Aged
*Shot on a Canon 1D Mark III 10mp professional dSLR using a Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 IS L lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/200 seconds*
Apocalypse Now
A Bell UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” helicopter, one of the main icons of North America’s Vietnam war (1965-1975) flies overhead heading across – of all places in the world – the little village of Dunsop Bridge in the Forest of Bowland!
*Shot on an Olympus E-M1 Mk1 16mp 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/4.7, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/640 seconds*
Unfurled
The brittle browning of once-green ferns tells us that the Autumn season has finally arrived and the unfurled leaves will soon die away…
*Shot on an Olympus E-M1 Mk1 16mp m4/3 pro mirrorless camera using a a Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-4.5 MK I lens via a Viltrox EF-M2 ll SpeedBooster 0.71x adapter (lens reduced to 30-82mm f/3.5) with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/3.5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/100 seconds*
Pin-hole
A pin-hole effect shot in Holme Wood at Grizedale Bridge, just on the edge of the Forest of Bowland at Nether Wyreside, UK.
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 20.1mp digital Bridge camera with camera settings at ISO-125, aperture at f/2.8, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/640 seconds*
Balancing act
This juvenile Grey Heron takes a breather standing on just one leg, surveying the River Wyre at Scorton, UK for its next fishing spot and conserving some energy with this impressive balancing act!
*Shot on an Olympus E-M1 Mk1 16mp 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/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/250 seconds*
Bracelet
*Shot on a Canon 40d 10mp dSLR using a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/60 se
Bare-boned
A lone, bare-boned tree stands erect at Hutton Roof Crags in Cumbria, its roots striving for sustenance on the limestone bedrock it has had to grow upon for a lifetime.
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 20.1mp digital Bridge camera with camera settings at ISO-80, aperture at f/7.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/500 seconds*
Pareidolia: stump or Horned Lizard?
From my vantage point, this tree stump appeared as if it was a giant Horned Lizard crawling away through the long grass: obviously this was just nothing more than a tree stump and not a huge reptile, surely…
*Shot on a Canon 6d 20.2mp dSLR using a Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 IS L lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/4, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/100 seconds*
“Turn off your mind…” (slight return)
“… relax and float down stream… it is not dying, it is not dying.”
Tomorrow Never Knows
Revolver (1966) – The Beatles
See original post here: “Turn off your mind…” October 2013
*Shot on an Olympus E-M1 Mk1 16mp m4/3 pro mirrorless camera using a a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro lens via a Viltrox EF-M2 ll SpeedBooster 0.71x adapter (lens reduced to 75mm f/2) with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/3.2, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/640 seconds*
Blades of green
*Shot on an Olympus E-M1 Mk1 16mp m4/3 pro mirrorless camera using a legacy Tamron 500mm f/8 mirror lens via an Adaptall 2 Pentax K mount and a M4/3 adapter, with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/8, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/500 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 