Wild flower photography: Sweet violets and dandelions I went out into the woods today to do some wild flower photography, mainly looking to shoot some wood anemone but they weren’t about in the woodland I chose. However, there were great carpets of sweet violets and fields of dandelions on the approach to the woods, so...
I came across this adult hawthorn shield bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) in the garden today and it proved to be a good subject for a bit of macro photography. I really enjoy photographing objects in close-up detail because it gives a completely different view, but insects simply are some of the best subjects for close-up work as...
Yorkshire butterflies seem to have done very well over the past couple of years and none more so than dark green fritillary which is continuing to expand it’s range in the county. I caught up with these butterflies again today at Brockadale where I had been led to believe they were just about over. Yes...
Never thought I’d photograph common lizard in West Yorkshire, especially so close to home, but today at Brockadale I did just that! I came across a small pile of rocks and found a colony of lizards basking there. In all I had three adults and a whole raft of baby lizards. I didn’t have long...
I nipped over to Ledsham Vale today, a small YWT nature reserve north of Castleford, for a macro photography session. I figured it might be quite good as the weather was cloudy and overcast as I set off but by the time I got there it had become hot and humid and the butterflies were...
