Contemplation
*Shot on a Canon 600d 18mp dSLR using a Sigma f/2.8 105mm EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/4.5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/50 seconds*
Brilliant orange
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix LX7 10.1mp enthusiast compact camera with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/4, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/160 seconds*
Lone tree hill
*Shot on an Olympus E-P5 16mp m4/3 digital camera using a 4/3 Olympus 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED Zuiko lens via m4/3 adaptor with camera settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/8, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/50 seconds*
Blowing bubbles
*Shot on a Canon 6d 20.2mp full-frame dSLR using a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-800, aperture at f/5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/80 seconds*
Nibbled
*Shot on a Canon 6d 20.2mp full-frame dSLR using a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-800, aperture at f/4, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/400 seconds*
Bridge 79
Bridge 79 on the Lancaster canal at Cockerham, which was closed to road traffic for the majority of 2022 due to an accident that resulted in the crash barriers being torn from their limestone foundations and thus weakening the overall structure.
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G9 M4/3 mirrorless camera using a Panasonic Leica 100-400mm f/4-6.3 DG Vario-Elmar Lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/500 seconds*
Watch me fly!
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G9 M4/3 mirrorless camera using a Panasonic Leica 100-400mm f/4-6.3 DG Vario-Elmar Lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/4, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/2500 seconds*
Blue window
This aging garden shed tries to retain a semblance of its lost youth with a blue-painted window frame, but its peeling and cracked façade – along with the sprout of weeds grasping beneath its panes – is losing the battle to remain relevant in our age of ‘shiny new things’…
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G9 M4/3 mirrorless camera using a Panasonic Leica 100-400mm f/4-6.3 DG Vario-Elmar Lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/4.5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/200 seconds*
Back street
A gloomy, rubbish-strewn back street somewhere in the North of the England, complete with aged red brick finishes, overhead ironwork additions and a dubious looking Swastika shape sprayed upon the wall…
*Shot on an Olympus E-P3 12mp M4/3 digital camera using a Panasonic Lumix G 14mm f/2.5 pancake lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/40 seconds*
Eric’s statue in Morecambe
*Shot on a Canon 70d 20.2mp dSLR camera using a Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens with camera settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/250 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 