Day 363

I love my macro lens. I'm not ashamed of that: I think it's the greatest thing I've ever bought. A smattering of wild flowers has appearded on the grass I sowed beside our building, and thanks to said macro lens I can get right inside this buttercup.

Day 338

Spring is in the air, birds are singing, bees are trying to have sex with them, and above all the sun is shining and the weather is sweet.

Day 270

I stopped on a beach this evening to take some photos of the surf, and I scared the bejaysus out of these birds. Luckily I got a shot before they were gone.

Day 235

Another foray to find the snow, and a successful one this time. Once you get a bit higher it's a winter wonderland. I had quite a nice photo of a couple of lads taking photos of the scene, but they didn't seem too keen on me using it. Luckily at that point a robin redbreast appeared, and struck quite the perfect pose for a snowy day.

Day 217

We drove down to Powerscourt today: seemed a better way to spend the day that sitting on the couch watching tv.

Day 136

Naturally enough, as soon as I left the house with my camera the sun went behind a cloud. So, after finding the shot I wanted I ended up waiting twenty minutes for it to reappear. The result: lovely autumn light in the countryside.

Day 94

Some days you just get lucky. I stopped on a back road to walk around and see if I could find some inspiration, when I heard a buzzing from the flowers by the verge. It was a large bee, buzzing from flower to flower, and doing it quite quickly. By the time I focused it had moved on, or crawled inside a flower when it was hidden from view. I realised that my best bet was to try and catch it in flight, and on the third attempt I was successful. Some days you just get lucky!

Day 67

On my way back to the site of yesterday's photo I looked down and just managed to avoid squashing this Red Admiral with my size nine. I don't think I could have coped with that. He repaid my sudden stop by hanging around long enough for one photo, then he was gone.