August 2008

Marian has sent a picture of a Frizzle Chicken for this months Photograph of the Month Competition,  so thanks Marian.

I took the picture at the British Wildlife Trust Rescue Centre, Stafford. I understand they are a Polish breed, their name coming from the peculiar manner in which their feathers curve upward and backward at the ends, as if in defiance of nature’s laws. 

Jane has sent a picture of a a ringlet butterfly for the Farming Friends Foto of the Month Competition, so thanks Jane.

This is a picture I took on a friend of mine’s smallholding in Verwood, Dorset of a small Ringlet Butterfly on a Bramble Flower. I love the way it’s proboscis is curled up and it’s wings are edged with a fury tip. Bramble patches are often thought of as “scrub” but I always make a beeline for them.  This patch was covered in all different types of butterflies and bugs and I spent a good hour photographing them all (while getting scratched by the bramble!).

TopVeg have sent two pictures for the Farming Friends Foto of the Month Competition, so thanks TopVeg.

I saw these onions, just hanging in an open shed belonging to a 92 year old veg gardener.  I like the shiny, new fresh onions hanging on old strings against very old wooden walls, on top of his collection of old tools (sycle, chains etc.)

If you like taking photographs then why not enter our Farming Friends ‘Foto’ Of The Month Competition.

The photographs need to have a farming theme and can include the farming landscape, farm animals, farm machinery, farming life or nature and wildlife on and around a farm.

Send your photographs by email keeping the photograph attachment to a size of about 600 x 400 pixels.

Please supply some details about the photograph - the name of the person who took the photograph, when and where it was taken and what is happening in the photograph.

The winning ‘Foto’ will be posted at the beginning of the following month.

Photograph Of The Month Competition - January 2008.

Photograph Of The Month Competition - December 2007.

Photograph of the Month Competition - November 2007.

Photograph of the Month Competition - October 2007.

Photograph of the Month Competition - September 2007.

Photograph of the Month Competition - August 2007.

Photograph Of The Month Competition - Winning Entries.

2) Farming Friends ‘Foto’ Caption Competition

August 2008

Can you think of a good caption to accompany the Farming Friends ‘Foto’?

If so, fill out the comments box with your caption and your name.

This competition is just a bit of Farming Friends fun!

The winning caption will be announced at the beginning of the following month.

Click on the photograph to enlarge and click on this link for previous Photograph Caption Competitions.