Horse hair(cut)
Sporting a trendy, ruffled, mid-tuft that’s being gently blown by a passing breeze!
*Shot on an Olympus E-P1 12mp M4/3 digital camera using an Olympus 40-150mm f/4-5.6 ED R lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/7.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/500 seconds*
Grass globules
Who would think that something so simple as rain globules balancing upon blades of grass could be so breathtakingly beautiful?
*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 1/160 seconds*
Man overboard
Handy for when you may take a tumble into Lancaster canal…
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G9 M4/3 mirrorless camera using a Panasonic 100-300mm f/4-5.6 MEGA O.I.S lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/320 seconds*
Curlew feeding
*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 lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/7.1 spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/320 seconds*
Climbing wall on Heysham’s promenade
Not for the ‘scared of heights’ crowd!
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix LX3 10mp enthusiast compact camera with settings at ISO-125, aperture at f/4.5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/125 seconds*
Speed demon
This yellow-jacketed cyclist is shooting along at a right old pace along the sea wall at Heysham, UK.
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G5 16mp m4/3 digital camera using a Panasonic 45-200mm f/4-5.6 G Vario O.I.S. telephoto lens with camera settings at ISO-160, aperture at f/7.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/250 seconds*
Wind farm
Taken from high up on the shooter’s track climb to Clougha Pike in Lancaster, looking out towards the wind farm off the Cumbrian peninsula near to Barrow-in-Furness. in the Irish sea.
*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 lens with camera settings at ISO-400, aperture at f/4 spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1000 seconds*
Amongst the tombstones
Peering through the trees and across a filled Morecambe Bay, to the Lake District and its coiled mountains on the horizon, with a vantage point from the graveyard at St. Peter’s church in Heysham, UK.
*Shot on an Olympus E-P1 12mp M4/3 digital camera using an Olympus 40-150mm f/4-5.6 ED R lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/11, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/250 seconds*
Rusting away
*Shot on an Olympus E-M1 Mk1 16mp m4/3 pro mirrorless camera using a Panasonic Lumix G Vario 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH. Mega O.I.S. lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/4.5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/160 seconds*
Over the hump
A women takes in the view from a bridge’s apex at the beginning of the Glasson Spur: a 2.5 mile offshoot waterway which starts from the Lancaster canal at Galgate and ends at Glasson Dock via a wonderfully picturesque, meandering towpath stroll.
*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 1/800 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 