Sunday 13 June 2010

Macro practise in the garden

It is a blue sky with fluffy clouds day today:

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So although I should be tidying up and getting ready for Maurice’s brother and sister in law coming for dinner tomorrow, I thought I would take a few moments to practise with my macro lens in the garden.  There are some gorgeous flowers out right now:

 

I love these little daisy like flowers that start out pink but fade to white.

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I have loads fo purple aquilegia that have self seeded around the garden.  This one is in the gravel of the patio

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This red valerian also self seeds!  It is really lovely at this time of year but looks a mess for the rest!

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This yellow flag iris is all on it’s own in a dark corner of the garden, but I managed to capture it in it’s own ray of sunshine!

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I love the papery pink flowers of this cistus, but unfortunately they don’t last long. garden 132

Johnson’s Blue geranium

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More self seeds!  The foxgloves have made a welcome return to the garden after a year or two’s absence.

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Thsi is one of those huge alliums, a big globe head of starry flowers.

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This is a pot of osteospurnum, in a lovely dark coral pink colour, which fade as they age.

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4 comments:

Helen said...

Stunning photos!!

Burnice said...

oooh fab Linda. You can come and plant some of those in my garden when you come over. It will still be light!!!!!!
Burnice x

Lesley Edmonds said...

Lovely!
Lesley x

Unknown said...

Beautiful photos Linda, you are a great photographer!