Beautiful Bluebells
Friday 29 April 2016
As with last year and the year before, I've collected my bluebell photos into one blog post. I love seeing how the woods develop over this short time, with the leaves coming out on the trees over a carpet of bluebells. These photos were all taken on walks from our house in Dursley, mainly in Twinberrow Woods but also some up the Whiteway and near Cam Peak.
Bluebells are challenging to capture and I've tried a whole range of techniques here to get some of the impression and feel of a bluebell wood. I used lens from very wide (20mm on full frame) to pretty long (300mm), sometimes focusing on individual flowers, sometimes on the carpet within the woodland.
![13th April - the bluebell carpet in Twinberrow Woods is growing well, earlier than last year](img1/01-Bluebells-13th-April.jpg)
13th April - the bluebell carpet in Twinberrow Woods is growing well, earlier than last year
![13th April - a misty morning, with the sun beginning to burn through](img1/02-Bluebells-13th-April.jpg)
13th April - a misty morning, with the sun beginning to burn through
![16th April - A reminder of autumn](img1/03-Bluebells-16th-April.jpg)
16th April - A reminder of autumn
![16th April - Bluebell close up](img1/04-Bluebells-16th-April.jpg)
16th April - Bluebell close up
![20th April - Bluebells in Twinberrow Woods](img1/05-Bluebells-20th-April.jpg)
20th April - Bluebells in Twinberrow Woods
![20th April](img1/06-Bluebells-20th-April.jpg)
20th April
![20th April](img1/07-Bluebells-20th-April.jpg)
20th April
![21st April - night time, descending from Uley Bury Beacon](img1/08-Bluebells-21st-April.jpg)
21st April - night time, descending from Uley Bury Beacon
![23rd April - the trees now have a fair few leaves](img1/09-Bluebells-23rd-April.jpg)
23rd April - the trees now have a fair few leaves
![23rd April - at the top of Whiteway](img1/10-Bluebells-23rd-April.jpg)
23rd April - at the top of Whiteway
![23rd April](img1/11-Bluebells-23rd-April.jpg)
23rd April
![29th April - Twinberrow Woods](img1/12-Bluebells-29th-April.jpg)
29th April - Twinberrow Woods
![29th April - below Cam Peak](img1/13-Bluebells-29th-April.jpg)
29th April - below Cam Peak
![29th April - Looking over to Downham Hill](img1/14-Bluebells-29th-April.jpg)
29th April - Looking over to Downham Hill
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