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While out photographing at sunrise yesterday morning at Barns Ness I spotted some Harebells growing in the grass on the top of the beach so I stopped to take some shots as the morning light cast a warm glow and long shadows over the small flowers. The Harebell (Campanula Rotundifolia) can be found all along the coastline here in East Lothian and these beautiful and slender blue flowers certainly add a splash of colour to the meandering coastal pathways.  Here in Scotland the Harebell is sometimes referred to as the Bluebell but most people know Hyacinthoides non-scripta as the Bluebell, which looks a lot different to the more slender and delicate Harebell.   All of these images were shot on a Fujifilm X-T1.  I used the Fujinon 90mm f2 lens with a 16mm extension tube to be able to focus closer to the small flowers.  The next three images were taken on this lens combination. I then took the opportunity to shoot some back lit Harebells using t...

The Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) is often referred to as the Bluebell here in Scotland and is quite common in and around the coastline of East Lothian.  The more common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) also grows in Scotland but the more delicate Harebell, which flowers between July and October, is Scotland's Bluebell. While I was down at Barns Ness Lighthouse yesterday morning I spotted a patch of Harebells growing in the grass bordering the beach.  It had just started to rain and the flowers had drops of water on them. So I swapped lenses to the 60mm macro and got down low to get some close up images before the rain really started to fall. Description:  Campanula rotundifolia is a perennial species of flowering plant, a slender, prostrate to erect herb, spreading by seed and rhizomes.  Leaves on the flowering stems are long and narrow and the upper ones are unstemmed. The inflorescence is a panicle or raceme, with 1 – many flowers borne ...