My favourite time of year! I find bluebells very difficult to photograph, A walk through a bluebell blanketed woodland is sensory overload, but what you see with the eye just doesn’t translate to a photo. I keep trying though, year after year, hoping I’ll eventually get it right! It was particularly difficult this morning with the car reading -1C and a thick rime of frost over the ground  (my fingers have only just warmed up), but I’m pleased with the results.

The cold light before the sun rose helps bring out the blue in the shot to the left. The moon was a bonus!

These were taken in the hills above Charmouth in Dorset. It’s a magical spot and I like it for bluebells because here they flower on open ground.

On both landscape shots I used a graduated filter to balance out the sky, a tripod and a little tweaking in Lightroom on the colours. The sun rising caused all the colours to shift but brought more life to the scene.

Close-ups of bluebells don’t show that vivid carpet which we associate with the flower, but I almost prefer them. The one below was taken just after a shower and for me the water drops make the image instantly more interesting.