Description One of the very first shots I took when I got my first DSLR in 2012. This is a Foxglove (digitalis purpurea), a beautiful British woodland plant which polarises opinions. Some view it as a weed, while some appreciate the simple elegance and beauty of the flower. I fall into the latter camp and have never planted this, but have many of these delightful plants springing up each year in various shady spots where nothing else grows. They naturally come in many shades of colour and petal markings, from pure white, seen here to deep pink with purple markings. I live in Sissinghurst, Kent in the UK, and the village has a very famous Castle gardens, which is known worldwide for the White Garden, a section, designed and planted by Vita Sackville West using only white leaves and flowers. I like to think that this plant has found its way the short distance to my garden by seed and I have a little bit if that famous garden in mine! This is shot in my garden and the black background is straight out of camera showing the shaded habitat in which these woodland plants flourish. The flowers develop and open from the base upwards. In this photo you can see the lower petals have fallen, leaving the stigmas still present, while the upper flowers are in the early stages of opening
James Bennett (Mr Bennett Kent), Sissinghurst, Kent, England Member Since July 2014 Artist Statement Fine Art Wildlife and Bird photography from the UK and my travels to America and Australia.
Macro and Extreme Macro photography of insects and plants are also represented, showing the fascinating and strangely beautiful world normally invisible to the naked eye.