A Taste of Spring at Dyrham Park

Dad was with us last weekend and we took advantage of his car to get out of Bristol and visit somewhere new. It was free entry weekend for the National Trust, so we went to Dyrham Park, near Chippenham. A very interesting house (film set for one of the Dr Who episodes in last season).

More Sweden/Norway photos coming soon....

Just a few...

I have hundreds of photos from the wedding to process, and I will get through them all eventually. But in the meantime, here are a few that I've been working on.

Back in the Saddle

Really enjoying having the ability to play with photos again. Here's another one taken on our trip to Cheddar Gorge yesterday. More photos to come soon of the wedding.

Bumble Bees etc.

Some more pictures taken when I was down in Cambridge and borrowing Dad's macro lens. If anyone knows what the insect which looks like a bee but has fly eyes is, please let me know because it's really bugging me!

Cambridge Botanic Gardens

Apologies for the lack of postings recently, it's exam time again (for the last time ever!) so time to take and edit photos has been in short supply. However, here are a few taken at the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens while I was back home briefly last weekend. My last exam (ever) is tomorrow so soon there will be more time for photography in my life.

Thriplow Daffodils - Part 1

Some pictures from Thriplow Daffodil weekend last week. More to come soon.

More flowers

A few more flower close-ups. I managed to pick up a stepping ring at Focus last week so I can now use my 50mm/1.8 to make quite a good macro.

I couldn't decide whether I preferred the rose as pink or a pale orange...

There's been a slight edit to the original post, I've since managed to improve the white balance in the pictures; yellow chrysanthemums were driving me mad!

A Burst of Spring Colour

It seems that spring has finally arrived in Manchester and it's been lovely and sunny for the last couple of days. While flowers are rare in the city, it some crocuses have been planted on campus in University colours (purple and yellow) and I couldn't resist the opportunity to grab some pictures of them this morning. Sadly, I only had my camera phone and the focus was a little dodgy, so I applied some 'artistic effects'. Please let me know what you think, and if the weather is nice this weekend, maybe I'll get down there with a real camera...