Grass verge

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countryside, grass verge, Lancashire, meadow flowers, nature, roadside, wildflowers

Risking life and limb on grass verges to capture the wonderful wild flowers that grow on the verges.

 

Stopped Clock

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a coastal town, Blackpool, Lumix G2, nature, Panasonic lumix, parklife, postaday, The Daily Post, time

Spent afternoon in park yesterday was with grandson so didn’t go with intention of shooting unsuspecting public or looking for faded street signs. However as always have camera with me did end up taking pics of time passing..

. youths growing..

.swans preening..

and buttercups opportunistically colonizing the grass.

 

A simple thing beautiful to me

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a northern town, beach, Beach Huts, Canon 50D, colour photography, nature, northwest, photography, postaday, rope, seaside, St Annes, The Daily Post, wooden frames

The sun came out briefly today so grabbed camera and practically ran down to St Annes …well, I caught the bus but it only took 20 mins…anyway wandered about, lots of images on the prom, on the beach the pier etc lots of the same old thing and wasn’t feeling particularly inspired till I got to the Beach HutsOut of season so closed but they still look so inviting, there I was imagining being curled up on a comfy chair with a mug of tea, a plate of chocolate hobnobs and a good book..but the biting wind soon cleared my head and I walked on till I saw my shot of the day…ha! me thinks this is very similar to one I took last year so I got closerand closer still..and discovered an image waiting for me in the wooden frame…frame after frame tied together with rope swaying in the wind and at the very enda glimpse of sea and sky so blue I couldnt see where one ended and the other started. A simple thing this man made ‘box’ of wooden frames, rope and blue nature but it inspired me today.

another early morning

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a northern town, colour photography, colours, dawn, estuary, Lytham, morning light, nature, The Daily Post, The West Coast

Woke at 5 this morning which is better than 4 I suppose but not as good as 6..anyway thought I would wander and wonder at the wonderful wonders of the early morning..the waning moon was the first thing to greet me as I crept out of the back door, she was looking very pale after her colourful exhibition of the previous night, a lone gull squawking and crying for it’s mate.. The sunrise didn’t disappoint and filled the sky with beautiful coloursTurning from red, pinks and purples to gold, a light mist lifting from the wet ground the estuary was really showing off her beauty.

drying sheets and shadows

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bushes, crank up, f18 grain, garden, nature, oriental, Panasonic lumix, photography, plants, postaday, shadows, stop down, sunlight, The Daily Post

Making the most of these last warm days before we are plunged into dark damp autumn I sat in my garden this afternoon reading and noticed the shadows of plants and shrubs on the sheet drying in the sunshine. I spent the next 30 minutes lying on the grass muttering to myself, to the wind and the sheet, cajoling the wind to blow in the right direction and the sheet to billow towards the bushes so I could capture the shadows. I could see all this in my mind’s eye…imagining gusts of wind lifting snowy white sheets and me capturing romantic oriental type shadows on the crisp linen. The truth however is completely different and much more difficult than I initially thought…after half an hour messing about and getting blur and washed out images I cranked up the shutter speed to 1/4000 sec to capture the sheet in the wind and stopped down to f18 to keep the bushes dark while shooting into the sunlight…. getting so close to the sheet as it whipped around the bushes that I could see the green color of the plants through the damp clothNot quite the elegant stark minimal images I imagined but a fun way to practice and enjoy the afternoon.

roadside

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colour photography, countrylane, motorists, nature, Panasonic lumix, photography, roadside, summer, The Daily Post, traffic, verge, wild flowers

Driving down a country lane near home recently I noticed the verge was in full bloom and asked my long suffering very supportive husband to stop the car while I rummaged through bags trying to find the right lens.           Risking life and limb on the roadside while cars flew past at what am sure are illegal speeds I crouched amid the wild flowers, nettles, wasps and beautiful fat bees and quickly filled my viewfinder with sunshine and flowers.

Hubby coasted along the roadside to find a passing pull in place leaving me with my ample derriere in full view of passing motorists some of which slowed down..am not sure if for a better view of aforesaid derriere or concern that I had in fact lost the plot and was foraging for berries and herbs….but that’s another story with more photos from my time in the countryside   

nature’s colours

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colour photography, Lytham, nature, photography, rainbow, sky, sunset, The Daily Post, weekly photo challenge

The sun was setting but nature put on its final show and brightened a little square of sky between the clouds.

ROY G. BIV

daisies in the long grass

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daisies, field, fine art, flowers, Lytham, nature, northwest, photography, spring, The Daily Post

Walking home after a long hot day photographing summer fetes and street dancing I saw these daisies nestling in the long grass enjoying the late afternoon sun and of course I couldn’t resist

Once again I opened gates that are probably there to keep people out and walked quickly to the middle of the field, hoping not to be seen by the landowners and arrested for trespassing again..the light was beautiful and the ground warm from the sun I lay down and tried to focus on the small white heads through the grass

I left the field very quickly, carefully shutting the gate and practically running home eager to see the results of my afternoon laying in the long grass  and have to admit am pleased with these images…slightly out of focus and painterly.

Lytham windmill enveloped in gold

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architecture, coast, estuary, Lytham, nature, northwest, silhouettes, Sony, sunset, The Daily Post, The weekly challenge

Late afternoon early evening golden sunset on the prom in Lytham

In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Enveloped.”

The Intricacies of Nature’s Love Knots

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garden, knots, love knots, Lumix G2, nature, nature's knots, Panasonic lumix, The Daily Post, weekly photo challenge, wood

 In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Intricate.”

Found in my garden…nature branching out and capturing the picket fence in a symbiotic embrace of love knots.

Lytham U.K.