Spring-like weather's here one day and gone the next, at the moment! Here, in North Kent (though just like the rest of the UK it seems), we have a couple of days of relatively warm weather and then close to zero with frosts. I guess that's why we Brits like to talk about the weather so much. It's just so changeable and never more so than in March. Most days and, even, when the weather's quite dreadful I force myself outside and venture into local woods or on the marshes as quite often these marginal conditions can produce striking imagery and, even if I don't take any images (which is very often!), I always feel better for it. It's great exercise, especially with a 8kg camera backpack, and spiritually renewing. Good for the soul! Here's a selection taken over the last month.
I've recently purchased a 200mm Micro Nikkor having, for the last 20 years, made do with a 200mm plus extension tubes. I'd been quite happy with this combination and, indeed, have had countless publications using this set-up but you simply cannot beat a dedicated close-up lens particularly for it's convenience. In addition, it has a rotating tripod-collar which is very useful when shooting upright images.
Honeysuckle
Winter aconite
Blue tit
Elmley Marshes at sunrise
Frozen water in flooded ditch.
Mute swan at twilight
