Life buoy
*Shot on an Olympus E-M1 mk1 16mp m4/3 pro mirrorless camera using a Panasonic 45-200mm f/4-5.6 G Vario O.I.S. telephoto lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/400 seconds*
Kinky Birch tree
No matter what the problem may be, Nature will always adapt and find a way to work around it…
*Shot on a Canon 6d 20.2mp full-frame dSLR using a Canon EF 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 II lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/40 seconds*
Parallel gates
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 20.1mp digital Bridge camera with camera settings at ISO-400, aperture at f/8, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/8 seconds*
Red Grouse on the moors
*Shot on an Olympus E-M1 Mk ii 20mp m4/3 pro mirrorless camera using a Panasonic 100-300mm f/4-5.6 MEGA O.I.S mark II lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/60 seconds*
Goodbye Winter hues
*Shot on a Canon 80d 24mp dSLR camera using a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/500 seconds*
Aged door latch
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G9 M4/3 mirrorless camera using a Panasonic 100-300mm f/4-5.6 MEGA O.I.S mark II lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/4, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/200 seconds*
Hareden Brook in the Forest of Bowland
A shot taken from the slopes of Hareden Fell in the Forest of Bowland, looking along Hareden Brook’s serpentine coils as it merges with the wider Langden Brook and flows on towards Dunsop Bridge off in the distance.
(The tiny red mark near the lower-centre of the picture is a rambler, indicating how panoramic the valley really is!)
*Shot on an Olympus E-M1 Mk1 16mp m4/3 pro mirrorless camera using a a Canon EF 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 A lens via a Viltrox EF-M2 ll SpeedBooster 0.71x adapter (lens reduced to 25-50mm f/3-4) with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/7.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/160 sec*
In tatters
*Shot on a Canon 7d 18mp dSLR using a Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/200 seconds*
Bridge 91
Bridge 91 on the Lancaster canal at Stodday in Lancaster, UK: note the extreme height of this bridge, which carries Tarnwater Lane across the Industrial Revolution waterway; a waterway which has no locks throughout its 41 mile stretch due to the surrounding flat, farming greenbelt it carves through.
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G9 M4/3 mirrorless camera using a Panasonic 100-300mm f/4-5.6 MEGA O.I.S mark II lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/4, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/250 seconds*
Long-tailed Tit
This Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) takes a quick breather from its hectic daily lifestyle, which involves noisily flocking with its feathered brethren and fluttering from trees and hedges looking for the next tasty morsel.
*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-200, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1000 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 