Sunday 9 January 2022
by Wulf
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Yesterday I was doing some tidying up and thought I’d get a few more photos from my backlog files sorted and published. It turned out though that I’d already uploaded the images I took at RHS Rosemoor in September 2020 … Continue reading
Tuesday 28 December 2021
by Wulf
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I think my favourite figurative sculpture at RHS Rosemoor’s sculpture exhibition, visited yesterday, was Arc Dancer by Michael Long: Positioned in the ‘hot garden’ it was perfectly framed as you looked into the garden. This particular garden really comes into … Continue reading
Monday 27 December 2021
by Wulf
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I haven’t taken a lot of self portraits this year and this will probably be the last one, in the reflective globe at the centre of kinetic sculpture by Stan Jankowski, photographed at RHS Rosemoor this morning.
Saturday 26 June 2021
by Wulf
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As well as the photo I shared yesterday, I came back with another rose from my trip to RHS Rosemoor. The challenge with this one was photographing such a rich red. Even here, although the result is sumptuous, I’m not … Continue reading
Friday 25 June 2021
by Wulf
Comments Off on By What Name
I think I’ve got a fairly good grasp on how plant names work. Under the Linnaean system, you give them a genus and a species, such as Alchemilla mollis. Most often there is more than one species, such as Alchemilla … Continue reading
Tuesday 1 September 2020
by Wulf
Comments Off on A Good Day for Butterflies
One of the highlights of today’s trip to RHS Rosemoor was seeing lots of plants swarming with butterflies, bees, hoverflies and other insects: I don’t think there was anything particularly rare but we enjoyed their profusion. I also took note … Continue reading
Saturday 28 December 2019
by Wulf
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We visited RHS Rosemoor today and I enjoyed the display of oil paintings by Richard Meyer in the exhibition room. He applies his paint using a thick, impasto approach and I used my Vivitar 90mm macro lens to focus up … Continue reading