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Steve Batch

@stevebatch.bsky.social
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Amateur photographer focused on our natural world, mainly macro trying to capture the beauty in the small stuff that we often overlook. bit.ly/FlickrSB Born at 317ppm - it was 423ppm on 10 Nov 2024 when I joined Bluesky and is 427.15ppm 10th Sept 2025!

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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 18h
Pink Pampas grasses #ColorADay #PinkMon #BlueSkyMonday
Pink Pampas grasses in the early stages of opening against a background of green hedging with blue sky overhead.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 19h
Fading mushroom - possibly Spectacular Rustgill? #MacroMonday #Fungi #Mushrooms #FungiFriday
Close up image showing two mushrooms with one in the early stages of decay. Much of the image is filled with the stalk and cap of the fading mushroom with the cap tilted over backwards in the image so that the gills are clearly visible. The stem and the visible parts of the cap are a bright rusty orange while the Gills are a darker rusty brown. In the bottom left hand corner of the image is a much smaller orange rust coloured wrinkled mushroom which may be in the early stages of growth despite its wrinkled appearance.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A peaceful sunrise across ploughed fields witnessed this morning during an early bimble with the dog. Just cold enough to tingle the nose letting you know that autumn is here. A flock of honking but unseen geese flew by on their way to breakfast. #Stunday #Sunrise #SundayYellow #ColorADay #OrangeSun
Freshly ploughed fields fill the foreground - a mix of brown earth and scattered yellow straw storks from the harvest. A line of distant trees and low hills mark the point where earth meets sky where there is a thin band of orange and yellow which fades into the blue sky which fills the top half of the image filled with wisppy white translucent clouds. The sun is just peeking out over a slight dip in the distant low hills just the the left of centre.My favourite twin Oaks stand out above the horizon towards the right hand edge of the image.It was a fresh slightly chilly start to the day today and I could feel the cold air on my face and hands and in my nostrils early signs of the changing season as Autumn takes hold. A very peaceful and calm morning :)
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gerbera seedhead #BNWmacro #Macro #MacroPhotography #Monochrome
A Gerbera seedhead in the early stages of maturity viewed from above with some drying dark coloured petals still present above the white of the filaments that help the seeds disperse.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Globe thisle seed dock #BNWmacro #Macro #MacroPhotography #Monochrome
A Globe thistle seed dock showing the individual docks where the seeds were attached before dispersing. Each individual dock looks like a small round donut with a short stick like point sticking out from the middle where the hole should be. The image has been processed to black and white with the sun striking the left hand side and front of the seed dock leaving the right hand side in shadow.  A few seeds are still visible hanging down from the bottom of the ball like dock around the stem of the thistle.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Light and shadow -Winchester Cathedral #ColorADay #BWFri #Architecture #Monochrome #B&W #WinchesterCathedral
Looking up at one of the intricately decorated ceilings in Winchester Cathedral. The ceiling is divided into four sections by beans each section is made up of 32 individual squares in and 8 by four layout and each individual square has the same geometric flower like pattern within it. The walls leading up to the ceiling are a mix of pillars amd arches. The arches on the right hand side of the image are windows letting in light those at the top and bottom of the image lead to other areas of the church and the arch on the left had side shows part of another ceiling in another part of the Cathedral.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A yellow rose against a blue sky background. #ColorADay #YellowThu #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Roses #RoseWednesday
the stem of a rose eters the image from the bottom left hand corner angled on the diagonal towards the top right corner. Across the middle of the image an open yellow rose bloom sits in the centre surrounded by blue sky with the rose bloom angled on the opposite diagonal i.e. top left  to botoom right.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A white tipped red Dahlia #ColorADay #RedWed #Dahlia #Flowers #BloomScrolling
