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Catkin.

Blue skies and sunshine all day. I had to do the bed changing etc. but then went into the garden and dug out all the docken. Wasn't as hard as I expected and Beaky was delighted. All that turned over soil !
Went back to Strath and Gateside in the afternoon photographing. There were fewer people around than I thought there would be which was great. Pleased to get a catkin shot at last. The tree is in the car park and is enormous. It's been coppiced at some time in the past so there are huge branches. They spread out almost from ground level and I was able to lie back in what is a little seat with my wide angle lens(see Extra) Wish I could have got the whole canopy in.
Walked along the Eden afterwards and found a flower I didn't recognise. I'll need to have a search through my flower books.
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17 comments

Jean said:

5D0B2235 copy 3
3 years ago ( translate )

Danielle said:

C'est tellement Jolie cette prise en hauteur !
3 years ago ( translate )

HappySnapper said:

Super close up, I would have never had guessed the structure of a catkin was like this, Amazing.
3 years ago

Jean replied to HappySnapper:

I couldn’t believe it either. I didn’t believe it was a pussy willow but I can’t see what else it can be.
3 years ago

Andy Rodker said:

A super catkin shot!
3 years ago

Jocelyne Villoing said:

Quelle belle merveille ces grains d'or, le printemps nous sourit profitons !
Tout ces bras tendus vers le ciel azuré sont si beaux mais attention au torticolis Jean !
Joyeuses Pâques.
3 years ago ( translate )

Chrissy said:

Und der Frühling ist da! Frohe Ostern!
3 years ago ( translate )

neira-Dan said:

superbe macro
3 years ago ( translate )

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Awesome close-up.
3 years ago ( translate )

Ko Hummel said:

very nice macro. Happy Easter Jean
3 years ago ( translate )

Horizon 36 said:

Amazing, well done Jean
3 years ago ( translate )

Rosalyn Hilborne said:

You got your catkin at last Jean, and what a beautiful picture of it! I love your upwards view of the tree and what a great blue sky! I have an app on my phone called PlantNet which identifies flowers really well if you take a picture on the phone. It's brilliant!
Happy Easter.
3 years ago

Keith Burton said:

Absolutely stunning on the black background Jean. An amazing shot of the tree canopy too.
3 years ago

Annemarie said:

wonderful

Happy evening!
3 years ago ( translate )

uwschu said:

Sehr schönes Macro, lese zwar was vom Weitwinkel, aber 100mm in den Exifs sprechen das aus, was ich sehe :-)!
Frohe Ostern
3 years ago ( translate )