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I loved visiting the walled garden at Wimpole during summer, and, of course, I usually have a camera with me when I visit. For sake of variety, I try to think of a different little theme for my photos each time. For my latest trip at the weekend, I used a wide-angle lens, placed the camera below the flowers and shot upwards. The results were a little hit or miss. I was often shooting blind, as the bright sunlight and contorted angles made it hard to see the screen. Shooting wide-angle on a cloudless day, also meant there was a lot of sun flare to deal with. However, I ended up with a small but pleasing set of images.

 

Priory Park Wild-flowers - Close Up

I made a couple of visits to the wild-flowers in Priory park. Both times it was a little breezy, but I still managed to get a few close-up shots. 

Wild-flowers in Priory Park

Priory Park in St Neots has been planted with several large patches of wild-flower meadow. They have been looking fantastic in June. The Oxeye Daisies dominate, but amongst them are a variety of other flowers. 

 

Chelsea In Bloom

Each year, to coincide with the RHS flower show, the shops and businesses in Chelsea hold 'Chelsea In Bloom'. Described as 'London’s largest free-to-attend festival of flowers', over 145 retailers, restaurants and hotels compete to create floral designs on a theme. This year's theme was ‘Out of this World’, and was broadly interpreted with space travel, astrology and fantasy designs. My favourites were the designs that both met the brief and stayed on brand for the business. These included the cow jumping over the moon at a butchers, a saucepan rocket at a kitchenware shop and 'Little Shop of Horrors' at a florist.

Late, Spring Flowers

 Some flowers that I should posted a while ago.

Bluebells at Gamsey

These images were taken at Gamsey Wood, a couple of weeks ago, when the bluebells were just hitting their best.