A red petalled Dahlia with white tips against a dark and nearly featureless background.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A red rose seen through feathery indistinct foliage. #RoseWednesday #Flowers #BloomScrolling #ColorADay #RedWed
A single red rose against a pale out of focus background. The rose is seemn through the out of focus and barely visible foliage and stems of Verbena Bonariensis
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A majestic Beech tree dwarfing the buildings behind it in the grounds at Winchester Cathedral #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees
A Beech tree sits between two partially out of view taller trees on the left and right of the image. The Beech tree is just beginning to change colour and has a slight orange tint while still mainly green. The houses which the trees dwarf are mainly an orange brick similar to the tint of the Beech leaves
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Moonglow #ColorADay #PinkMon #BlueSkyMonday #Moon #Sunset
A nearly full moon seen through thin hazy clouds glows in the light of the setting sun. The clouds are a mix of dusky pink and blue and have very little definition . The moon has a golden colouring and is surrounded by a hazy golden glow.  Leaves and branches of a young Oak tree are visible in the left  hand corner of the image.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Silhouettes at Sunset #ColorADay #PinkMon #BlueSkyMonday #Sunset #Silhouettes
The setting sun is out of view to the right of this image and is providing  a wonderful range of sunset colours in the sky behind the silhouettes of some owls on a roof in our garden and the tops of some trees and bushes which fill the bottom of the image. The sky is a mix of pinks, reds, yellows, oranges  and purples all beneath a blue sky at the top of the image.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ACross Orb Weaver Spider (Araneus diadematus) for #MacroMonday #Macro #<acroPhotography #Spiders #Nature
A Cross Orb Weaver Spider  (Araneus diadematus) in the centre of its web in our greenhoiuse. Its camoflage is a wonderful mix of brown, beige, white and some black  with a distinctive white cross pattern on its abdomen close to the point where it joins the cephalothorax which is the front part of the spider combining the head and thorax.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wild Carrot seedhead #BNWmacro #Macro #MacroPhotography #Monochrome
A single Wild Carrot seedhead vieewed side on stands out against an indistinct background that is various shades of grey. Wild Carrot seedheads are made up of numerous individual stalks each of which divides into numerous individual finger like tips. This particular seedhead has an elongated oval shape with long stalks that curve in towards each other at the top of the seedhead.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dahlia #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Flowers #BloomScrolling
An relatively flat open Orange and yellow Dahlia flower against a  dark background, the petals have yellow centres and burnt orange edges.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The River Itchen - Winchester in Hampshire. A globally rare chalk stream that has crystal clear water because it has been filtered through layers of chalk before emerging through springs to create the river. #GreenSat #ColorADay #Landscape #Nature
The River Itchen from the College bridge Winchester Hampshire flowing from under some trees towards the bridge revealing patches of water plants and gravel river bed.The River Itchen from the Pilgrims Trail South of the College Bridge showing the far bank, crystal clear water and water plants.The River Itchen from the Pilgrims trail South of th e College Bridge showing the crystal clear water and water plants.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Early signs of #Autumn as these two leaves are slowly curling in on themselves as they wither and dry on the tree. #BNWmacro #Macro #MacroPhotography #Monochrome
Image shows two leaves one in front of the other still attached to an out of view branch that are slowly dessicating and drying out with the nearest leaf curling in on itself while the second leaf which is immediately behind the first is just beginning to show signs of curling in on itself. Both clearly show the arteries and veins that give the leaves structure and once circulated sap to provide and move nutrients around the leaves and the tree.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Part view of some of the intricate and detailed stone work on the Foxe Chantry Chapel at Winchester Cathedral. #ColorADay #BWFri #Architecture #Monochrome #B&W
This image shows the intricate stone carvings and statues within the Foxe Chantry Chapel at Winchester Cathedral.

