<Insert all sorts of poetic stuff about how life is cyclic, and how the seasons perfectly represent human life, etc., etc.>
Once Spring hits England, all hell breaks loose and everything goes a truly fantastic, citrusy shade of green for a few months. The winter months (basically, October through April…) on the other hand are rather dull. As you’ve seen from my photos of Sussex, the most excitement we see is the occasional frost or, if we’re very lucky, some snow. The sunsets are OK too I guess, but really all we have (down South at least) are a few hills, some fields, some trees… and that’s about it really.
So, not to be defeated by the grey drizzle of England, I reached for my uber lens of telephoto doom (as featured in this photo) and wandered around underneath some of our lovely oak trees taking photos. Macro photos. Everyone loves macro photos, right?
Well I hope you enjoy these two; I like them! (Truth be told, I don’t do a lot of macro stuff but I’ve been told I should do more…)
(They’re large, but you should make space in your browser window to look at them in full-size, they’re quite pretty!)
floreta
Mar 17, 2009
you make something ugly look beautiful!
sebastian
Mar 17, 2009
Thanks, but I fear that is my camera and lens, rather than my skills!
Although some would say photography is about 90% pointing your camera at the right thing…
Ambles
Mar 17, 2009
Very pretty, indeed! You should come to California, it’s beautiful this time of year
sebastian
Mar 17, 2009
Isn’t it awfully… brown?
What’s beautiful about it?
(I’ve been a few times!)
Ambles
Mar 17, 2009
Northern CA… it’s spring here… sun shining, birds chirping… still brisk/ occasionally windy, so not pits-of-hell-hot yet, like it is in summer. Not so brown; very green and flowery!
Jo
Mar 17, 2009
*gasp* what happened to Musical Monday???
pinkjellybaby
Mar 17, 2009
They look so scrunchy. Nice.
sebastian
Mar 17, 2009
Hmmm. North CA! OK, it hadn’t occured to me that not all of CA was dry and desertish like LA.
I remember taking a train from LA to Fresno and going through some lovely valleys; I think it was grape-growing season… vines as far as the eye could see. Do you have any nice photos from Northern CA to prove to your point?
I forgot all about musical Monday! Damnit! You should’ve reminded me Jo… now it ‘s Tuesday and I’ve ruined it all…
The noise I made as I pranced around underneath the trees was rather scrunchy too, Pink! Well, when I wasn’t bashing my head against the lower branches anyway…
andhari
Mar 17, 2009
That’s pretty! So it means you’ll go out more right? The weather demands you to, Sebbie!
sebastian
Mar 17, 2009
The weather and my failing health dictate that I should, I think…
More going out in the afternoons and taking photos, rather than sitting here typing… Yes, I think that’s a plan
floreta
Mar 17, 2009
iknow how that goes. i fear it’s my camera and lens as well. and not my skillz. it photography just talent or luck? etc.
sebastian
Mar 17, 2009
Well you certainly make your own luck… in life, and in photography!
Being in the right place is probably the most important factor
Ambles
Mar 17, 2009
No… camera’s broken