Speckled Marigold
An orange Marigold stands half in the shade, half in the Sun and fully speckled in rain droplets.
Passing on
This Ewe had succumb, trapped in mud and unable to escape…
Goldfinch herald
A European Goldfinch sits on the twig of a branch, getting ready to perform its wonderfully lyrical song to welcome in this morning’s arrival.
Plastic flowers
A roughly-hewn wooden pot holds in place a decorative collection of plastic flowers, standing on a window sill in the stairwell of a block of flats. The place itself lacks any form of colour or vibrancy, hence the reason for the B&W shot.
*Shot on a Panasonic FX9 6mp compact camera with lens at 10mm and settings at ISO 200, f/3.6 and an exposure time of 1/30 seconds*
Overcast fracture
A break in the overhead cloud-cover results in a brilliant HDR light glare bathing the drizzle-wet streets beneath.
*Shot on a Canon G12 10mp compact camera with lens at 6mm and settings at ISO 80, f/2.8 and an exposure time of 1/2000 seconds*
On the move
A Collie bounding across a field spattered with Daisies and Dandelions.
*Shot on a Canon 350d 8.2mp dSLR using a Sigma 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DG macro lens set at ISO100, f/7.1 and an exposure time of 1/640 seconds*
Bin day
A jumble of wheelie bins, just after the ‘Binmen’ have been and emptied the previous week’s unwanted slops from their black plastic innards, wait in the most recent downpour for their numbered owners to come and collect them for their next seven day feeding session…
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9 6mp compact camera with lens at 6mm and settings at ISO 100, f/2.8 and an exposure time of 1/320 seconds*
The mucky Cherubim
This Cherubim sits upon a grave slab among rain-dappled grasses, hands folded and wings tucked in. A crack to its elbow and a dirtied look only adds to the Seraphim’s Earthly appearance: a fallen Angel awaiting ascendency with a passing soul…
*Shot on a Samsung GX-10 10mp dSLR using a Schneider D-Xenon 50-200mm f/4-5.6 lens set at ISO 200, f/6.3 and an exposure time of 1/500 seconds*
The upside-down slurper
A Six-spot Burnet moth effortlessly hangs upside down and slurps away at this Meadow Vetchling’s yellow flowers, harvesting any available nectar with its flexible proboscis before another insect is attracted by their fragrance.
* Shot on a Canon 1D Mark ll N 8.2mp professional dSLR using a 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM lens set at ISO 200, f/Stop 10 and an exposure time of 1/500 seconds *
Sunburst Simulacrum
A lone pylon stands against a fiery Sunset, its metallic form looming above the landscape like some kind of vast robotic leviathan ready to invade and attack us all. Perhaps I’ve watched just one too many Science-fiction films in my time, eh…?!
Stretch the Horizon 