Category: macro
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#60 Creep Thistle
Hey everyone, hope you’re all well? This beautiful little plant is the creep thistle, which is a bit of a mean name if you ask me! It’s a lot smaller (and not as jaggy) as the typical Scot’s thistle, Scotland’s national flower (I would have went with something else personally – we definitely have some […]
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#59 Red Clover
Hey all, hope you had a nice weekend 🙂 After posting some nice shots of white clover a while back I had been keeping an eye out for some of it’s red counterpart and came across this beautiful specimen. They’re actually quite different close up which I hadn’t noticed before – the joys of macro […]
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#58 Jewelled Amanita
Hey folks, hope you’re having a nice day 🙂 It might be pretty but this is one mushroom you don’t want to be eating. It’s called the jewelled amanita because as it ages the cap develops little white straight-edged blisters that look like jewels. It’s not as deadly as some of it’s relatives in the […]
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#55 Wild Raspberries
Hi everyone, I’ve been out foraging these tasty little beauties this week, they are everywhere at the moment. Enough so that when I’m out walking or taking photos of other things I still end up eating a lot of raspberries! I don’t know if it’s just psychological but the wild ones taste far nicer to […]
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#51 White Clover II
Hello all, hope everyone is having a good day 🙂 More clover today. I’m quite stunned by how pretty these flowers are and that I haven’t noticed until now! I think that’s one of the great things about photography in general but particularly macro photography – you get close up to things that you’ve probably […]
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#50 White Clover
Hey folks, hope everyone is well 🙂 A macro shot of some lovely white clover today. This stuff is everywhere at the moment. I hadn’t noticed the beautiful coral-red colours on the inside of the flower before now, they are absolutely stunning. Edible as well I think, though I haven’t tried any yet! Thanks for […]
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#40 Stitchwort
Hey everyone, how are we all? Today’s picture is of a Greater Stitchwort flower – though it has many other names. These include: ‘wedding cakes’, ‘Star of the Bethlehem’, ‘daddy’s shirt buttons’ and ‘snapdragon. The Greater Stitchwort is the food plant for several moths, so pretty important to the ecosystem. Thanks for visiting, Kaylin x