I had already given it away, I have a weakness for poppies and this photo combined with the forest straw gives a fun and playful effect. Here you have quite a lot of variation in the greenery and this lends itself to the lens. In terms of butterflies and other insects too, you have your pick here. But the poppies my ballet dancers are everywhere here and I can't get enough of them. For the full experience you should have been there, the smell of privet in bloom, the buzzing of the bees in the firethorn hedge and then a gentle breeze that makes the ballet dance. What more could a person want.
Living in France since a year but I am originally from North Brabant in the Netherlands. From beautiful Etten-Leur. Where, until recently, I took most of my photos for both the pop foundation and local radio and as a hobby. Now that I have picked up the.. Read more…