Location: The chantry chapel of Bishop Richard Fox in Winchester, England.

Image shows detailed perpendicular Gothic stonework and sculpted figures of religious figures and clerics. 

Although the Chapel was built in the early 16th century the statues visible in this image were sculpted and added in 1920 as a memorial to those who died in World War 1 because the original medieval statues were destroyed during the English Civil war.

This description was in part generated by Google Gemini which I used to confirm the name of the chapel.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Black-eyed Susan #ColorADay #YellowThu #Flowers #BloomScrolling #MultiExposure
Blended exposures (x3) with various Black-eyed Susan flowers overlapping with only one flower in focus and the rest blurred to varying extents.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A rainy day pink Rose for #RoseWednesday #Roses #Flowers #BloomScrolling
This Pink rose has bent over under the weight of the rain drops on it showing its underside where the petals emerge from the  flower stalk. It is set against a dark background where shadows and vegetation are visible but not clearly defined.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) #ColorADay #RedWed #Butterflies
A Red Admiral Butterfly basking in late summer warmth last Thursday at Ufton Fields Nature reserve, Warwickshire.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hardy Plumbago #ColorADay #BlueTue #Flowers #Bloomscrolling
Deep blue Plumbago flowers against a mainly green background.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A Beech tree in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Beech #Winchester
A majestic Beech tree in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral. This image shows the main trunk at the base which divides into three equal trunks and then the spreading branches and green leaves.
 Some thick roots are visible at ground level.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good morning Peeps 😀 Sunrise earlier today the 21st September 2026. #BlueSkyMonday #Sunrise
Trees and hedging form a silhouette along the bottom edge of this portrait image with the sun rising between two trees towards the left hand side of the image . Above the skyline the thin cloud is painted yellow by the sun slowly fading to white before evolving into clear blue sky towards the top of the image.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ghost in a leaf #BNWmacro #Macro #MacroPhotography #Monochrome
A fallen leaf lying on a cut tree stump with some spooky holes in the bottom part of the leaf.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Emerging #BNWmacro #Macro #MacroPhotography #Monochrome
A fresh new shroom emerging from leaf litter
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Autumn Crocus #FlowersOnFriday #PurpleFriday #BloomScrolling #Flowers
A bunch of purple Autumn Crocus viewed side on. Pale white stalks emerge from the earth and lead up to purple crocus flowers, some are completely purple some have white within the purple petals and all have yellow anthers.A bunch of purple Autumn Crocus viewed from above. A few pale white stalks are visible emerging from the earth and leading up to purple crocus flowers, some flowers have completely purple petals some have white within the purple petals and all have yellow anthers.Two purple Autumn Crocus viewed from above . One is fully open and has purple petals with some white and each has a white dividing line down the centre of the petals . The second flower is  in the process of opening and has more white than purple on the petals and both have yellow anthers.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Purple Cyclamen #FlowersOnFriday #PurpleFriday #BloomScrolling
Purple Cyclamen flowers with one in focus towards the bottom right of the image and others out of focus up to the top left of the image against a mainly brown with some green blurred background. Water drops from overnight rain are visible on the flowers.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A Yellow Poppy for #ColorADay #YellowThu #Flowers #BloomScrolling
I visited Hidcote Gardens last Friday and during my bimble around the gardens I found this bright yellow poppy - completely yellow apart from the white stigma on top of the immature yellow seed pod which had a hint of green just below the stigma with another hint of green at the base of the many filaments.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A post box in a wall #ColorADay #RedWed
A post box in a Cotswold stone wall at Hidcote Gardens.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our roses continue to bloom 😀 #RoseWednesday #Flowers #BloomScrolling #ColorADay #RedWed
A partially open red rose against a backdrop of rose leaves and brown plant stems as autumn approaches.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A Pine tree at Hidcote Gardens #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Blue sky and a rainbow over trees #ColorADay #BlueTue #Rainbow
Blue sky with light white clouds and a rainbow over trees.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Little and large #MacroMonday #MacroPhotography #Macro #ColorADay #PinkMon
A large water drop hangs from the bottom of a pink Cosmos petal with a much smaller water drop hanging froma tiny spider silk thread just below and to the left of centre of the large water drop. Much of the petal is out of focus and only the bottom part of the petal is in the image entering from the top right of the image. The petal appreasr to have curved rounfd fromleft to right and it is very difficult if not impossible to see where the large water drop joins the petal.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ginger lily (Hedychium coccineum 'Tara') #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Flowers #BloomScrolling
An Orange Ginger Lily in Full BloomClose up on some Ginger Lily flowers reveals the different shades of orange on the petals and the Stigma and Style.Macro view of the Stigma and Style of an Orange Ginger Lily flower reveals some pale orange filaments emerging from the end of the Stigma.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Globe Thistle seed dock #BNWmacro #Macro #MacroPhotography #Monochrome
A Globe thistle that has released some of its seeds with the conical top of the seed dock exposed revealing numerous docking points while the remaining seeds form a skirt around the lower half of the seed dock. This thistle sits in front of and below a second thistle in the background which is blurred and indistinct.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fading flowers #BNWmacro #Macro #MacroPhotography #Monochrome
The empty seed dock of a fading Cosmos flower with some drooping petals still attached around the rim of the seeddock. The seeddock is generally off white in colour with darker  scars marking the places where dseeds once docked. the surrounding petals are much darker shades of grey almost bkack in places and the background is a blurred mix of light greys witha couple of brighter plants stems running across the image behind the fading flower.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Verbena bonariensis #FlowersOnFriday #PurpleFriday #FloralFriday #Flowers #BloomScrolling
Verbena bonariensis florets each with its own raindrops, many of which fill the cup at the centre of each floret.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fresh green leaves from the 21st of April 2026 #ForestFriday #Forests #Scape #Trees #Nature
Fresh green Common Hazel leaves fill the foreground and stand out against an out of focus background consisting of several layers. Bare brown ground fills the bottom 2/3rds of the images, a thin layer of greenery comes next with a layer of Bluebells above the greenery both are sandwiched beneath some tree trunks which fill the top of the image.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
One more for this weeks #ColorADay #YellowThu #Flowers #BloomScrolling
A yellow pom pom Dahlia with orange hints at the tips of the numerous petals.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Another late flowering Sunflower - probably the last to bloom in our garden this year for #ColorADay #YellowThu #Flowers #BloomScrolling
A single open sunflower against an off white background probably the last Sunflower to bloom in our garden this year.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Red rose bud #RoseWednesday #Flowers #BloomScrolling #ColorADay #RedWed
A single partially open red rose bud covered in raindrops after yesterdays rain, the flower is set against a black background .
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hot Lips Salvia #Flowers #BloomScrolling #ColorADay #RedWed
Close up image of part of a Hot Lips Salvia flower with just the two red lobes visible filling the top half of the image. They are covered in small raindrops with one larger raindrops at the point where the two lobes join with this raindrop acting as a magnifying glass for the leaves of the plant so that they fill the area of the raindrop that sits between the two lobes. The botton half of the image is filled with a completely blurred mix of greens.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A common Blue Damselfly for #ColorADay #BlueTue #MacroPhotography #Macro #BugSky #FlyDay #Insects
A Common Blue Damselfly perched ona grass seed head from june 2024.

