Tractor time
Shot across Lancaster canal at Forton, UK, with Hawthornthwaite Fell and Grizedale Head rising up in the far distance, this farmer races across his field with an empty seed dispenser on the rear of his tractor, as the crows are already on the ground hoovering up his last deposit.
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 20.1mp digital Bridge camera with camera settings at ISO-80, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/500 seconds*
Wooden stare
This wood-hewn carving of an old Fisherman wrapped in waterproofs stands in a cemetery in Morecambe, along with a matching ‘Fish Wife’ statue, both of whom have been whittled from two similar-sized logs: his wooden stare and cracked beard – complete with a resident Spider and its web – gazes forlorn towards Morecambe Bay’s sea water and beyond, awaiting for a chance to take to the water once again…
*Shot on an Olympus E-P5 16mp M4/3 digital camera using a Panasonic Lumix G 14mm f/2.5 pancake lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/160 seconds*
Perspective askew
A angled shot upwards of one of the old warehouses on the River Lune’s quay in Lancaster, UK showing the converted apartments’ glass and blasted brick façades.
*Shot on an Olympus E-P5 16mp M4/3 digital camera using a Panasonic Lumix G 14mm f/2.5 pancake lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/3.5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/60 seconds*
Nicked from above
A Police helicopter glides overhead, sweeping for whatever it may be they’re out searching for (at least it wasn’t me)!
*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 1/1250 seconds*
Red, green and blue
*Shot on an Olympus E-P1 12mp micro 4/3 system digital camera using a Soligor 35mm f/2.8 wide-angleprime lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/4, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/2500 seconds*
Counting Crows
So, just how many Crows are there?
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G9 M4/3 mirrorless camera using a Panasonic Leica 100-400mm f/4-6.3 DG Vario-Elmar Lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/160 seconds*
Light-flash
Moisture-sodden clouds drift into view overhead, spoiling a brilliant Sunset behind Winter’s barren branches, but in turn also creating its own unique “light-flash” appearance along the way…
*Shot on a Canon 70d 20.2mp dSLR using a Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 IS L lens with settings at ISO-400, aperture at f/5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/5000 seconds*
Poppy
A Poppy seed pod head – possibly what is known colloquially as ‘the Breadseed Poppy’ – awaiting to flower and be pollinated.
*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/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/800 seconds*
Ecstasy
A hen Pheasant takes time out of her busy schedule to absorb some rays and kick back. She was apparently lost in the throes of ecstasy, her mottled feathers warming up as she sunbathed, head cocked back with beck agape and eyes only half-open: indeed, so enamoured with the Sun was this game bird that I could approach to within just a foot’s length without her darting for cover in the nearby undergrowth, blissfully unaware of all around her…
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 20.1mp digital Bridge camera with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/200 seconds*
In decline
A lone, crumbling concrete street light barely stands upright, a remnant of the old oil refinery that was located on the Heysham peninsula next to Middleton, from its WWll inception in 1939, until its closure in 1976.
*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-200, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/2500 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 