A handful from this morning - Spring!!

Hello everyone. I was out and about early this morning in the Isabella Plantation in Richmond - one of my favourite places, and Spring really seems to have arrived just about. Thought I would post a handful of shots. Hope you like them:

This is a view of the Plantation itself. It is a fantastic place - full of life and vaguely reminiscent of Jurassic Park! (less the dinosaurs) from certain angles, although this is a somewhat less 'mangrove' view




Looking up a tree - even managed some patches of blue sky this morning:




There are a lots of clumps of (tiny) daffodils; not sure what this is but seems like it's from the daff family:




This was a plant which was fantastically effective at trapping dew...




and finally one of the aforementioned tiny daffs




All of these were taken with the DA 35 limited lens. Any C&C welcome

Best Regards

Mat W

Mat these are lovely: a real flavour of spring. I particularly like the last daffodil and the rain drops.

Regards,

Andrew

Love number 4 with all those dewdrops on it

Thanks Andrew and Techno'... The spring is quite uplifting I think. I'm hoping the weather and the plants will bring out the insects as I want to have go at shooting insect eyes.

Regards

Mat W

Love No. 4 Mat but all lovely shots

Liked them all, especially the one with the dew drops and, of course, the last daffodil.

Howard



BTW Andrew (bwichmawr), I don't like leeks

Spring is sprung by the looks, Mat, and while I'm with Andrew as to choices, I also like the tree.

Wonderful set Mat. I especially like no's 3 & 4. The dew drops are SUPER!

Stephen

Thanks again everyone - I detect a certain affinity for daffodils from certain quarters... I shall keep my eyes open for more (there are plenty about!). I love the dew drops...

Regards

Mat W

Your image of those dew-ladened leaves is very nice, Mat.

Stunning shots there! The DA 35mm macro is a lens I've often wondered about getting one day. You just can't fault it!

Thanks guys - you're right about the 35mm DA I think. Not had it long but it seems to be a really versatile lens - focusses really close if you want to, or not bad for landscapes, and devilished sharp... I can see it's going to get a lot of use...

Cheers

Mat W

I have this lens which I bought just over a month ago, Mat. Its a beautiful lens, so well built and very sharp. I bought it for use primarily as a 50mm lens for the street.

Mat, a real brightener for a dark evening - all lovely shots, but like many no. 4 is the pick of the bunch IMO . Although no. 1 looks like a beautiful place to be.