A couple of weeks ago, I escaped the London city life and travelled to the heart of the British countryside (again). No, I did not go back home. Instead, I went further south and explored the county of Devonshire. A part of England that is famous for scones, topped with jam and clotted cream; aka the Devonshire cream tea. Indeed, during those five days, I drank way too much tea. In fact, I didn’t even miss my freshly grind and brewed coffee. Perhaps that was a new record for me.
Furthermore, I even forgot to take my proper DSLR camera. No, I didn’t forget, I just didn’t take it. Due to my foolishness for not using my professional gear, the quality of the photographs is not great. At times it took longer to edit. But the more I edit, the quality decreased; due to low resolution. So I apologise if you see a lot more pixels.
As a result of this Indian summer heatwave in England, I will be posting more photographs of this divine sunshine. Summer is not yet over for me. So expect more sun, a little architecture and a lot more flowers.
Hasn’t the weather been superb! And such gorgeous colourful shots, looking fwd to seeing more!
The weather has been great. I’ve just been complaining about the heat!
Thank you! Definitely more on the way.
Very nice and i like the bit of web in the top one. The weather is going dowhill 🙂
Thank you Harry.
Bring on the snow!
Wow they look gorgeous. Do you edit/photoshop your photos or is this the natural effect?
Thank you! I usually edit them on Photoshop. It really depends on the photo, if it needs any editing. In some cases, all I need to do is to crop them.
I think you came out just fine even though you didn’t brought the dslr. 🙂 Nice story.
Many thanks! it’s definitely the best from the lot that I had to choose from. Photography is possible with any camera!
Just Gorgeous
Thank You Noir
DarkJade-
You are very welcome!
very crisp photos, I hope to see what you can do when you take your DSLR next time.
Thank you! I’m sure I’ll definitely be back in the future.
Loved the photos and think the sunflower is a superb shot. 🙂
Thank you!
I wish I lived in Enlgland! All that beautiful nature ad countryside and indian summers and colors and foggy weather and the rain… I just love it
It does sound good, when you look at it that way. You want to do a one month swap? 😀
Wow, beautiful pictures!
Thank you! You have some great photographs yourself!
Tea and scones – what’s not to like! You have beautiful photos! Congratulations on being freshly pressed!
Yay Freshly Pressed! Ha I didn’t even know. You have to love tea and scones!
Thank you!
Gorgeous pics! =D
Thank you for your comment!
Absolutely spectacular … I want to live somewhere that produces beauties like these! 🙂
Thank you! I believe that all countries produce natural beauties! You just have to look for them.
Absolutely STUNNING work!
Many thanks for your kind comment!
Lovely photos!
What kind of flower is that above the sunflower. It’s beautiful.
Thank you! You know what, I have no clue. Time to do some searching!
I have found the name: It’s called the dahlia flower. I think.
Thanks for letting me know.
lovely colours
Thank you. You’re a great artist yourself. If only I could paint like that!
Thank you for your kind words, you’re making me blush. 🙂
Very nice photography. Thanks for sharing. Connie
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Many thanks!
Wonderful pictures 🙂
Thank you for your comment! 🙂
Congrats on getting this pressed! I am suddenly star struck!!
Thanks! You and me both! And there I was having dinner, watching the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air…and then bomb…
I love your post, the colour stand out so nicely, red is awesome!
Great post
Thanks! It’s amazing what you can do with a small digital camera.
Beautiful photos! I must remember to look at these again during our Canadian winters when I think that I’ll never see another flower again – it’ll give me hope for the end of winter! 😉
Gorgeous shots and congrats on being Freshly Pressed! 🙂
Thank you. Well at least you are surrounded by beautiful mountains and snow during the winter. I fell in love with Canada when I visited during the summer.
It’s so easy to walk by things like this and miss the amazing creations nature has to share with us. Pictures like these remind me to slow down and appreciate my surroundings.
