The Nature of the Catastrophe

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The Dandy Lions

A simple update featuring a dandelion shot against black velvet.
Little in the way of post-processing was done. The main difference between the first and second shots in the nature of the lighting. See if you can figure out the difference between the light sources used.

Sonnet 54

O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem

By that sweet ornament which truth doth give!

The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem 

For that sweet odour which doth in it live. 

The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye 

As the perfumed tincture of the roses, 

Hang on such thorns and play as wantonly 

When summer's breath their masked buds discloses: 

But, for their virtue only is their show, 

They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, 

Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so; 

Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made: 

And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth, 

When that shall fade, my verse distills your truth.

(William Shakespeare) 

The Garden (Part 2)

Images to complement and contrast the previous post; shot at the same time, but edited to create a very different effect.

The Garden (Part 1)

shroom With a View

Some images shot in ambient light whilst rambling around Wivenhoe Woods on a magical mushroom hunt with the Wivenhoe Watching Wildlife team. Who would have guessed that the image of Santa Claus riding the skies on his sleigh derives from psychotropic reindeer urine (those deer love their 'shrooms). Must be why Santa is such a fun guy. Groan. (And yes, shots 1 and 5 are not fungi, but were shot at the same time as the rest).

Autumn Sonata

Autumn is the most beautiful season, and not just because of it's rich palette. It's a time wrapped in the glamour of decay, but the air is fresher and crisper than summer, whispered warning of winter's chill. It is that poignant time when things begin to sleep, to die, to dream.