Here in the UK we have more than half of the world’s bluebells and you can see them in woods up and down the country each spring. They are powerful magnets for photographers and artist alike, although strangely not always the easiest of subjects to photograph and capture the colour accurately.
Native bluebells are protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It’s against the law to dig up bulbs in the wild and landowners aren’t allowed to dig them up to sell them either. The ones found on many gardens and for sale in garden centres are Spanish bluebells.
John's Postcards 
Wonderful post, John. You’re right, they are not easy to photograph.
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I believe it is something to do with the amount of infra-red light they reflect and how our eyes and camera lenses detect this in different ways. I also find auto-focus struggles to latch onto something to give a sharp result. For every decent bluebell photo I have there are many failures. Thank goodness for digital cameras!
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I love bluebells and the painting is beautiful! Is that a photo of the artist?
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Thanks Clare – not the same artist, in fact the ‘painting’ started life as a photograph which I put through some photo editing software to give the watercolour effect so 100% fake!
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Oh, clever! 🙂
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Your photos are so gorgeous!
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Thank you!
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They are one of my favourite flowers!
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