Spring Flowers

I do love to take lots of pictures of the many beautiful flowers which appear both in the woods and in our garden. Sadly I am not a great photographer and often the flowers disappear into the grass and weeds in the picture. Recently we were watching Beechgrove Garden and were interested to see a small item regarding garden photography. I was inspired to have a go and here are some of the results with a little bit of before and after to compare.

My original photo of a wonderful red tulip.

And the Closeup.

A large fern next to the byre wall.

The obligatory closeup of the new fern leaves unfurling. 

After these 2 photos I was hooked and couldn't wait to see if I could capture the colour and life in our garden and woods. Apologies in advance for the numerous photos but I was really having fun!

Geum.

Polemonium. 

Fritillaria meleagris alba with blue Forget-Me-Not in the background.

Blue Forget-Me-Nots.

Another smaller red tulip.

Sycamore buds beginning to open.

Ash leaf bud and flowers.

Red Tulip just starting to go over.

Bluebells starting to flower.

Narcissus Thalia in the white garden.

     

White Tulips on the white garden.

These Erythronium Pagoda (Dog's Tooth Violet) plants are quickly becoming our favourite woodland plants. At about 20-30cm tall they stand out above the growing weeds and are thankfully not affected by either slugs or snails. In fact we have only had one plant succumb to attack from wildlife. Hopefully they will naturalise and spread throughout the woods.

Calendula.

Narcisscus Minnow with Muscari in the background.

Another Fern in the woods.

Our one and only Wood Anemone flower.

A Pretty Primrose.

Azalea buds.

From the Orchard

Apple buds getting ready to open.

Amelanchier Lamarckii.

Damson Blossom.

Cherry Blossom.

Victoria Plum Blossom.

Walnut Bud.

Apple blossom just opening.

I feel the need to finish with a last little splurge of photos of tulips. We have quite a mixed palette this year and there are some real beauties in there.

     

Although I still have lots of room for improvement I hope you'll agree that the wonderful colours and vibrancy comes through in these pictures and that they are much improved from my previous attempts. Thank you for letting me indulge myself for a little while, I hope you enjoy the spring flowers and natural beauty of our garden.