Photos, videos and docs of Gavin Johnson, with the keywords: "flower"

Hummingbird Hawkmoth

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:46:40 +0000

I didn't see any nice walls this week, but I did manage to get a few shots of a Hummingbird Hawkmoth dining on a Buddleia flower.

Bumble Bee in flight

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:40:12 +0000

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Continuing the insect theme, I rather liked this 'head on' shot of a bumble bee taking off from a lavender flower.

Bee at work

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Sun, 31 May 2026 06:25:28 +0000

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Günter, this one's for you - your amzing macro images inspired me to get out into the garden and explore the miniature world.

I think this is some sort of solitary bee rather than a honeybee, and it's one of the few shots where I managed decently sharp focus as it was busy feeding and pollinating.

Common Spotted Orchid

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Sun, 24 May 2026 10:44:50 +0000

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I haven't heard a cuckoo yet this year, but I've just spotted my first wild orchids of the season. It looks like there are a lot coming up, but here's the most advanced flower so far.

Welcome to the world

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Sat, 16 May 2026 06:20:14 +0000

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Birds seem to have started nesting earlier this year, and we've already seen broods of Great Tits, Sparrows and Starlings, but no young Blue Tits this year so far.

This is one of my favourite bird shots from a couple of years ago, when we had a couple of fledglings using the garden as a nursery.

Greylag gosling

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Fri, 01 May 2026 07:58:49 +0000

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I set a new personal record yesterday. It was a sunny afternoon, so we went to the grounds of Gloucester University in Cheltenham where there is plenty of wildlife that is reasonably habituated to humans.

I set the camera up in fast burst mode with precapture, to make sure I didn't miss any action. After a couple of hours, I came home with 5800 images! It'll take hours to go through and delete most of them, but as you can see, some of the wildlife was extremely photogenic!

Update - I added another couple in PiPs.

Clematis flower

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:40:43 +0000

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I'm not in Gunter's league when it comes to macro photography, but I took a few closeups of the flowers of my garden clematis which turned out reasonably well (extreme closeups in PiPs)

Clematis flower macro closeup

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:40:45 +0000

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I'm not in Gunter's league when it comes to macro photography, but I took a few closeups of the flowers of my garden clematis which turned out reasonably well.

Clematis flower macro closeup

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:40:44 +0000

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I'm not in Gunter's league when it comes to macro photography, but I took a few closeups of the flowers of my garden clematis which turned out reasonably well.

Sunlit window balcony

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:45:18 +0000

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HWW! I thought the colours of the wall and plant were quite striking in this shot taken some years ago on our trip to Costa Rica.

Hummingbird and flowers

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:32:07 +0000

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A shot from a trip to Costa Rica quite a while ago. At an eco-lodge in the cloud forest, the owners planted a flower garden to attract the local hummingbirds.

It was a marvellous place to visit, but I really want to go back with my current generation of camera equipment and get some better photographs of these beauties!

Glasswing butterfly

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:50:01 +0000

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Another image I found reprocessing files in my archive. This is a close shot of a galsswing butterfly. It's not in its natural habitat, though, it's in a glasshouse in the botanic gardens in Copenhagen; taken on a trip a few years back.

I've always felt that butterflies are some of nature's prettiest creations, but these, with their transparent wings, are particularly special.

Bluebell closeup

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:25:10 +0000

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An experiment with macro focus-stacking in the camera. This one turned out pretty well, but the slightest breeze is enough to make the stacked result blurry.

Our local woodland is a blue wash of native bluebells at this time of year. A lot of gardens have the Spanish bluebells in bloom (larger, more upright flowers) and the woodland edge has a mixture of both varieties, and their hybrids.

Tulip flower from above

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:54:37 +0000

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A solitary tulip I found on the weekend walk. I was able to get directly above it to look down on the beauty of its symmetry.

Water Lily

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:14:21 +0000

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Güni's excellent macro photographs have inspired me to take some close up images again, and I'll get to it when the wind and rain ease up outside.

I took this one a very long time ago (over 20 years!) but I still rather like it. I got in close the the very centre of a water lily flower. The EXIF tells me I had an aperture of f8, which in hindsight probably wasn't narrow enough, as it could do with a little more depth of field.

Snowdrop shadows

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:18:47 +0000

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We had a day without rain for the first time in a long while, so I was able to get out and admire some of the wild (or at least self-seeded) Snowdrops in the area.

I haven't figured out how to get these to display as a 'picture in picture' group like some people do.

Snowdrops

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:18:45 +0000

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Sunny Snowdrop

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:18:44 +0000

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Snowdrops

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:53:03 +0000

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A closeup of a clump of Snowdrops in the grounds of Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire

Pear Blossom

nobody@ipernity.com (Gavin Johnson) — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:48:38 +0000

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20-odd macro frames stacked together to increase depth of field. I made a lot of attempts, but the slightest breeze messed with the stacking, so most came out blurred.