And the sun came out and the rain let up...

...only it didn't...it has been an appalling week weather-wise here in the Fens; whilst the rest of the UK were relatively dry, we have had several days of rain...persistent. heavy rain... it's July...so once again, tricky to get out and shoot...

I did manage some though...

one of the true bugs... not sure of the ID - specialist work that, but I love the colours

comma butterfly... posing nicely for me. Gold against green is a great colour combination...

common darter - this is what's known as a teneral... meaning it has not long emerged, has still to develop colours and as yet the wings haven't yet hardened. A great time to photograph these insects as they sit still for as long as possible.

Creeping thistle flowers... such a delightful colour...

comma butterfly again but from a different angle...

a composite of images - small skipper butterfly; again the gold against the green...

Common vetch and crested dog's tail - lovely, summer vegetation

wood dock flowers... such a brilliant pinky red...

this had me stumped to start with, goat's-rue apparently... one of the vetches all the same...

yarrow... lovely to see, anywhere and everywhere...

But apart from that and a couple more... it has been a quiet week for my Nikons... Yesterday morning I did manage to get out first thing and captured this...

garden honeysuckle - helped with a bit of fill flash...

And at the end of the day I managed this...(my favourite shot of the whole week)

hoverfly on white bryony... I just love the colours and shapes... the out of focus elements contrasting to the sharpness of the insect on the flower...

Not much else has happened unfortunately... I can only hope that the weather improves and I can get out and about...

Updates can be found here... or on my Flickr site so I hope to see you there...

TTFN...