{"id":5640,"date":"2020-03-25T18:20:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5640"},"modified":"2020-03-25T18:20:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:20:28","slug":"stay-at-home-spring-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5640","title":{"rendered":"Stay-at-home: Spring in the garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the current Corvid-19 restrictions, combined with the beautiful spring weather, I decided to photograph some of the colour in our small garden. The first 4 images were taken with my new (to me) macro lens. Here are some of the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This first one is of Bellis perennis, a member of the daisy family:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2646r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2646r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2646r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2646r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2646r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2646r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we have this white flower. My wife, who is the gardener of the household, cannot recognise it but there is quite a bit growing all over the garden:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2667r1-600x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2667r1-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2667r1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2667r1-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2667r1-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2667r1.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next we have some bright yellow primulas &#8211; quite a cheerful shade of yellow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2688r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2688r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2688r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2688r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2688r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2688r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This next image is still taken with my macro lens but is a stitched panorama of 3 adjacent photos. These I call &#8216;Nearscapes&#8217; more of which you can see here on my website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/panorama-web-gallery\/nearscapes\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.nearscapes.co.uk<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2706r1x3j1-600x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2706r1x3j1-600x210.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2706r1x3j1-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2706r1x3j1-150x53.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2706r1x3j1-768x269.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2706r1x3j1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These next two images are taken with an old 600mm mirror lens. This has a close focus of 2m &#8211; these two were taken at a distance of 2-2.5.m. This first one is of Pieris:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2730r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2730r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2730r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2730r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2730r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2730r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And this last one is of the white flower and grape hyacinth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2739r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2739r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2739r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2739r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2739r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/F20B2739r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the current Corvid-19 restrictions, combined with the beautiful spring weather, I decided to photograph some of the colour in our small garden. The first 4 images were taken with my new (to me) macro lens. Here are some of the results: This first one is of Bellis perennis, a member of the daisy family: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5640\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stay-at-home: Spring in the garden&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,9,52,22,3,97,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-close-up","category-flowers","category-garden","category-macro","category-photography","category-spring","category-staffordshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5640"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5650,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5640\/revisions\/5650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}