Windowless
A couple of broken wooden frames are still visible within the empty slots, but the majority of the windowless stone rectangles are barren and open to the elements…
*Shot on an Olympus E-P5 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-200, aperture at f/7.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/60 seconds*
Element
Close-up shot of a light bulb’s neon-orange element burning brightly.
*Shot on an Olympus E-P5 16mp m4/3 digital 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 1/1250 seconds*
Pareidolia: twig or claw?
This odd twig had me doing a double-take, as I wandered past its moss-spattered fallen tree trunk, my aging eyes playing tricks on me in the fading light: it may just be me, but I could have sworn, for just a split-second, that there was a monster’s claw clutching the wood, just waiting to slither out and reveal its full, horrifying self to me…
*Shot on a Canon 6d 20.2mp full-frame dSLR using a Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 IS L lens with settings at ISO-800, aperture at f/4, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/100 seconds*
Leaving on a ferry
A ferry sets off from Heysham docks to cross Morecambe Bay and the Irish sea, bound for Douglas on the Isle of Man.
*Shot on a Canon 70d 20.2mp dSLR using a Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 IS L lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/800 seconds*
Red-legged Partridge chick
A tiny Red-legged Partridge chick – probably just a few days old – stands alone on the edge of a country road, as the hen Partridge has quickly disappeared into a hedge just off-screen to leave the fledgling to fend on its own…
All worked out well though: as I walked on, the Mother game bird popped back out and corralled this one and the rest of the chicks together, then they all took off across a nearby field.
*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*
King Midas’ touch
Three people walk their dogs on Heysham beach at The Barrows, as the blinding glare of the Sun setting over on the horizon of Morecambe Bay casts everything with a golden sheen: Nature’s own version of ‘King Midas’ touch’…
*Shot on a Canon 600d 18mp dSLR using a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/500 seconds*
Red Rose of Lancashire
A wonderful example of the red Rosa, the stunning Rosaceae perennial flower symbol of the borough of Lancashire in the UK.
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G5 16mp m4/3 digital camera using a Panasonic 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 G Vario Mega O.I.S. lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/8, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/800 seconds*
Walk this way
A public footpath sign showing its age, the wooden pole appears weather-beaten and the securing fasteners have worked their way loose over the years, resulting in the sign itself now being askew and pointing towards the ground, all contrasted against the white and blue cloud-dappled sky.
*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, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/500 seconds*
Green Bottle
The exquisite colouring of a common Green Bottle Fly (Lucilia Sericata), its red eyes contrasting against the metallic emerald of its body.
*Shot on a Canon 6d 20.2mp dSLR using a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/400 seconds*
Prickly Teasel
A wild Teasel (Dipsacus Fullonum) towards the end of Summer, its spikey seed-heads now all spent, browned and brittle for reclaiming in the coming Autumn/Winter cycle.
*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-320, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/2500 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 