Poppy & grass
Poppy and grass seed in the garden at Le Gupole shot in June 2019.
Canon 100D with Canon EF-S 60mm f2.8 macro ISO 800 1/4000 at f8
Scarce swallowtail butterfly
As far as I know, there is actually nothing scarce about his species; it’s just a name. Certainly there were dozens of them feast on the lavender flowers in our garden in Tuscany last summer when this shot was taken.
Canon 100D with Canon EF-S 60mm f2.8 macro ISO 800 1/1000 at f6.3
Common blue
These guys love exploring the sixty+ lavender bushes in our Tuscan garden when the bushes are in full flower. Part of the appeal of these quite small butterflies is the delicate blue upper sides of the wings and the contrasting highly patterned lower sides.
Canon 100D with Canon EF-S 60mm f2.8 macro ISO 800 1/1000 at f6.3. Cropped in LR.
Petunia
A common and garden petunia flower, this one in our garden in Tuscany back in the summer,
Canon 100D with CanonES-F 60mm f2.8 macro USM ISO 400 1/1250 at f6.3
After the rain …
Heavy rain on Wednesday evening, mist rising in the valley the following morning: a white rose covered in water droplets catching the rising sun. Bellissima!
Canon G3X ISO125 1/500 at f/8
Thistledown
Thistledown (pappo del cardo), from an intruder to our garden that appears so often that it’s more like an old friend.
Canon G3X on manual exposure ISO 400 1/640 at f/10
Welcome to the revamped dgcPhoto site, complete with a new theme and a new look.
I’ve been rather busy with other things for a while, so I thought a makeover was more than overdue. I hope you like it.
In many ways, the site is the same as before except that with the new theme it’s easier to navigate and more efficient to load. And the layout is far cleaner.
I’m currently using two cameras: the truly excellent Canon 90D I bought several months ago that is streets ahead of any other camera I’ve owned over the years, and a Canon 100D that I’ve had for a couple of years — a really lightweight little workhorse. I am also using my iPhone SE far more than I expected. The latest OS makes it an incredibly versatile camera.
Keep checking out the galleries; the old ones have been reinstalled and new ones are being added.
What were the ‘other things’?
Check out ‘My Novels’ here or in the menu above where a couple of clicks will take you to the world of ClarkeFiction and details of my seven edge-of-the-seat thriller novels and my wife Gail’s wonderful fully illustrated children’s books.
