Tulips

Tulips were in full flower at York Gate Gardens. Standing tall, they are a beautifully sculptural plant, but short-lived. I had some yellow ones in a container on my balcony, and they looked lovely for a couple of weeks but then the petals blew away. 

I took my macro lens, thinking I'd try some shots with a very shallow depth of field. It wasn't entirely successful as the point of focus has to be spot on and my elderly eyesight, coupled with the small LCD screen on my camera, means that's a bit hit and miss! I did manage to capture a couple of greenfly quite sharply! (below). There seem to be a lot about, perhaps because of the dry spring we've had. The front of my car and its windscreen have been covered with splattered insects and that hasn't happened for a few years. It used to be a big problem in the summer.