Keith Burton's photos

A view along one of the walking paths in our local country park. Taken on a gloomy day before Christmas.

Picked (very carefully) from my daughter's garden and taken home to photograph indoors. I love how nature makes symmetry even in a prickly plant like this one! I hope everyone had a lovely holiday (even if you don't celebrate Christmas). I think I've caught up with everyone after my short break.......if not, I will do soon........I hope :-)

I shall be taking a break from Ipernity...........until after Boxing Day. I would like to send all of you my heartfelt wishes for a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy yourselves and stay safe. Back in a few days..!!

Taken in Emsworth Harbour, Hampshire.

These grapes are well past their "eat by" date, but I thought I'd make a quick photo of them before they went into the compost bin. I nearly missed one and it had to jump to catch up with it's friends :-)))

Taken indoors, using an LED light panel as a background. The "menagerie" is made from wooden figures I found in a craft shop.

Yesterday afternoon I was surprised with a little bit of unexpected sunshine, so I took the opportunity to dash to my local country park, camera in hand. By the time I had got there, the sun had gone, but the light wasn't too bad. I managed an hours walk before the rain started and I had to retreat to the car! Please check out the PiP if you have time. Thanks for looking and have a nice day. I wish you all a good weekend.

A quick collage of a blackbird I spotted in Havant town cemetery this morning!

Taken during a morning walk in my local country park.

She of you may know that we feed the birds in our garden daily. The pigeons are always particularly hungry....................... It's not a very good quality video.........but you get the idea :-)))

Not sure what kind of red berries these are, I picked them from a tree on a patch of council-owned land in our road and took them home to make a photo. I used a green card as background and the lighting is from an LED panel. I added a texture to the background in post processing. I wish you all a good week ahead..!! Edit 16/12/24.........thanks to Mireille and some follow up research, I now know that these are berries from a Sacred Bamboo tree (nandina domestica).

A tree fern, growing against a brick wall in the Bishop's Palace Gardens, Chichester, West Sussex.

Taken in the gardens on the sea front in Exmouth Devon.

Another couple of views looking across Bosham Harbour towards the houses. This was captured in 16:9 format, so better viewed large if you have time. The second image is in the PiP. Thanks for looking :-)

Taken indoors on my tabletop.

I found these on a piece of waste land near to where I live. Locals come and pick the apples during the autumn. Eaten raw, crab apples are sour and astringent but there are many recipes available for making chutney, jam or jelly with them.

Bosham Harbour again I'm afraid.........this time a view across to the rather nice houses on the opposite side of the harbour from my earlier shots. It was the two sailing boats and their reflections that caught my eye! Best viewed large if you have time.

The awful weather had me staying indoors and reaching for the macro lens today..............and trying to introduce a bit of colour into a dull day..!! If you don't know what the "ball" is made from..........check out the unravelled version in the PiP. I wish you all a good week ahead. Thanks for looking :-)