Nature’s way
This old farmstead stands forgotten in time – its gritstone walls collapsed or reconstituted for other buildings and its timber in the roof and frames long lost to the elements – as Nature has reclaimed what is rightfully Hers…
*Shot on a Canon 6d 20.2mp full-frame dSLR using a Yongnuo 50mm If/1.4 lens with settings at ISO-400, aperture at f/4, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/160 seconds*
Waste
These reddened apples lie rotting away beneath their tree on the river Lune at Caton, Lancaster; unwanted fruits from an Autumn harvest that was never achieved…
*Shot on a Canon 1D Mark III 10mp professional dSLR using a Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/200 seconds*
Raven’s gift
High above Hawthornthwaite Fell in the Forest of Bowland, soaring on the mid-day thermals was spotted this Raven, clutching a ‘gift’ for its mate in its beak. On closer examination though I cannot discern what this gift actually is: could it possibly be a section of a gorse or heather root? Perhaps it’s a snaffled half-a-sausage from some day-trippers’ lunches up on the moors? Or could it even be a snapped-off piece from Britain’s only poisonous snake, the Adder?
It’s definitely an avian mystery for sure…
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 20.1mp digital Bridge camera with camera settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/800 seconds*
Purple Crocus
No matter how far into the undergrowth a Crocus flowers, you just can’t miss that vivid and vivacious display…
*Shot on a Canon 80d 24mp dSLR camera using a Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Nano lens with camera settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/640 seconds*
Lost birthday balloon
High up in the Forest of Bowland near the desolate peak of Wolfhole Crag (527m/ 1729ft) flutters this stranded birthday balloon, its garish-neon finish contrasting against the grey drystone wall, the freshness of the clouded canopy and the distant moorland’s muted hues…
*Shot on an Olympus E-M1 Mk1 16mp m4/3 pro mirrorless camera using a Panasonic Lumix 35-100mm f/4-5.6 G X Vario MEGA O.I.S. lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/7.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1000 seconds*
Water’s flow
Langden brook in the Forest of Bowland tumbles and gurgles across and around its smoothed stones, flowing ever onwards towards its watery goal.
*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-100, aperture at f/18, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1 second*
Carved hands
Hewn from wood, this statue’s carved hands are clasped in almost divine, all-knowing reverence…
*Shot on an Olympus E-P5 16mp M4/3 digital camera using a Sigma 30mm f/2.8 EX DN Art Lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/9, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/20 seconds*
The dying light
*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/8, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/8000 seconds*
Transcendence
An ultra-vivid shot of a statue of enlightenment standing within the Manjushri Kadampa meditation centre Conishead Priory at Ulverston, Cumbria in the UK.
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G5 16mp m4/3 digital camera using an Olympus 17mm 1:2.8 M.Zuiko prime lens with camera settings at ISO-400, aperture at f/2.8, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/80 seconds*
Lilac beauty
The delicate, tissue-thin petals of this English Bluebell seem to shimmer in their lilac beauty, a short-lived period which will soon pass with Summer’s heated stay…
*Shot on a Canon 7d 18mp dSLR using a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-800, aperture at f/3.5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/200 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 