2 and 3 for me. Might be worth a tighter crop on several of the images. You have captured some lovely light and the colours are very natural. Excellent.

I enjoyed those. Thanks for posting.

Well done, nice set. No. 3 for me. No. 1 gives a flavour of the richness and variety of the greens at the gardens. Glad the primulas are lasting so long.

Really good macro images.

Captured the light really well. Great narrow depth of field.

Paul, no tearoom or cafe sadly. We took a picnic like many others.

Thanks for comments. We are excited that the next RHS garden is being built at Bridgewater in Salford. It is due to open later this summer and is just a 30 minute journey for us. The RHS also have a free seed distribution service for members and I am growing on lots of primula seedlings as the germination was excellent. Just requires patience as it will be a couple of years before they flower.

On the equipment side. The Sigma 105 works very well with the KP and the added working distance over the 70mm I had previously is very noticeable.

Peter

The RHS gardens at Harlow Carr re-opened last week so we booked a time slot and visited. All very relaxed and the number of visitors was not great. Took along the KP and trusty Sigma 105 macro. Enjoyed our wander, was envious of the vegetable and fruit garden as usual, and some great opportunities to photograph the flowers. The candelabra primulas were at their best along the stream and into the woodlands. Himalayan blue poppies are always a treat as I know how difficult they are to get established in a garden. All photos handheld, jpegs with some light working in Lightroom.

1,2 and especially number 9 for me. Really well exposed - they come over "fresh".

Thanks Defragged but keen to keep to a silver version. I have watched the Bay and various dealers/second hand shops for some weeks but no silver examples have come up. There are new ones at reasonable prices on the Bay from Japan and Germany but I am reluctant to deal there for a) import duties and b) probity of the sellers. SRS didn't include the limited lenses in their recent sales.