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| Young flower-head of Bronze Fennel |
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| Lily Beetle on a Raspberry leaf |
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| Seeds on the underside of a Fern frond |
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| Golden Hops climbing up the Fennel |
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| Ladybird being shy |
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| Downy young leaves of a climbing bean |
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| Blackfly congregate on a Broad Bean plant |
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| Some unidentified fungi |
Does anyone know what those fungi are? Each one is about 5cm in diameter. Jane says they look like Brown Sugar meringues!
Your close up shots are really good Mark - I reckon I shall have to study the manual for my camera, whenever I get up close it just goes blurred. What's the secret?
ReplyDeleteI like yoru fern frond photo best, really interesting. You've had some great harvests this week, was just looking over your last few posts. Your cucumber looks great. My only surviving cucumber plant is only just starting to produce flowers and begin to grow cucumbers. The daikon radish is something I'd like to try next year - great photos of yours posted this week.
ReplyDeleteAmazing photo's Mark....even the bugs look photogenic!
ReplyDeleteTodays the day I've decided after seeing your photo's, to replace my old geriatric camera.
Any advice or recommendations on what to buy?
You're so right Mark, there is always something to photograph. Great Pics!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos. Seeds on the fern is so eerie...
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought the seeds were bug eggs! Very nice photos!
ReplyDeleteNeesie, Elaine; my camera is an Olympus E-450 DSLR. I love it! It has lots of automatic features and settings for the beginner like me, but also lots of capability for the more experienced photographer. It terms of focus, it has a feature whereby you press the shutter button lightly and the camera focuses on one of three spots; when good focus is achieved a little red light lights up in the viewfinder and a sound is emitted; until this happens it's not worth pressing the shutter! I find also that a tripod is an essential accessory for achieving good photos.
ReplyDeleteThe seeds on the underside of the Fern leaves are a great picture. If you hadn't mentioned it, I'd have taken them for an insect's eggs. I agree that there's always something unusual and pretty to capture in a garden. Yet, it needs some passion to do this day after day. Hats off to you!
ReplyDeleteLove the photos Mark. The blackfly one is great if not great to have on your broad beans.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure that is a lily beetle - I thought they were red? The one in the photo looks like this one here At least I hope it isn't a lily beetle as I found one in our house the other day and I don't want it on my lilies in the garden.
Sue, yes, I agree with you. I have misidentified the bug as a Lily beetle - it is definitely Brown Leaf Beetle! Sounds too convenient to be true, doesn't it - a brown beetle on a leaf called a Brown Leaf Beetle?!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are amazing and the one with the fern was especially interesting...I did not know that ferns had seeds attached to the underside of their leaves like that. I will have to see if any of the ones growing in our woods are similar in nature.
ReplyDeleteExcellent eye Mark, as always.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for that! We have a fern in our bathroom that is being a pain and shedding spores all over the place - maybe I should try to propagate them but I think propagating ferns is tricky isn't it. I think they have to go through two stages a bit like butterflies! Doesn't seem to stop ferns self propagating in the garden though.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! Those fern seeds are really interesting!
ReplyDeleteThe fungi look like smores.
ReplyDeleteReally feel like toasted marshmellows now..
Martin :0)