dead hoverfly
the owner of the wing shown in the previous photograph. I didn’t quite get this right as the insect’s eye is not sharp.
wing
the tiny wing of a dead hoverfly, looking like a stained glass window.
leaves on the silk tree
A black and white close up, manual focus again. We bought a packet of seeds in France in 2008, and only planted them a few years later.
buzzing
An experiment with manual focus for an upcoming project. Not easy when the subject would not keep still!
hollyhocks
One of our hollyhocks, backlit by the setting sun.
pencils again
I decided to try a different approach – I slightly rotated the image and then made a severe vertical crop.
caterpillars!
My book suggests that these are caterpillars of the buff tip moth.