Only the head and forelegs of the Damselfly and a few grass seeds are in focus on the grass seedhead which enters the image just above half way on the left hand side and extends across the middle of trhe image towards and stopping just short of the right hand side of the image.  

The barely visible wings of the Damselfly are visible above the grass seeds and its abdomen is visible below the grass seeds. 

All against a completely defocused background of various shades of green.

The head of the damselfly has a black band running across the top of the face and eyes with blue below. Some dew is present on the face and in the hairs on top of the Damselflies head.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Pink Gladioli enhanced by golden light from the early morning sun. #ColorADay #PinkMon #Flowers #BloomScrolling
The top of a Pink Gladioli flowers stalk with several open flowers and two showing the anthers and filaments all bathed in a subtle golden light from the early morning sun against a black background.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Green Bottle fly on a Coneflower flower #MacroMonday #MacroPhotography #BugSky #FlyDay #Insects #ColorADay #PinkMon
A Green Bottle fly on the yellow centre of a Pink Cosp=mos flower,
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Raindrops #BNWmacro #Macro #MacroPhotography #Monochrome
Close up  image of raindrops on a plant stem that crosseds the letterbox cropped image on a slight diagonal rising from left to right across the image.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Californian Poppy #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Flowers #BloomScrolling
Close up image of a late flowering bright orange Californian Poppy flower in our garden.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Old Oak woodland #Scape #ForestFriday #PeakDistrict 2021.
Moss covered fallen wall stones are visible in the bottom right of the image leading up to a moss covered stone wall to the left of which the old and crooked trunk and lower branches of an Oak tree are visible with the top of the tree out of view. The foreground on the left is a mix of fallen brown leaves and low growing green vegetation and the background is a mix of branches and leaves from various trees.
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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Cala en Porter beach, Menorca a #Scape from June 2019
Looking back towards The beach at Cala en Porter from the cliffs that help to create this deep bay across blue water in the bay.
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