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At last a bit of sunshine so spent a few hours at The National Botanic Gardens of Wales including a visit to The British Birds of Prey Centre situated there. The sun being so low in the sky proved to be problematical but still, it was good to see sunshine and get out in the fresh air.
There's something quite subliminal about sitting with a cuppa and watch the daylight followed by sunrise over the Swansea Valley
This is a Norwegian Spruce tree that I keep in a pot in the back garden which gets relocated to the front porch every Christmas. The caption refers to the fact that I was due to be elsewhere today but was forced to cancel first thing this morning due to the band of heavy rain that is sweeping across my part of the UK.
Very much a grab shot after coming home from a top -up session with my Chiropractor. I always feel whacked after it even though it's far gentler a regime than many....
Wishing all my Flickr friends, a happy and healthy new year and as one of my friends always says , "Never lose your sparkle" 😉
This is the skeletonised seed head from a mallow flower that was growing in the wildflower patch in my garden - held up into the light then tweaked in Lightroom to get the dark background.
Captured on Cefn Bryn, Gower today on the way home from revisiting the Sunflower Fields at Rhossili.
The first day of meteorological winter and I woke up to frost on the ground. By the time I got the chance to get up and out to capture it, it was thawing, so I picked up one of a few maple leaves that I'd brought home from a local park the other day and held it up to the light.
Today we did what we were forced to cancel last Friday due to bad weather. We'd been invited by the Birds of Prey Centre situated at The National Botanic Gardens of Wales to meet up with Drew Davies Photography ( www.flickr.com/photos/drewdaviesphotography/) for some hints and tips about bird photography. Who could resist capturing these on our way out even though the light was failing ?
Another new plant for the Roberts' garden. This is a Wallflower aka Erysimum cheiri (Sunset Bronze)
Depending on which monitor I use to view this - on one it looks more like Scarlet S'Hara ;-)
We have been trying to capture different possible looks of the glossy ibis in shade and light to show off its beauty. Then, the ibis in breeding plumage, in the Viera Florida wetlands, gave us this image. We realized that the possibilities were unlimited.
Believe the bird showed us this image to get rid of us after a couple of photoshoots. 😀
Colours, I mean - I just wish it wouldn't give us so much rain though :) This is yet another shot of part of my drooping cherry tree in our back garden , captured this morning in bright sunlight after so much rain of late
A full day today at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales because I arrived there early in order to catch the morning mist. As I was composing a shot of that, this flew up and landed on the fence to my right therefore, an opportunist shot taken into the sun.
For the Macro Mondays theme of 'Timepieces ‘ - a cheap 'costume jewellery' watch that I bought several years ago to go with a wedding outfit . It's still in working order but never worn because it's it's too tiny for me to read the time on it 😎 The face itself measures 2cm. HMM!
Captured in my back garden this morning . One of very many bees that were buzzing in and out of the blossom.
Wise words in that old phrase as a rule but there are often exceptions to rules - this being no different. 'Clout' refers to winter clothing and it was cold and dark when I captured this earlier on that, I was back to my winter woollies again.
Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis milberti)
Hi Everybody!
This image is for Wannabe Warmer Wednesday. I'm late to post, but Wednesday isn't over yet!
A very fast butterfly, the Milbert's Tortoiseshell posed briefly for me. I was located in a ditch that was loaded with wild asters. It is always a good challenge to not step on the wildflowers when shooting butterflies, one of my most favourite things to do! I can hardly wait for summer to see these guys again!
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Last shot out of my camera today after an afternoon spent partly at Kenfig Nature Reserve before we headed off to see if the Cattle Egrets were still in the farmland in Nottage, followed by a drive to Porthcawl Harbour. This was taken further up the road from the harbour near Rest Bay where we'd parked the car. I'd composed in my head on the drive home a blog entry to go with this but no sooner as we'd got home, a neighbour called in to ask Huw my better half if he'd conduct the funeral of her husband who passed away a few days ago. Any thoughts of blogging after that just flew out of the window.
RIP lovely neighbour. ❤
The fence in question being one of my neighbours'. I'd hoped to have gone into Swansea City Centre later in the day to do some 'after dark' photography but once again it continues to rain here.
Too busy with laptop work to get out today and noticed each time I glanced up to give my eyes a break from the screen that the colours in our drooping cherry tree in the garden had changed since the last time I captured them
Today's uploads are brought to you in blue- seen near to home in a roadside field where Swansea City Council have sown a different batch of wild flower seeds than last year.
This is a dwarf sunflower head ( Helianthus Sunbelievable) which can be grown in patio pots. This one however is destined for one of the garden borders once the winds die down.
Woke up to a glorious crisp Autumn morning so headed out to the Lliw Reservoirs approx 15mins or less from home. Sadly the fine weather didn't last and by the time we arrived home it was raining once more.
I must have looked a proper sight lunchtime with an umbrella in one hand and a camera in the other. A Geum flowerhead in my garden.
Another day when the time ran away from me (compiling a Macro Mondays Blurb photobook).
I had a look at the FCB's 52 week challenge, and Smoke Art was top of the list.
My den now smells like a hippy's teepee, but I had great fun!
Basic edits only in LR, then three images overlaid in Photoshop with the Screen blending mode, on a widened canvas.
A marmite shot using some marbles I bought at Aerospace Bristol, the other day. Bring on the gags .. 😉....
Taken before the 6 Nations Rugby Tournament where Wales played Ireland in Cardiff. In the event of Wales winning The Grand Slam ( which they did) I'd also taken one in red but chose this for my POtD.
PS this looks clearer on my monitor than on my iPad - it may be because of a temporary glitch with my eyes.
I only bought these Peonies last Saturday but they've opened up so quickly that I doubt they'll last till tomorrow - hence the early shot, before I dash off to the hairdressers for a trim and where, you never know, it might well be a matter of 'Hair today, Gone tomorrow' 😬
I was out the garden this morning checking for Autumn colours seeing as today is the first day of Autumn. Next thing I knew is that as the sun broke out , this beauty landed on the Rudbeckia. Since then it's been raining so heavily that any plans of going out with my camera have been scuppered- I so needed to get out to stretch my legs too after the weekend 😐
Also for the Macro Mondays theme of 'Hobbies'. I like to write so carry a tiny notebook in my bag in case I think of something and need to jot it down before I forget . This one is part of a small Laura Ashley one ( approx total size is 2.5" - 4" ). The blurred out words are ones from of a ditty that suddenly came to mind after poring over it for weeks. HMM! ( Another 'thistle doo ' shot due to being under the weather.... still )
The other day I posted the photo in comments of the squirrel we hadn't seen in months since we last dog-sat for our son. Prior to that Huw had put a squirrel feeder on a back fence to prevent it from jumping into the bird feeders. To my delight, I saw it eating out of it today. Result! 😀
Seen at the Botanic Gardens, Singleton, Swansea. Today's visit was very brief because before this, I'd been to Colliers Photographic Services nearby to get some prints done ready to be mounted at home and which will go on display next month in an MS Cymru Celebration event to promote positivism and what many of us can do. Forgive the lack of commenting in the 365 Group because I'm flat out with this and with other kinds of things I'll be exhibiting.
A trip into Worthing with Liz, and a stop for tea in the Cowshed on the seafront. The patterns in the glasses caught my eye...