England’s Lake District

Lake Region’s Fauna

For some reason, I continue to encounter animals, and I cannot resist shooting them… with my camera.

This first photo I include just for the underlying humor of what appears to me to be chickens playing chicken. The bee is a macro shot, sans tripod thank you very much. And, one can’t have a page on English fauna and not have sheep.

The Hungry Swan — Swans gather along the Windermere Lake in northern England.

Pollenating — A bee gathers pollen on a summer's day in northern England.

The Roister Rooster — This rooster roistered on the grounds of Levens Hall.

Cash Crop — Sheep are the cash crop in Britain. It's said there are 6 for every person on the island.

Lake Region’s Flora

I’m also gravitating toward the flora too.

This first photo I really like. There’s a crispness to it that I respond to and colors work for me too. The trees in silhouette was in extremely low light without a tripod, so be forgiving. The final photo I subtracted out the yellows and greens to emphasize the red leaf midrib and its radial nature.

Trees at dusk — Trees in the day's last glimmer of light.

Levens Hall Garden — The topiary garden at Levens Hall in northern England.

Red midrib — The midrib of this leaf is radial and red. I muted the green and yellow to accentuate this.

And the rest…

Grasmere Countryside — The countryside around Grasmere, England.

Wrinkled — A wrinkly mountain in the Lake District of northern England.

Red Box — The phone boxes here need no help, but I decided to isolate it anyway.

Levens Hall Tower — One tower from Levens Hall.

Rowboat — A rowboat on Windermere in England's Lake District.