Friday 22nd July 2016, 3.10pm (day 1,793)
An inaugural picture in a new series: “Animals illustrate physics”…
Ripples
Being 42
Life, one day at a time
Category Archives: Flora/Fauna
Bee on the allotment
Tuesday 12th July 2016, 4.25pm (day 1,783)
Some creatures, like birds, seem in my experience to not like having cameras shoved in their faces. But insects don’t generally mind. The problem with capturing them is that they don’t stay in one place for very long. My technique largely involves setting the shutter to continuous capture then hoping the auto-focus does the work. I like this shot, though — also because of the overdwellings captured in the background, very Hebden Bridge.
Garden visitor
Thursday 30th June 2016, 5.00pm (day 1,771)
This frog virtually demanded that I did its close-ups….
Chilled out
Monday 27th June 2016, 6.45pm (day 1,768)
I’m trying to feel like this. It’s possible, if I just focus on my immediate locality.
It’s Wood Cranesbill time again
Sunday 19th June 2016, 3.00pm (day 1,760)
Definitely the season for this flower, as I pictured it almost exactly two years ago to the day — 21/6/14 — only then initially misidentified it as violet. In fact it is wood cranesbill, Geranium sylvaticum, and very cute it is too, as the bees agree.
A gaggle
Wednesday 15th June 2016, 1.40pm (day 1,756)
When are there enough geese for a gaggle? Will four do? When does a gaggle become a flock? Pictured on the canal at Hebden Bridge station this afternoon.
Pigeon couple
Sunday 12th June 2016, 10.40am (day 1,753)
Slightly unsatisfactory because the head of the one in front is a little out of focus — probably it was moving for a peck when I pressed the shutter. Otherwise I like this photo — the graffiti in the background sets them off quite well I think. And I like the way the one in the rear is clearly fluffing up its ruff and giving me the big ‘piss off’ message.
In the garden
Monday 6th June 2016, 7.30pm (day 1,747)
The sun is shining, it was a beautiful day. In such circumstances it’s great to have the garden to hang out in on an evening. Although I suspect this foliage is a weed — raspberry probably, which seems to grow everywhere except where you actually want it to.
Sunday afternoon
Sunday 5th June 2016, 4.25pm (day 1,746)
Sunday afternoon, and a lazy one. Well, it was a very warm and sunny day and the last few days have been busy enough.
Garden produce
Saturday 28th May 2016, 2.10pm (day 1,738)
Not an exciting shot, because not an exciting day, sometimes you just have to hang around at home and get the chores done. Tomorrow won’t be any more eventful either. At least it gives me the chance to show how the garden has started producing: the leeks, mint, rhubarb, rosemary and kale you see here all went into dinner, in their different ways.
Being 42 