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Somerford Park Three Day Eventing
Today I spent a very happy half day at Somerford Park Farm for the the last day of the Three Day Event. In the company of a few friends, I had a fun time photographing the cross country event. As always, the water jump is my favourite part of the course – I just love those splashy pictures! Backgrounds are a real problem at all such events, as are the red and white flags, marshals in high viz jackets, spectators and even parked cars, so it is particularly important to choose a spot where distractions are at a minimum and blank skies are eliminated….not always so easy! Add to that the…
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Strinesdale Country Park – damselflies and burnet moths
Damselflies and burnet moths photographed July 2015 at Strinesdale Country Park.
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Spider wrapping butterfly
I spent a little time in the garden this afternoon, chasing after butterflies. There is a particular plant, a variety of hebe, which attracted ringlet butterflies last year and today, in addition to the ringlets, a few more butterflies made their appearance, in particular a Meadow Brown Butterfly and a Small Tortoiseshell. The hebe plant isn’t the best background as it tends to make rather untidy looking photos, but it’s a good place to practice close up photography skills. I was being just a little careful not to get my face too near to a garden spider which was sitting in its web nearby. A little while later, from the kitchen, I…