I like your way of thinking! I agree with you completely. It’s always the little things we miss.
beautiful. just gorgeous<3
Thank you! How is life in Tokyo? I have yet to visit Japan.
Really really gorgeous! And congrats on being Freshly Pressed! Maybe you can pull some strings and get me featured too. 😉
Thank you! I would love to. I just don’t know how. Perhaps if you invent a time machine and travel to the future.
So beautiful! You have great photography skills.
Many Thanks! It’s good to know!
These are wonderful, and I love how you’ve captured so much warmth in the colors
Thank you. I love the colours as well.
Wow! Your photography is amazing. I am currently trying to learn about photography and improve my skills with a camera and in photoshop. I would be so grateful if you could look at my photography blog and offer me advice on how I could make my photos better.
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Thank you! I would love to! I am off to your blog now…
AMAZING ❤
Thank you! 🙂
Beautiful photos!
Many Thanks 🙂
You take stunning photos even without DSLR! I just looked through some posts on your blog and I enjoyed every single one of them ^_^
Welcome to La Plume Noire! Thank you for visiting, I’m glad you like my work!
…So Lovely Beauties! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
and thank you for commenting!
Congrats on being freshly-pressed. Your writing reads beautifully. Is this what the British countryside looks like? I love the bright colors in your photos…makes me want to wander into the countryside, pluck some berries and pop em into my mouth lol.
That is only a minuscule of what the countryside looks like. You truly have to visit Britain to see for yourself! Then you will see true nature! But yes, there are blackberries everywhere in England.
Hey thanks for the info…yeah I’d love to see other pictures of the countryside sometime. I love serene walks surrounded by nature.
what beautiful vibrant studies. I dabble in photography myself and used one fo mine for my blog – although its not a photo blog
I do like that term, ‘vibrant studies’. It’s good to dabble! I dabbled in photography 5 years ago in college, and look where it took me 🙂
Thank you for bringing back a day of warmth and color to this increasingly fall, dark weather. The flowers are so beautiful: I felt a breath of spring when I saw them.
Ronnie
You are welcome! Summer is definitely over in England. England has now turned cloudy. However, I am looking forward to the cold and snow; crazy as I am.
Love those last 2 photos!
Thank you! I like them too!
How beautiful! Great images to see first thing this morning 🙂
Good morning to you! It’s currently nightfall here. Welcome to WP! I like your blog!
I love berries! nature’s sweet candy
Indeed it is!
Oooh…how warm and sunny. Thanks for shining on Freshly Pressed. The berries remind me of home.
You’re welcome! Berries remind me of home as well!
I love your photos, the colours are so warm and make me think of a sunny Autumn day. Do you mind if I ask what camera you use? 🙂
Thank you! I normally use a Nikon D700. These photographs were not taken with my Nikon. I believe I used one of those small digital Canon cameras.
Wow, they look amazing for a compact camera. Thank you for subscribing to my blog! 🙂
I’m just as surprised as how well they turned out. You have an amazing blog! I would love to one day have the guts to travel alone around the world.
Aw thank you so much, glad you like it! travelling alone is much easier than you might think – and you get to meet so many amazing people that you’re never really alone anyway 🙂
Once again, your photos are beautiful. 🙂 And what a happy surprise to see you were freshly pressed! 🙂 I had to check & see why your blog was sending people my way. Made me smile!
I love the berries & the spiderweb. So pretty.
Thanks! Good to know I’ve sent some readers to your blog!
I think that photograph is my favourite too.
Beautiful pictures – those berries look awesome!
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Thank you! You have some great travelling photographs yourself!
beautiful images. you really have the talent! keep it up!! ;p
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Will do! I see mouthwatering sushi at your blog. What I would give to have some right now!
haha… oh well, sometimes, i dont look at those illustrations anymore because they are making me hungry! hihi… you should come and visit philippines someday!! lots of wonderful places and delicious food to try!!! wahehe… =)
Very beautiful, as always. Congrats on Freshly Pressed!
Thank you Nicole!
Nice! Lovley Colours!
