Spring garden

What's flowering in the magical spring garden this week? Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris/Fluitenkruid)!

* Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 70-200mm/f2.8 @ 200mm; ISO-400, f4, 1/250s; +0.7 stop; hand held.

Magic Cottongrass

Text is shorter, picture is better. May be my best sunrise Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium/Veenpluis) photo sofar. I used a soft gradiënt ND filter to balance the image a bit and at the same time keep the diffuse fog structure.

* Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 16-35mm/f4 @ 16mm; ISO-200, f16, 1/2s; ND2 soft gradient filter; tripod.

Insect season is open

Four-spotted Chaser ♂ (Libellula quadrimaculata/Viervlek). Hereby I declare that the dragonfly season is opened officially (photo of May, 8th).
Glanville Fritillary ♀ (Melitaea cinxia/Veldparelmoervlinder). Hereby I also declare that the butterfly season I opened officially. I also welcome this beautiful butterfly species in Noord-Brabant!

* Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 70-200mm/f2.8 @ 160mm; ISO-320, f5, 1/500s; -0.3 stop.
* Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 100mm/f2.8; ISO-400, f5.6, 1/160s; +0.3 stop.

Remake Water-violet

Water-violet (Hottonia palustris/Waterviolier) against the sunset reflection. A remake of May 5-th 2013.

* Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 70-200mm/f2.8 @ 155mm; ISO-400, f4, 1/1000s; -0.3 stop; tripod.