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Written by Simon Day

Friday, 08 April 2011 14:05

In anticipation of our upcoming Herefordshire Year in the Orchard Event - "Photography in the Orchard", I've been out taking some photos in the fantastic weather we've had the past couple of days. Last night, we had a beautiful crescent moon, low in the west, and I tried to be all arty with a torch in front of the pear blossom! This is the best of the photos (click for a bigger photo):

I've also tried a couple of macro shots, first, blossom with a money spider:

And a close up of a quince bud:

Feel free to comment!!!!

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+1 #1 2011-04-08 15:24

Hey Simon, these are great! Especially love the midnight blossom. Great idea. Quince bud is lovely too, but I do love that soft effect you get shooting macro. Looks like you should be on the teaching team on the 16th! So glad the blossom seems to be coming out just in time for us to get some amazing shots on the day.

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+1 #2 2011-04-10 17:00

I think I can see fairies in the top photo!
Great pictures, amazing what you can do with a torch and a bit of imagination,lov e the quince bud too.

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