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Thank you. You have some great photographs yourself!
Beautiful!!! Love the spider webs in the first two photos. Drawback on this Indian summer we’ve been having… they are everywhere!!! And not teeny tiny spiders…they are monsters that should live in a rainforest and not in suburban London!
I can’t handle spiders. Luckily they haven’t reached me yet. I have my hoover ready and waiting!
amazing shots! colorful and radiant. and the berries made me hungry. gotta hit the store and get some immediately.
Thanks! Bring me back some as well!
These are beautiful photographs. I feel like I could bite into the raspberries (and I would very much like to!). But my favorite is the fourth one–I love the scallop detail of the coral-colored petals.
Honestly, I think my friend had a taste of the same raspberries in the photographs, she said it was sour. But yes, keep dreaming about the sweetness.
The fourth photograph seems to be the favourite so far!
Thank you for commenting!
The colors are so beautiful. Perfect pictures that really evoke the changing seasons. Congrats on being Pressed!
Thank you Sophia! It’s great to be Freshly Pressed!
Lovely photos. I wish I could eat those berried. I especially like the dahlia (yep, that’s what it is). Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed.
Thanks! Dahlia, such a pretty name for a flower.
Charming photos
Thanks!
Love it. Professional takes pictures. Great.
Thanks for commenting! I try my best!
WOW amazing photos! Keep up the good work! 🙂
Will do! 🙂
Love your way with photos, great eye. My fav is the sunflower, because I just love them, they are such happy flowers!!!
Thank you! They are indeed happy flowers. I also came across more sunflowers, and the owners added eyes to them. Very cute!
I also particularly like the 2nd last one… it reminds me of a sea anemone.
It does look like something from the deep.
No apologies necessary for the quality of the photos. They’re beautiful.
aww thank you so much!
Love, love, love your photographs! It’s nice to go escape and explore. I’ve had an urge for some tea, scones, and clotted cream as of late, now I want it even more. Keep exploring! 🙂
Thank you! I want some now as well. The first bite is ecstasy! I can even smell them now…
These are magnificent!
Thanks. Glad to like them!
Congrats. on making world wp news, freshly pressed! Wishing you great visions for your photos and for yourself in general.
And visit some of us blog-wise, to chat up!
Thank you! indeed I am! There’s a lot of you! And some excellent photographers down here.
Magnificent!! I feel like eating the berries – that’s how real and tangible they look. Thanks for sharing, and congrats on fp!!
They do look good. Love your work as well! Great photographs!
wow, I love the photos! ❤
Wish i lived in the countryside.
Thank you! The countryside is a beautiful place. Even I fell in love with it!
Wow! These photos are so beautiful! The coloring is really nice as well 🙂
Thanks! You have some great shots there in your blog!
Gorgeous photographs! I especially love the sunflower one!
Congratulations on being freshly pressed – you deserve it!
Thank you. It’s great to be here. The sunflower is getting popular as well 🙂
Those pictures are beautiful! I especially love the detailed spider web in the corner of the first picture. I hope to continue seeing more of your work 🙂
aww thank you. I am sure there will be more photographs to come. I am always in need on what to photograph though. 🙂
Wowww.. its owesome…..
Great to know 🙂
Thank you.
You have a some great & beautiful photographs yourself.
You are welcome! And thank you!
beautiful photos!
Thank you Grace!
Hey, congratulations on the Freshly pressed! And I can see you are not one of those snooty stars and are replying to all comments! Me likey 🙂
Thank you. It feels bad not to reply back to all these comments. I am just very grateful they clicked on my blog and gave me great feedback and comments. This is a photographer’s heaven.
Professional gear or not, it definitely was taken by a professional. Fantastic pictures! Im a lover of taken photographs of flowers myself. Did you have some ice cream?
aww thank you! I would love to some of your photographs! How can you not eat ice cream, whilst you’re out in Devon. My friend who went with me is an ice cream addict. There was no stopping her. haha…they tasted great!
