Hatter

I'm sure the chimp won't hear a bad word said about that!

That's a great idea - it would have been a good entry in our camera club's "Quartet" competition that we used to run. (It's only a Triptych now.) Were you going to enter them as a panel of four separate prints, or as a single composition image?

"Accidental Art" - turned out okay in the end!

An unusual-looking bird. They have some of those in the aviary at Waddesdon Manor - which was owned by the Rothschild family.

Insects are fascinating when you look at them closely, aren't they?

Quite an attractive gold colouring.... for a fly! The eyes are a similar colour to the leaf so if you don't look too closely the head appears to be a ring.

That's quite impressive - particularly the "moat". The sky is rather attractive too. I went to Audley End on a school trip - obviously MANY years ago! I can't remember much about it now though - apart from the fact that the landscaping was done by Capability Brown. It's not that far away - probably worth another visit.

Duck End Nature Reserve is in Maulden, near Ampthill. This place is only about 15 minutes drive from where I live, but I didn't know it was there... until yesterday. Photos from a Hitchin Camera Club trip out on a Saturday morning.... Grasshopper and Bindweed Ringlet Butterfly Emperor Dragonfly Some sort of fly All taken with a Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro lens - but quite heavily cropped. The Damselfly and the Gatekeeper that I posted in the "Colour" thread were from the same session.

Amazing yellow legs! Well caught, Denis.

Well caught, Denis. Shame they're a bit tatty, but you can only take what's there.

Damselfly

Gatekeeper.

Well captured!

Did you buy it?

Interesting headwear! A good combination of inside, outside and reflection.