A fascination with reflections

Creative, Nature, wildlife

Photographing a goosander yesterday, I was fascinated by the colours and patterns reflected in the water around the bird. The bird itself was beautiful to see, but the varying reflections meant that I could create a huge variety of different images. In some the picture is about the goosander, but in others the story is more about the abstract patterns the reflections created.

Spring flowers at the Yorkshire Arboretum – ‘Through the year’ project

Nature, plants, Projects, Through the year project, Yorkshire

I spent some time last week photographing the spring flowers appearing at the Yorkshire Arboretum.

This is part of a large ongoing project to photograph the habitats I regularly visit in Yorkshire, and a few surrounding counties, to show the flora and fauna found in these ecosystems throughout the year. These include farmland, meadows, riverbanks, moorland, woodland, and coastal cliffs.

Some beautiful backlit snowdrops
A beautiful carpet of crocuses
Snowdrop photographed through the foreground flowers
Backlit crocus