Goldfinch

goldfinch

This happy little chappy was chirping away on a fine spring morning in the heart of Nottinghamshire.

Canon G3X ISO200 1/640 at f/9 220mm (600mm equiv) and cropped.

Rapeseed fields

rape fields

The English countryside in May is dominated by dazzlingly yellow fields of rape everywhere you go, giving a surreal effect to views that are normally far greener.

Canon G3X at ISO320 1/1000 f/11