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Coral and shadows
macro
Red Admiral slow take off
The buddleia has been attracting many butterflies and Bees today. I managed to catch a shot of one taking off while filming in slow motion. Check out the YouTube vid.
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Lantana Cushion – MKW-F.88
For more flowery brightness around the home, maybe you would like some Lantana to bring a bit of colour.
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Frogbit
The small pond has a flower! I thought something had fallen in, but it was a small white flower. I haven’t really taken many pictures of the pond yet as it really is very small, above ground and not as easy to photograph as I would like. This however, was a real treat to see as I wasn’t sure any of the small pond plants I bought would make it. After I dealt with the mosquito takeover it seemed ok.
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Meadow brown butterfly
Quite a change to the usual situation where I see a butterfly and they immediately sense my excitement and leave. Or they are often just passing through, as they do. But this one stayed for a while, even moving onto different plants and a leaves and waiting for me to take a shot. First three pics are from this month, the last one is from last year when it was the lavendar tempting them in. The buddleia has now established itself, so hopefully that will give them plenty to stop by for.
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Flower crab spider
It dawned on me that I frequently see pictures of crab spiders hiding under the petals of flowers, so thought I would go and give the calendula a look. It really is the flower that keeps on giving. There it was, just hiding under the petals as expected. I had to wait for it to come out, and contend with a very windy day. Nothing was staying still, but still I tried.
He didn’t seem happy once he spotted me and I have to give up and come back later. We was there for a couple of days until the flower was spent, so I did get my opportunity for a good shot.
This time he didn’t seem to mind being photographed and just waited, I was most pleased.
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Abstract blue oil drops
Some macro photography of oil drops with the lighting and background making them look blue.
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Small white butterly on buddleia vid
After the bee in the calendula, I turned around, and there was a small white on the buudleia (which finally has bloomed after being repeatedly clipped by the birds!).
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Calendula Flower
Beauty.
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Purple
A selection of purples from my photos.
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