Despite not having your DSLR, these images are incredible! I’m a photography novice, and seeing things like this give me so much inspiration. Thanks for posting, and congrats on Freshly Pressed!
I know right! It’s a fact then, any camera can take great photographs! Thank you for visiting!
I like flower, that pictures is beautiful! Can I take it? Ok very nice for my eyes…
Thank you. For your own personal use that is fine. For blogs & websites, just make sure you link back. For commercial use, contact me.
The weather has been dire up here in Scotland, but I have just remembered that I haven’t checked out the local blackberry brambles for two or three weeks. Must see to that this afternoon.
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Scotland
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My dream is to still visit Scotland. Rent a car and drive up to the Isle of Skye. Just me and my camera! Beautiful! If only I could drive…
Oh, they are beautiful!
Thank you! Your blog is making me hungry!
I am obsessed with Dahlias and your photos are just stunning. Glad you were FP’d and I got to discover your blog!
Well thank you for visiting my blog! And congrats for getting Freshly Pressed yourself!
Absolutely beautiful photos 🙂 Stunning shots 🙂
Thank you very much! 🙂
Nice 🙂
Awesome 🙂
How on earth so good without a DSLR? I should try my hands on editing as well
Thanks! I don’t even know myself. All I can say is that a Canon compact camera definitely works! I have my friend to thank for that. Editing just brought the colours to life.
Love the unripened berries. We were in England in August and I picked my way through every church yard and side of the road. I got berry-belly!
I would love for you to come by and check out the photos I took of Laugharne, home of Dylan Thomas.
Thanks! Yes, In England we do tend to pick more berries; especially when you’re walking through the countryside. During the summer they are massive! Going to your blog now!
I love the pictures ! Nice post 😀
Thank you for stopping by!
Great post. . . I can almost taste the berries!
That’s great! Thank you 🙂
absolutely stunning photography! I would love to be able to photograph like you someday!
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Thank you, thank you! You have no idea how much those words meant to me 😀
So, so, so beautiful!
Thank you. Great work for you too!
Great photos. They bring back memories of my childhood, when my parents ‘encouraged’ my brother and I to go fruit picking so that my mum could make a year’s supply of jam!
hehe…that’s my childhood too. My mom has a large supply of blackberry jam in the kitchen somewhere.
Really stunning photographs, amazing detail!
Thanks for your kind comment!
Sitting in India, I am already falling for this season!
very beautiful!
and congrats….freshly pressed!
Thank you! India must be a beautiful country. It’s on my list. I love Autumn!
Thank you for the great pics! Love’em! 🙂
You had proven that we do not need a dslr for a good shot.
Exactly my point! Any camera is useful. Thanks!
I love Dahlias!
They are beautiful, and they come in all different colours.
Hi I’m a new follower. Your photos are very beautiful. Do you have any photos of the Indian Paintbrush? That is my favorite flower. Thanks.
Welcome new follower! After searching what Indian Paintbrushes are, I can tell you that I haven’t. They look beautiful though
My photography club always tells its members it’s not necessary to have a DSLR; it’s not about the gear although it can help. You have proved that – love the colours.
aww thank you! It’s good to know that I have proved that theory.
These are gorgeous! I wish I could take photographs half that beautiful with my DSLR, let alone with a different camera.
Everyone can learn to take great photographs. It’s all about composition and technique,
This is wonderful. I love exploring random places.
And CONGRATS ON BEING FRESH PRESSED
Haha
I love exploring too. It’s the odd places we love. Thank you!
I love no. 1 & 2. Tones, composition. – Great!
Thanks for sharing. =)
Thank you. You have amazing photographs on your blog too!
Your welcome. =) Thank you, too.
Wow! very nice shot! 😉 You’ve done a great job. really.
Many thanks commenting!
Beautiful photos!
Thanks! I love the cupcakes on your blog.
Hi dude ! I really like the first two and the last one too.. Only after seeing the photos i read your descrptn. Your shots are really colorful.
