Framedlight

In the morning I went with Sue and Sheila from the Camera Club, to Candle Gardens in the grounds of the Guernsey Museum. Parking in St Peter Port, it is a bit of a puffy walk up the hill to get into the gardens on the outskirts of the town. The old Victorian greenhouse had an exhibition of orchids, and I was surprised at how much was still in flower in the gardens. I did some straight photography and also a few multiple exposures of the plants.

I thought I should publish some flower pictures before spring has run her course. Here they are followed by some bluebells from our local, rather untidy wood. I have finished the series with some sundown pictures from my local dog walk. The last four pictures are multiple exposures as is the third amelanchier one.

As well as trying to get some nice pictures of flowers and bees I thought I might go for some intentional camera movement and multiple exposure effects. The multiple exposure pictures normally contained 3-5 exposures and were done either with my 105mm macro lens plus a 20mm extension tube, or my 24-70mm lens with an eight stop filter on it. Here are the results, some work better than others.

I spent a very enjoyable Wednesday morning wandering in the Botanical Gardens with members of the Cambridge Camera Club. The gardens were looking at their best and were a pure joy. We spent some time in the greenhouses until they became busy and then went outside for some refreshment and a look at the beds full of plants especially for insects. The weather was not as bright as we had hoped for but there were still plenty of bees and hoverflies to be seen and snapped. I used my Nikon 105mm macro lens for all the photographs, usually with a 20mm extension tube as well. Here is my first selection from the morning starting with a few insects. And here are some of a few of the plants in the greenhouses. I am afraid I have no idea what most of these are!