Author: jazzibee
More Wild Flowers
The colours out there are still amazing. Here’s a few wild growing flowers from my local area.
more ImagesCircus Dancer
at the Glasgow Mela exactly a year ago
Robin Flapping
I’d love to say I intended this shot, but I was simply taking a portrait shot in very dull light when the wee bird took off. It flies in the face of the ‘rule’ that every nature shot should be as sharp as possible right across the bird. But it gives me ideas about what can be done with a slowish shutter speed to add a bit of dynamism.
Another Robin photoFishing Boats at Ayr
Artistic treatment of an old photograph
I was just thinking back to the first photograph I ever sold. You might find it hard to believe but this is the one.
Continue reading “Fishing Boats at Ayr”The Barley
Monochrome Monday
Evening on Clydeside
Photography on the waterfront in Glasgow
I was frustrated early on, as I could see nothing at all new through my lens. Then the reds and oranges bled out to the west, leaving that deep blue velvet stretched over our heads with bright stars skinkling through. The frustration drained away, and I felt warm, consoled, and somehow safe.
Soon, those dark strangers were potential friends, and silent shadows hid no threat. My mind freed up to see in different light, as new colours blossomed in the night and lights became the nibs of pens.
more imagesCreatures of a Brief Season
Just a flutter of bright orange like a piece of confetti blowing across the moor, – the male Small Heath butterfly (above). They’re fairly widespread in the UK and, of course mostly found on heathland – not in suburban gardens. It’s quite a small butterfly, only just over half an inch from head to tail, and they always perch as shown…. with wings closed. That way you won’t see the bright orange across the upper surface of its wings until it starts to fly. The male, slighter more colourful than the female, commands its own territory, while the female tends to wander all over the place.
Continue reading “Creatures of a Brief Season”First Outing – Wild Flowers
This was my first outing with the camera since the first slight easing of our COVID-19 lockdown. It allowed me to drive to the country park close by and get round it to see what was happening in nature there. I’d hoped for some nice shots of birds or insects but with a bit of a wind present, they were not so many of them out posing. So I’ve settled for a few images of some of the wild flowers, particularly in the section with ponds. There were one or two I don’t remember seeing before.
more imagesHidden Landscapes
Through the glass beyond the trees;
Into the cave under the sea;
Out on the island, blown by the breeze;
Beyond tomorrow, what will you see?
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