July Photo Competition DISCUSSION THREAD

well - as per usual a whole load of fantastic pictures!!!!! ... don't s'pose a pic of the kiddies would be ok?? They're a wild bunch!! :D :D

 

dendrobiums picture is nice it looks really natural its nice to see ladys mantle growing wild..its one herb that doesnt like it in my garden for some reason so it withered up and ended up composted..

 

Its a good pic of the leaf cutter frogesque,but they are a pest.
They've taken over my greenhouse, nearly every pot has got their grubs growing in them, I know they dont harm the plant directly but I have knocked out some of the smaller pots and there's hardly any compost left. :(

 

thought you'd like that one, Wildflower! Yes, it's growing like mad all over that hilldise, and there are hundreds of the orchids, with the blotches on the leaves, and the colours fading as they get past their best. Gorgeous place for a walk!
How do you like this photo, taken at the same place..

 

dendrobium..have to confess i now like your riverside picture better than the one with the ladys mantle in..you probably know why..i can see butterbur..the picture here in this site is lovely..i wish i lived somewhere nice..

 

Love that riverside pic, Dendro, that should really be in the comp! The standard is high again this month and everything is so GREEN, makes my first entry look dreary indeed :( Shall have to remember to take the camera when we go out in case I find something green somewhere

 

lady of leisure..It doesnt have to be green you must have wildflowers or native trees their ..or places which are overgrown..

 

the Riverside photo might still go in as number 3 - but I'll wait to see if I can come up with anything else before the end of the month :rolleyes:

 

The pictures of bindweed and the willow herb really show how beautiful the flowers are - but we don't generally notice them, as we're too busy hauling them out from in between their less pushy peers! The willow herb in particular looks beautiful - if they sold it in GCs, lots of people would probably buy it!! After all, people do buy that little purple oxalis that is such a pain :rolleyes:

 

Some lovely pics again so far - I love the poppys by the railway Hornbeam

 

Hornbeams poppies are lovely !..but i like the willowherb also..gosh voting this month will be awfull.. :confused:

 

Coo, just seen the willowherb pic - thats fantastic

 

Hey, Dendy - your riverside photo is beautiful!!! A definite for photo no 3!!!!

 

Ta, HB! It might well be - watch this space..... :rolleyes:

 

All the pictures are lovely..but i really dont know how hornbeam makes a flower look like its won gold at chelsea..all week i have been trying to take a photo of my great willowherb in my garden..and it looks like what some of you may call a weed..!!no matter what angle i take it from it just doesnt look good..and dont mention meadowsweet as i have been trying all week to take a photo of that also as its fluffy flowers my pictures look blurred..!!oh well another two batterys on the go and will keep trying !!