Sophie Wilson

Another especially shot for this challenge :-) - luckily today had some decent sun to get some contrast into the picture. Sophie "Graphite"

Shot today for this challenge... I tried to find out which breed they are - but there are lots of black and white sheep breeds! Sophie

Maybe I regret my initial choice of three, but its always difficult to see the future... "Sunburst" (California Poppy) "Unexpected visitor" - never seen a snake in the garden before, but now I've ...

That 50-250 lens has been on the Z50 all of June... Snake from the previous week... ...which didn't get this developing froglet - hooray! Plenty of room inside Camera-trained damselfly Sophie

My first Nikon DSLR was the D800. Which is also my most used Nikon DSLR. My favourite Nikon DSLR is the D850, though it gets less use now I have Z7 and Z50. Sophie

Common bluetail damselfly, probably female. 6MP crop from Z50 Very active damselfly - lots of darting around. This is the best out of 14 shots, there always seemed to be something out of focus due ...

cropped Not as brave as the mouse, but a pair of them come to my garden to drink and I was waiting - I have five shots in the sequence of the bird drinking from the pond. Thanks to both ...

Peony Lactiflora "Bowl of Beauty". A large flower which has not survived the recent wind and rain.

A very brave mouse indeed - stayed in place while I hurried indoors to get my camera. And then let me get quite close for quite a while...