Some Pictures About Spring - Ken Davis
10th April 2026
In: News, Members' Articles
Spring Is Here – Ken Davis
I used to say that all seasons except high summer are photographically attractive but as I've got older I agree with my wife, Joan that Spring is my favourite. I assume it's the colourful regrowth of the flora in the garden and in the wild that awakens the soul after weeks of dull days and many rainy ones too.
So, out come the cameras to try to capture the feeling. Daffodils start this sequence along with their cousins, narcissus.
A camellia adds such a variety of subtle colours that I hope the single bloom displays.
Forsythia adds so much brightness to the hedges where it grows and I love the new leaves of trees as they appear.
I walk along this lane frequently and now the new growth is filling the trees.
Back to the garden and primulas add attractive bunches to flower beds.
However there are still rainy days when cameras and I stay in but there's still photographic opportunities capturing the rain on the window with a buddleia behind.
Celandine is carpeting the hedgerows near to our house at the moment with their simple, bright flowers.
Our flowering currants look good at this time of year.
Finally some dandelions, we see these as weeds but they are attractive flowers that are important for insect life.
I've put the cameras used in the titles, so Panasonic GX8 and the FX1000 are versatile ones for these subjects. A Leica TL2 with a 60mm Macro Elmar R Series attached to it has given some good results as well.
Film cameras have also been used including my R9 and I've pressed an Exakta Varex VX1000 into service with its close focussing lenses but I'll have to wait to see the results after the films are processed.
On a different subject, I always loved taking transparencies through all the years of this hobby but now I've stopped. At about £25 to £30 a roll plus £10 processing (and then I have to mount them) it's too expensive.
Daffodil - Panasonic GX8
A Host Of Golden Daffodils - Panasonic FX1000
Narcissus - Panasonic GX8
Camelia - Leica TL2 - 60mm Macro Elmar R
Forsythia - Panasonic GX8
New Leaves - Panasonic GX8
Spring in The Lane - Panasonic FX1000
Primula - Panasonic GX8
A Heavy Rain Shower - Panasonic FX1000
Celandine - Panasonic GX8
Flowering Currant - Panasonic FX1000
Dandelions - Panasonic GX8
I used to say that all seasons except high summer are photographically attractive but as I've got older I agree with my wife, Joan that Spring is my favourite. I assume it's the colourful regrowth of the flora in the garden and in the wild that awakens the soul after weeks of dull days and many rainy ones too.
So, out come the cameras to try to capture the feeling. Daffodils start this sequence along with their cousins, narcissus.
A camellia adds such a variety of subtle colours that I hope the single bloom displays.
Forsythia adds so much brightness to the hedges where it grows and I love the new leaves of trees as they appear.
I walk along this lane frequently and now the new growth is filling the trees.
Back to the garden and primulas add attractive bunches to flower beds.
However there are still rainy days when cameras and I stay in but there's still photographic opportunities capturing the rain on the window with a buddleia behind.
Celandine is carpeting the hedgerows near to our house at the moment with their simple, bright flowers.
Our flowering currants look good at this time of year.
Finally some dandelions, we see these as weeds but they are attractive flowers that are important for insect life.
I've put the cameras used in the titles, so Panasonic GX8 and the FX1000 are versatile ones for these subjects. A Leica TL2 with a 60mm Macro Elmar R Series attached to it has given some good results as well.
Film cameras have also been used including my R9 and I've pressed an Exakta Varex VX1000 into service with its close focussing lenses but I'll have to wait to see the results after the films are processed.
On a different subject, I always loved taking transparencies through all the years of this hobby but now I've stopped. At about £25 to £30 a roll plus £10 processing (and then I have to mount them) it's too expensive.
Daffodil - Panasonic GX8
A Host Of Golden Daffodils - Panasonic FX1000
Narcissus - Panasonic GX8
Camelia - Leica TL2 - 60mm Macro Elmar R
Forsythia - Panasonic GX8
New Leaves - Panasonic GX8
Spring in The Lane - Panasonic FX1000
Primula - Panasonic GX8
A Heavy Rain Shower - Panasonic FX1000
Celandine - Panasonic GX8
Flowering Currant - Panasonic FX1000
Dandelions - Panasonic GX8
Comments
By Pam Leeis: Ken what a lovely set of spring flowers
I love the lane as it is very peaceful and you feel you want to walk down to see what is at the end
I have a 60 mm macro lens for my R9 but unfortunately the R9 DMR is a bit too heavy for me to carry now so I have not used it for a while. Flowers are so photogenic too By Alan: I enjoyed your article Ken. Interesting to see how the cameras and lenses handled the subject all very well I thought over the eclectic mix. From my experience, the Lumix handle close-ups and micro right well something which is clearly demonstrated in your smashing pictures. Thank you very much. By Keith Walker: What a fine collection! We all love Spring with the 'fresh' greens. By chance I have been capturing our Spring garden at f1.4 as a challenge, and will certainly send you a few of the snaps. By Ken Davis: Thank you Keith, Alan and Pam. Pam, you could always attach the 60mm to you GX8.
Ken By Don Morley: Thank you Ken, For reminding us so well abouit what agorgious time of the year this is, and it is also all about the so important dawning of new life just when we might also be still mourning the loss of such as our old friends, So this post is also very timely reminder that Life does indeed still go on By Ken Davis: Many thanks for your thoughtful comment Don, yes, new life continues.