Goat earrings
This season’s must-have fashion accessory for all things Caprine-related: Goat earrings, which are modelled by this short-haired, black and white Pygmy Goat (all other Ovine- and Bovine-related earrings to be shown at a later date)!
*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/5.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/2000 seconds*
Mud flats of Morecambe Bay
A rusted white and yellow boat lists against a taut anchor chain, its keel balancing upon the mud flats of Morecambe Bay: this sediment stands revealed by the twice-daily lowered tidal waters and stretches across to Ulverston on the opposite hillside in Cumbria.
*Shot on a Canon 70d 20.2mp dSLR using a Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 IS L lens with settings at ISO-125, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1250 seconds*
Looking back at you
A driveway mirror facing the gates of a posh house serves a new purpose: the self-critical, over-analysation of your own image, even though your reflection is distorted due to the convex surface of the mirror itself (we can’t help but find fault, can we?)!
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 20.1mp digital Bridge camera with camera settings at ISO-125, aperture at f/4, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/400 seconds*
Hide and seek
When I snapped this photo of the old warehouse building on the River Lune quay in Lancaster, as the Sun was setting (before the building’s recent redeveloping) I didn’t see anything unusual. However, as I adjusted the RAW file in Photoshop, there in the bare top-left window I suddenly spotted a small head popping up into view!
Who this youngster is I’m sure will always remain a mystery, but they will be around six years older than when they were accidently caught in this picture…
*Shot on a Canon 5d mk1 12mp dSLR using a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 lens with settings at ISO-125, aperture at f/2, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/800 seconds*
English Bluebell
A sure sign that Spring is in full-flow across the UK is the timely arrival of our native English Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), bursting from the sheltered undergrowth and foliage cover everywhere and carpeting their purple-lilac spread as far as the eye can see within the green.
*Shot on a Canon 7d 18mp dSLR using a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-400, aperture at f/4, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/250 seconds*.
Sands of Time
Decayed wooden posts from an ancient windbreak still stand on a Heysham beach, slowly being eroded by the daily salt water tides and Morecambe Bay’s tumultuous winds…
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix LX7 10.1mp enthusiast compact camera with settings at ISO-125, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/40 seconds*
Rosemary lane, Lancaster
A black and white shot of the road bend on Rosemary Lane in Lancaster at rush hour, as cars whizz by Blue Moon restaurant on the right-hand side of the picture.
*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-250, aperture at f/8, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/120 seconds*
The long slog to Grizedale Bridge
Two neon-bright cyclists contrast against the brown hues of moorland just above Street in Preston, on their long slog towards Grizedale Bridge and its reservoirs beyond.
*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/8, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/125 seconds*
Between Glasson Dock and Sunderland Point
A cargo ship laden with machinery glides along the River Lune’s estuary towards the open sea: on this side of the camera is Glasson Dock and on the bank facing is Sunderland Point, with the wind turbines and pylons of the National Grid at Heysham piercing the tranquil sky.
*Shot on a Canon 5d mk1 12mp dSLR using a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/7.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/640 seconds*
The Grey Man
A Grey Heron stands rigid in a field next to the Glasson Spur on the Lancaster Canal, drying off in the Sunshine before another fishing trip means striding back into the cold shallows once more.
*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/7.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1000 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 