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Gallery: a March selection

April 1, 2022 / 27 Comments

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.

Charles Dickens

March has been a quiet month for photography, on the whole. It started slowly as I searched, sometimes in vain, for subjects that inspired me. Then halfway through the month spring started to arrive. Trees burst into blossom, shortly followed by my beloved magnolias.

The challenge then was not to take too many photos of the same thing! I’ve restricted myself to just one magnolia shot here, as I shared so many just a week ago. But I had to sneak a few tulips in too, of course, as well as some shots of a cheery bunch of daffodils. My featured photo was taken in St James’ Park, London, on 17th March, just as spring really began to be show itself.

The weather was much as Dickens describes above, with sunny days seeing us leave the winter coats at home to sit in the garden of our favourite coffee shop. Then as the month drew to an end the winter seemed to return and we finished March with icy winds, flurries of sleet (in London) and snow in much of the rest of the country.

Elsewhere of course war was raging, occupying everyone’s thoughts, and I can’t ignore that. So this month’s gallery finishes with a few shots of the London Stands With Ukraine march when Londoners came out to show their support for, and sympathies with, that beleaguered nation. My Ukrainian friend is thankfully safe with a mutual friend in Poland, but millions aren’t so lucky.

As I did last month, I’m linking to Ju-Lyn and Brian’s Changing Seasons challenge.

Technical notes

Some of these shots were taken with my compact Panasonic Lumix and some with my phone. Some are straight out of the camera or with minor adjustments; others have been quite heavily edited with Nik Color Efex, or in a couple of cases Nik Silver Efex. As always, it’s pretty obvious which ones have been ‘fiddled with’!

  • Close-up of pale green lichen
    Lichen on bark 2022-03-02
  • Large red flower
    Red camellia 2022-03-04
  • Brick wall with single light bulb
    At the Moon & Maybe coffee shop 2022-03-09
  • Pale yellow flower filling the frame
    Daffodil 2022-03-12
  • Two bright yellow flowers
    Daffodils 2022-03-14
  • Red flower with raindrops on the pavement
    Fallen camellia in the rain 2022-03-16
  • Delicate white blossom
    Street tree opposite our house 2022-03-20
  • Rough bark with small white flowers
    Blossoms springing out of the bark on a street tree 2022-03-21
  • Centre of a deep pink flower with dark stamens
    Pink tulip 2022-03-23
  • Centre of a yellow flower with dark stamens
    Yellow tulip 2022-03-23
  • Black and white photo of a white star-shaped flower
    Magnolia stellata 2022-03-23
  • Two petals on a black background
    Fallen tulip petals 2022-03-26
  • Crowd waving yellow and blue flags
    London Stands With Ukraine 2022-03-26
  • Young woman in pale blue dress with small girl and sunflowers
    London Stands With Ukraine 2022-03-26
  • Woman in t-shirt with Imagine Peace slogan
    London Stands With Ukraine 2022-03-26

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