We have a few bluebells in our garden, not many, but enough to make a nice little display.
The problem is though, they don't last that long and by the time I got round to taking their pictures they were past their best :(
Anyway, I decided to capture a lone bluebell, all alone and at the end of it's flowering season.
The bluebell is not pin sharp as I wanted it to look slightly soft, to reflect the fact that it is fading away. They come back each year and are always nice to see and admire on a nice spring day.
I hope you like the composition, it's a cropped picture, to remove a stray bluebell in the left of the frame and remove some of the brightness from the right hand corner.
I've gone a bit 'flower' / 'macro crazy over the last few days so you might see a few more flowers on my 365 !
Lovely Phil , I love the softness you have given it ! Our garden has lots of white bells but for some reason I have missed the best of them now ! I have taken note of your advice re macro shots but was a bit nervous about going in closer ! Will try next time ! Thanks .
Nice shot Phil.. and taken with your big camera too... you did remember the battery this time! LOL
It'll take me a long time to be able to compose these simple pictures as well as you do.
I love bluebells and can't wait for mine to flower. I went to a lecture on bees yesterday (yes, I have an exciting life) and the speaker said flowers like bluebells are crucial this time of year for some of our bees. I think I'll get more and especially around my fruit trees. Great shot.
Hurray for flower macro, that's what I say!! Lovely simple shot here Phil, a fading beauty. Thanks for all your generous comments, they all came in a rush and it was great to read!
Lovely shot of a great flower, Phil. I read a sweet poem about bluebells yesterday:
I am unhooked
it's the way you stand there,
like hope, between the mutilated hedges and
the barbed wire,
scraps of fallen sky,
ringing with the praise of being
in a blue so loud
my heart can hardly handle it.
@cath Awww thanks for the fave Catherine, that is very kind of you, The lighting was good as the sun had moved around off the flowers but I still had a bit of reflected back lighting
I love the way the lower bells have gone all crispy round the edges I adore this shot! I am very fond of the work of Elizabeth Blackadder she does a great line in fallen tulip paintings. My dad's cactus flower is looking mighty sorry for itself it has collapsed and gone kind of flabby so would digitally translate as a pink blob - I have decline to photograph is tho I did think about it - but not for very long looking like that!
@whippeteer Frances, 'crispy round the edges' is a good description to use for those lower belles. thanks for the comment and I hope you hsd a good whippet reunion :)
I go away for a couple of days and you go all "flowery" on me LOL!! Great bluebell shot - (and you know I love them as I dedicated an entire forest for you!) - love the DoF - such a shame these beauties lose their colour and zing so quickly
It is sad, in a way, that the flowering period is so short but Mother Nature is a harsh mistress and no one gets a reprieve. Just enjoy each plant's beauty in its own time and then prepare for the next. This is a lovely capture.
It'll take me a long time to be able to compose these simple pictures as well as you do.
I am unhooked
it's the way you stand there,
like hope, between the mutilated hedges and
the barbed wire,
scraps of fallen sky,
ringing with the praise of being
in a blue so loud
my heart can hardly handle it.
Robin you will learn quickly, you always do :)
Your whole forest of bluebells dedicated to me was great and was very much appreciated :)