DETAILS – Mike Read

DETAILS

Often we overlook the smaller things around us. These are just a few of what I like to refer to as 'details', parts of flowers, streams, ice etc. Each has a beauty all of its own as the images in this gallery shows.

To enlarge any image just click on it and then you can scroll through to other pictures by clicking on the arrow.

Abstract rock patterns Sealion Island Falkland Islands British Overseas Territory December 2016

C23D0449 Rock patterns, Falklands

Pattern made by a grass stem being blown during strong winds Elephant Beach Pebble Island Falkland Islands

C23D0144 Circle pattern in sand

Small stones in rock hollow Munro Beach South Island New Zealand

C22D0172 Small stones in rock hollow

Layers in sedimentary rock Munro Beach South Island New Zealand

C22D0166 Layers in sedimentary rock

Petroglyph panel of symbols carved in the desert varnish at Newspaper Rock State Historic Park Utah USA

C10D0284 Petroglyph, Utah, USA

Bald eagle head shaped rock formation in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park Arizona USA

C10D0264 'Eagle head' shape in rock

Native rock pictographs Canyon de Chelly National Monument Arizona USA

C10D0200 Native rock pictographs, Arizona

Out of focus highlights of light reflected on sea Breidafjordur Iceland July 2009

C04D0087 Out of focus highlights

Raindrops on grass stem near Rhayader Powys Wales UK

C3-3747 Raindrops on grass

Rain on Hosta leaves Hampshire England UK

C1-19767 Rain on Hosta leaves

Dew on common woodpigeon's feather Ringwood Hampshire England UK

C1-19631 Dew on pigeon's feather

Patterns in ice formed on flood water Hampshire England UK

C1-12736 Ice patterns

Autumn leaves trapped beneath water flowing over small waterfall, En

C1-11728 Autumn leaves beneath flowing water

Aerial view of fair weather clouds over the North Sea England UK

C1-11685 Aerial view of clouds

Seaweed and rippled sand, Donna Nook, Linolnshire, England, UK

C1-11679 Seaweed and rippled sand

Rain drops on leaves of Montbretia Crocosmia spp

C1-11534 Rain drops on green leaves

Part of waterfall on Gayle Beck, Hawes, Wensleydale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire, England, UK July 2016

C01D5248 Waterfall, Gayle Beck, Hawes

Tree reflections in ripples on Ibsley Lake Blashford Lakes Reserve Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve near Ringwood Hampshire England UK March 2016

C01D4789 Tree reflections

Sun reflected off intertidal mud, Exe Estuary, Devon, England, UK

C01D4686 Intertidal mud

C01D4686 Intertidal mud

C01D4115 Rainbow in stormy sky

Abstract patterns on old fallen oak tree South Oakley Inclosure New Forest National Park Hampshire England UK

C01D3739 Abstract patterns in an old oak tree

Abstract pattern of cracked mud Titchwell RSPB Reserve Norfolk England

C01D3279 Abstract pattern of cracked mud

Abstract ripples on calm water, Ibsley Lake, Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve

C01D3267 Abstract ripples on water

Cut end of a coniferous tree on timber stack, Frame Heath Inclosure, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK

C01D2906 Cross section of felled pine

Frost on fallen Oak Quercus robur and Beech Fagus sylvatica leaves, Mark Ash Wood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK

C01D2822 Frost on beech and oak leaves

Frost on puddle surface, Linwood, New Forest, National Park, Hampshire, England, UK

C01D2601 Frost on puddle

Shell on rippled sandy beach, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England

C01D2424 Shell on sandy beach

Cobweb and dew on grass stem, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England

C01D2387 Cobweb and dew on grass

Spiders web with dew on beech tree New Forest National Park Hampshire England

C01D1125 Spiders web with dew

Spiders web with dew on heathland New Forest National Park Hampshire England

C01D1122 Spiders web closeup

Detail of small waterfall in the River Dove Dovedale Peak District National Park Derbyshire England

C01D1033 Small waterfall, River Dove

Small ripples on sunset-lit water, Blashford Lakes, near Ringwood, Hampshire, England

C01D0644 Small ripples on sunset-lit water

Ice on a puddle on Vales Moor New Forest National Park Hampshire England

C01D0184 Ice on a puddle

Feathers on a Greater Flamingo, Parc Ornithologique de Pont de Gau, Regional Nature Park of the Camargue, France, February 2016

03AD0149 Greater flamingo feathers

Closeup of stripes on a Burchell's zebra Equus burchellii Umfolozi Game reserve South Africa

1DD0618 Burchell's zebra stripes

Red cabbage Brassica oleracea var. capitata f.rubra cut through the middle showing the layers

01BD4180 Purple cabbage section

Lodgepole pine Pinus contorta patterns in the trunk of dead tree without bark Rock Creek Vista Point Montana USA June 2015

01BD3753 Lodgepole pine detail

Pyrenean saxifrage Saxifraga longifolia leaves rosette beside the road to Gedre Ski Station Pyrenees National Park France

01BD3331 Pyrenean saxifrage leaves

Hosta 'Halcyon' leaf with raindrops Ringwood Hampshire England UK

01BD2983 Hosta leaf with raindrops

Lupin leaf with raindrops in hotel garden Vercors Regional Natural Park France

01BD2766 Lupin leaf with raindrops

Sweet gum Liquidamber stryaciflua leaf close-up

01BD2277 Sweet gum leaf close-up

Woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum flower bud closeup

01BD2241 Woolly thistle flower bud

Plantain lily Hosta halcyon flower with rain drops on it, Ringwood, Hampshire, England

01BD2072 Rain drops on Plantain lily

Dew on leaf of Tynwald rose Ringwood Hampshire England

01BD1926 Dew on rose leaf

Light through tulip petals Ringwood Hampshire England UK

01BD1923 Back lit tulip petals

Sunflower showing curved rows of seeds developing Ringwood Hampshire England

01BD0841 Close up of sunflower seeds

Rosa Tynwald with early morning dew in a garden, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK, July 200

01BD0304 Rose flower with dew

Gaillardia close-up of red and orange flower petals Ringwood Hampshire England

01BD0006 Gaillardia close-up of flower