Thank you for spending the time at my blog. You have some great shots yourself!
Beautiful pictures; the colours are stunning.
Congratulations on freshly pressed x
Thank you very much.
Ich mag die Blume. Especially the second is great.
Danke!
nice photography!
Thanks! The same to you.
I love England and so I love your photos! My husband and I were just talking the other day about how we would love to get over there again. Thanks for the great start to my day and I will be checking back.
It’s a beautiful country, which sometimes I take for granted. But it’s the little things in life, which we cherish and capture. There is more I have yet to explore in England! Come back and visit and explore! We shall explore it together.
Amazing photos regardless if you didn’t have your DSLR with you! 😉
Thank you. I like your photographs on your ‘snap shots’ blog.
Oh my God! These are ABSOLUTELY beautiful!!!♥
thank your stopping by.
Love the beautiful colorful flowers. Good shots. 🙂
Thank you. I love the colours too!
Beautiful, evocative photos. Love Indian Summer and really miss it now in Asia.
I love Indian Summer too. It’s very rare in England. In fact, I’m sure it’s the first one I’ve experienced.
Well, I’m Polish and we get Indian Summer there quite a lot. Septembers and Octobers are the most beautiful months of the year for me. The smell of the falling leaves, the deep blue sky, the sense of peace as nature prepares itself for winter, the mushrooms and fruits in the forest… I love it all, and I love the way you captured this characteristic light and atmosphere, especially in the first two photos. Perfect!
Sounds wonderful! Thank you again!
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Hey! Great start to your blog. Keep it up!
Living in Cornwall I am a stones throw from Devon and so it’s a place close to my heart..you captured some of its beauty perfectly c
Cornwall is a beautiful place too, especially during the summer. Thank you!
Those are some bright flowers. Wow!
Indeed they are. Thank you!
These are lovely! You’ve inspired us to look at writing a blog on the fruits of nature out on the hills. (Just maybe will do it when the sun shines!) Wonderful pictures.
Sounds wonderful! Share me the link once you’re done. It seems like it’s going to be a beautiful day today. Thank you for stopping by!
I cant express my thoughts. Very nice shots. All the fives are very beautiful.
Many thanks for liking my photographs! Much appreciated.
Beautiful Macro shots! I’m becoming more & more interested in taking them myself. Well done.
Thank you! It’s addictive, once you start.
Love this! 😉 Keep up the good work and ill keep following you!!
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http://www.idolizejournal.com
Thanks, I will!
Awesome Pictures !!
Many thanks. Glad you like them.
Beautiful!! England is my favoritest place in the world!
Thank you! Looks like you’ve travelled a lot yourself. Great collection of photographs!
Amazing photos!
Thank you! It’s great to hear these amazing comments.
Lovely coloration!
Thank you for the lovely comment!
Great photos. I wrote a story about blackberry picking which got me on Freshly pressed too. Very pleased the humble blackberry is featured again in a post like yours. Congratulations!
Thank you. Congratulations on getting Freshly Pressed. Love your food blog! Subscribed!
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed! And don’t apologize for your photos- they are lovely. Sometimes a “lower” quality photo does better dignity to the subject, and I think this late summer hazy glow is just perfect.
Thank you for your comment. It is amazing what a small camera can do.
Fabulous shots!
Thank you for the post
You are welcome! Thank you for taking the time to visit 🙂
great photos!
Thank you! Great blog by the way.
Love the last pic
Thank you
Found your blog through the wordpress forums. Very beautiful pictures.
Thank you for visiting Shil 🙂
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Hello there. I was looking for a Freshly Pressed badge and found yours. Is it okay to copy yours? Thanks!
Hey. That should be fine. If you want you could link the badge back to this site. That would be awesome!
Thanks a lot! I linked this post http://theblacktwig.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/saffron-sunsets/ to your site using your badge and with proper acknowledgment. I made a badge as well, you can check it out at the right side of my blog. Thank you!