Riot of colour...

Hampton Court have produced an instant flower meadow just inside the main gates, on a patch of grass that is covered by the temporary ice rink in the winter. In the last two weeks it really has become a riot of colour and is full of bees and other insects. I'm something of an ignoramus when it comes to flowers (and other things!) but there were a few of these quite distinctive poppies dotted around, so I decided to snap a few. The resulting shots seem quite bizarre to me, as the poppy appears to jump out of the background almost as though it has been superimposed on the other flowers - well, I liked it anyway!