Clinging on

Clinging on, originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

 

Poppy field overload

 

Poppy field overload, originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

 

 

High Brown Fritillary

High Brown Fritillary, originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

Via Flickr:
Argynnis adippe on buddleia

 

Thrift – Armeria maritima – Morning Star Deep Rose

 

Thrift – Armeria maritima – Morning Star Deep Rose, originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

 

 

Scarborough Italian Gardens

Scarborough Italian Gardens, originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

 

Orange Hibiscus Glowing

Orange Hibiscus Glowing, originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

The pot plant in full bloom. Now fully settled on a different window ledge, there are four more buds waiting to burst into a feast of floral fecundity. Can the record of four stamens on one flower be beaten?

 

Smoke bush tongue

Smoke bush tongue, originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

 

Sweet Williams

Sweet Williams, originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

Dianthus barbatus

A macro shot using the D7000′s small flash limited by holding my hand over it. 60mm at around 2.8 to severely restrict the depth of field to the pastel stamen. I know the point of a good macro is to achieve edge to edge sharpness using tiny apertures, but I like fuzzy, swimming bokeh to frame the object, and throw it forward towards the viewer. Sweet Williams seem flavour of the month around here – I picked these up in a supermarket on my way back from work. The best part of the long out of county commute and daily grind.

 

Smoke bush redux

Smoke bush redux, originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

 

Hoverfly and Lavender Bokeh

Hoverfly and Lavendar Bokeh, originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

 

Orange Hibiscus Glow

Orange Hibiscus Glow-1, originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

Hibiscus “Morrisons Special Offer” in orange.

 

Poppy field near Langton, North Yorkshire (5 of 6)

Poppy field near Langton, North Yorkshire (5 of 6), originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

 

Smoke Bush 2 (1 of 1)

Smoke Bush 2 (1 of 1), originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

 

Smoke Bush (1 of 1)

Smoke Bush (1 of 1), originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.

 

Duck with Afro in my garden (3 of 2)

Duck with Afro in my garden (3 of 2), originally uploaded by Thomas Tolkien.