Raindrop on a Sedum leaf

I took this one today in my garden. It had been raining all morning and the Sedum plant is great at catching and holding onto raindrops.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/8, 1/100s, 35mm, hand held.

Tiny tomatoes growing on a vine.

These are some of the first tiny tomatoes we grew last summer. My son planted 7 seeds from a cherry tomato bought at the supermarket - we ended up turning the conservatory into a temporary greenhouse and grew over 3,000 tomatoes from the 7 new plants!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/8, 1/100s, 90mm, tripod, cable release.

Ivy overhanging the shell grotto at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

This is one of the installations at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, where we spent a couple of hours this afternoon. It's a little stone 'cave' built into the side of the lake, with shells set into the stones in the ceiling. I was more attracted to the lovely shapes of the ivy dangling over the doorway against the lake backdrop.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/320s, -1.3 step exp bias, 35mm, hand held.

Colourful mixture of plants and autumn foliage on the woodland floor.

I took this next to Maple Dean Clough on the hillside below Norland in November last year. I love how there's such a variety of colours, shapes and textures in such a small space.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 400, f/5.3, 1/100s, 44mm, hand held.

Autumn coloured wild plants blowing in the breeze

I have no idea what these plants/weeds are (please leave a comment if you do!) - I spotted their vibrant colours yesterday on the slopes of a disused quarry at Penistone Hill Country Park, Haworth. I was there to watch my son in a fell run; safe to say I was the only person there photographing the plant-life instead of the runners!

I intentionally used a slow shutter speed to capture the movement as the wind blew through them.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/18, 1/25s, 38mm, hand held.

Moss-covered dry stone wall surrounded by greenery

I took this one in August this year whilst walking around Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire. This wall was in shadows beneath trees, but the greens and silvery stone still really stood out.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 800, f/11, 1/125s, 26mm, hand held.

Unfurling Hosta leaves

I took this one a few weeks ago on my patio. I rescued this Hosta from my flower beds last summer as it was being ravaged by snails - each year it would grow up from nothing like the leaves in this picture but would be ragged and full of holes a couple of weeks later. It's now in a tall chimney pot and is flourishing - lovely to see!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/36, 1/2s, 90mm, tripod.

Rainwater caught in a hellebore plant

I haven't really identified this plant yet - 2 of them just grew up from nothing in my garden last year so I potted them and waited to see what they turned into. This year they producing impressive green flowers. They look like they may be part of the hellebore family, but I haven't found a picture of one that looks exactly like mine yet.

I took this photo in April this year - it shows rainfall caught between the buds and leaves.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/20, 1/60s, 90mm, tripod.