visible on the petals. The black veins are visible on some of the petals.

  • Poppies in the rain
    Seven flowers after the rain shower
  • Poppy after the rain
    Close up poppy after the rain
  • Poppy after the rain
    After the rain

Our website includes nine image of the clump of ten poppies. These include close ups, images with the sun shining through the petals and a macro of the spider like centre of the largest poppy. View more of the poppy images captured recently by visiting the page “Poppies and poppies” on our website.

Todays Floral display

By cpadmin

Todays floral display shows three of the six images on our website page “Six of the best”. All of these images were captured in the garden over the last 24 hours. Fortunately the lockdown has been accompanied by good weather. It has been possible to capture images of the flowers that are daily coming into bloom.

  • Three red roses
    Three red roses
  • Six of the best
    White rose petals and yellow stamen
  • Rock rose - cistus
    Purple petals of the rock rose
Three of the six images captured

Three red roses growing at head height on the trellis. They form a nice pattern and have been cut into a square image to make the most of the natural positioning of the roses.

The white rose has grown out from below the graft of the red trailing rose. It’s growing amongst the red rose on the trellis and makes a nice contrast. Additionally, I like the clarity of the yellow stamen in this image. and the random fly in this image.

The rock rose (cistus) was pruned earlier this year and the flowers seem to be a much deeper purple. The image shown has a red mason bee working on the flower.

Click here to go to the website page and see all of the images included in the “six of the best” of todays floral display

Lock down photographs

By cpadmin

Lock down photographs. With lock down comes the question “What do I do with my time”. One of the photographers in team Essex posted a picture of pigeon with the caption “I’m getting desperate!” I understand that. However, flowers are breaking bud, leaves are forming and there are things in the garden which can be played with to create images. Many of the images are ones that we would not necessarily seek to capture in normal times.

For example, I have been using my macro lens for the first time in three years. I also managed to capture images of the moon with my 600mm lens. I was surprised at the quality of the moon images. The craters are clearly visible on the edge of the image. This post contains two of the lock down photographs. Click on the link to go to our website and see some of the others in the latest images section.Lock down images – 1

  • Lock down images
    The moon, with craters visible
  • Aquilegia breaking bud

All creatures macro and small

By cpadmin
  • Knotty view
    5mm diameter knot on post
  • All creatures macro and small
    Ladybird showing a leg
  • All creatures macro and small
    Unfurled tulip with added greenfly

All creatures macro and small, three images attached. Being at home this week means that photography has been limited to the garden. I have entered a competition to photograph textures and have been playing in the garden with my macro lens. It is amazing how different textures look when you take a really close view of them.

I wanted to capture the texture of a tulip flower. I tried one that was out and then tried one that was unfurled. The text is nice and smooth, however the image also shows an aphid standing on the side of the flower looking at me. I presume it a green fly, but a bit early for them.

Another ladybird offered itself for a close up. I find them so attractive. A friend tells me it’s a seven spotted one, which is common! Still I like the image of the ladybird on the dwarf conifer. It was also well behaved and stayed put whilst I fiddled with the camera! Smooth texture on the ladybird and furry texture on the conifer.

The third shot is from a post in the garden. Put in the ground 30 years ago, it has weathered and suffered from a lack of preservative. I wanted to catch the image of the knot, which I did. The knot in real life is 5mm across! What I had not appreciated, again, until bringing the image on to the computer was that there was a distinct cross shape in the wood as well.

See more of our images by visiting our website “https://www.compassphotography.co.uk/”