From The Plantation Garden in Norwich. A close-up portrait of a soft violet hydrangea bloom, cradled in darkness. The four petals of each flower are delicate, with pale lavender and lilac tones blending into deeper purples. A few dewdrops cling to the petals, catching the light like tiny beads of glass. The flower cluster floats… Continue reading Hydrangea Posy
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Deepest Red
A portrait of a deep red dahlia from The Plantation Garden in Norwich, captured against a pure black background. The petals are richly saturated, glowing crimson and burgundy, with hints of purple radiating from the flower’s centre. The composition isolates the bloom in darkness, creating a sense of quiet drama, like a velvet curtain rising… Continue reading Deepest Red
Poppy Seed Head
Every year I throw as many poppy seeds at the garden as I can. Some years they don’t sprout, and some years they wait until next year. And some year they only take in some areas. Last year they all waited, en masse, until this year to show themselves. Unfortuntely they all sprouted at the… Continue reading Poppy Seed Head
Dark Fire
In the shadows of the Buddleia bush in the front garden are amazing Lucifer Crocosmia flowers. These tropical beauties spring up on long slender arched stems, ending with amazing fiery red orange sprays of flowers like little trumpets. They bloom in pairs either side of the stem, with the flowers further from the tip opening… Continue reading Dark Fire
Dark Delights
A dark purple Chrysanthemum flower centre, with closely packed pale cream stamens, adorned with water drops like jewels. The outer petals fold into inky darkness.
Tulip’s Kiss
Oh so mysterious, oh so sensuous ! A deep purple tulip lined with white at the petal edges glows quietly from the inky black shadows. The petals hint at softness, gentleness, and something wondrous.
Alien Invasion
A strange upturned umbrella of funnel like seeds spouts, papery and pale, rise from a flat green blue base. What flower is this ? Is it too strange and out of focus to say, there merest hint of form in the blur.
Snowflake Stars
In the deep shade of the trees tiny white multi petalled flowers reach up to find the spring sun. Their trumpet like blooms open to the warmth, with tiny pollen dusted yellow centres advertising that business is open for bees and insects. Only one of the three here is in focus, the two behind are… Continue reading Snowflake Stars
Sparkling Seedhead
A golden brown seeded on a slim stem bursts open like a firework, throwing tiny dandelion like seeds into the blue green background.
Hydrangea Stars
Emerging from darkness are lilac pink hydrangea flowers, their four petalled blooms crowding together and fighting for attention. Their texture looks almost papery, and the delicate reaching stamens at the centre a gentle purple.
Red Campion at Dawn
At the side of a shady path through the woods grow Red Campion flowers. Searching for the early summer sun they reach up to greet the dawn, their slightly furry stems and leaves glinting with silver. In the background a dream of green and early summer light hints at the day ahead.
The Three Amigos
Three candy pink Japanese Anemones span side to side of a frame filled with deep shadows and smears of pink. The flowers centres are like golden yellow crowns above the splayed flurry of petals.
Butterfly Hydrangea
Out of the black comes a single four petalled hydrangea flower, its pink petals flattened and the tiny nub of the centre sitting neatly. It is almost like one of nature’s spaceships coming in at an almost flat angle to land. Behind it indistinct siblings fade into the background.
The Ghosts of Summer
Spent Hydrangea flowers, papery and golden brown, their slim stick like stems bearing them aloft in a haze of blue green. Tiny seed heads of brown dance above the whispering faded petals.
Soft of Sight Photography 