It’s been a chilly week in the UK, colder than it has been for a few years. The low point was -12 just up the road from us in Benson, Oxfordshire. This is Grimsbury Castle yesterday afternoon, with the hard frost still sticking to the branches of the trees.
These lovely flowers only live for about a day or so, but they really brighten up the front of our house.
petals, originally uploaded by Pete Connolly.
Another flower picture, I know – this is boring. I bought a bunch of flowers yesterday, mainly for Jude to brighten up the house, but it also gives me some practice of taking macro pictures. It took about 50 shots on a Sunday morning to get one that I really liked. There’s a very fine line at F6.3
take me to your leader, originally uploaded by Pete Connolly.
This is probably the best hand held picture I’ve taken so far. I used the Tamron 90mm macro lens with a very wide aperture, so the depth of field was tiny. I’m surprised I managed to get it without shaking the shot, but this was attempt no. 20 or so and it worked out nicely. The previous ones were all over the place.
It’s a rhododendron flower, for the curious.
grimsbury castle, originally uploaded by Pete Connolly.
Grimsbury Castle, Hermitage, Berks. Northern sounding name for this part of the world, seems it was called after the god that was credited with building the massive fortifications, Woden, otherwise known as Grim.
There. You learned something.
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