Author Archives: JDO

It’s been heaving down all day and I thought I might have to play indoors again – but I got so wet (and oily) taking yesterday’s shot that in the end I decided outside couldn’t be much worse than that, … Continued

Today has been the kind of day on which your life partner decides that you’re not going to get round to choosing a new cooker any time soon to replace the one whose main oven door now completely fails to … Continued

The weather today was very autumnal, which seems a bit harsh as we’re not yet at the end of July. It felt very much like a sitting at my desk kind of day – and goodness knows I do need … Continued

It was warm and sunny in our little valley this morning, but I had to go to Stow-on-the-Wold and when I reached the top of the Cotswold Edge I was surprised to discover that autumn had apparently arrived – it … Continued

After two days of warm sunny weather, today was overcast and humid, with occasional half-hearted rain showers. I heard myself tell R on the phone that the weather was snivelling, and while part of my brain was trying to unpick … Continued

With bonus marmalade fly and beetles. I do hope you’re not utterly bored with hoverflies by now! Today has been one of those wandering grumpily about, not getting anything done and complaining about everything kind of days – I’ve had … Continued

My apologies for this – I’m sure some of you are going “Eeeeeuurrrgghhh!”, and I can’t say I blame you. I’m not a lover of flies myself. But I did like the colour, and I thought the mouth parts were … Continued

This is crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ – I think it’s called that because the pain of trying to bring a photo of it within a usable dynamic range feels like being stabbed in the eye with a pitchfork. Reasons to be cheerful … Continued

It has, to be honest, been a bit of a day. Never mind – it’s nearly over. This is an entry for youoregon1’s July challenge Abstract Thursday – it’s a simple zoom burst shot, kicked about a bit in Lightroom. The … Continued

These charming people were very happy to allow me to photograph their Jack Russell terrier in Stratford this afternoon – but Peggy Sue was less keen, so her owner sweetly scooped her up and presented her for the camera. A … Continued