Follow the leader
A line of Mallard ducklings head for safety beneath a walkway, each one paddling furiously to keep up with the sibling in front!
Helvellyn
A picture of one of the Lake District’s most iconic and well-known mountains, Helvellyn. This shot is taken from above the car park off the A591 next to Thirlmere and it captures the scale of the mountain’s dramatic ridge line that separates Thirlmere valley from Patterdale.
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G5 16mp m4/3 digital camera using an Olympus 17mm f/2.8 M.Zuiko prime lens with camera settings at ISO-160, aperture at f/8, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/800 seconds*
Homeward bound
Home time on the M6 between Carnforth and Lancaster as roadworks slow down everyone’s journey…
*Shot on a Canon 70d 20.2mp dSLR using a Sigma f/2.8 105mm EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-500, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/60 seconds*
Day trippers
A leisurely boat journey along the Lancaster Canal just outside Ford Green in Preston, heading off towards Fair Snape Fell in the distance, which is located in Lancashire’s stunning Forest of Bowland.
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G5 16mp micro 4/3 system 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 1/800 seconds*
The Ugly Duckling
A juvenile Mute Swan cygnet, drab brown in appearance and devoid of its parents’ pure white plumage and brilliant Sun-burnt orange bill. However, as Hans Christian Anderson’s famous fairy tale ‘The Ugly Duckling‘ tells us, it’ll only be a matter of time before this youngster blossoms into one of the most beautiful birds on Earth…
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G5 16mp micro 4/3 system digital camera using a Panasonic 45-200mm f/4-5.6 G Vario O.I.S. telephoto lens with camera settings at ISO-250, aperture at f/7.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/400 seconds*
Huddle
A herd of Horses corral together against the buffeting wind on a hillock of reclaimed landfill in Lancaster, 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/7.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/800 seconds*
Overhead casting
A game fisherman casts his fly downstream in a fluid, looping motion at ‘the Crook o’ Lune’ on the river Lune in Lancaster, UK.
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G5 16mp micro 4/3 system digital camera using a Panasonic 45-200mm f/4-5.6 G Vario O.S. telephoto lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/500 seconds*
Mouthful
A grey Squirrel clings onto a fence post, frozen in mid-clamber and staring into the camera lens, caught red-handed with a mouthful of fungi stalk!
*Shot on a Canon 70d 20.2mp dSLR using a Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 IS L lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/18, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/160 seconds*
Memories on the sand
The sand at Heysham beach in Morecambe Bay retains the surface memories of visitors from a busy day: someone’s boot footprints run parallel with a Dog’s scattered trot, which criss-cross the tyre tracks of a boat trailer that disappears into seawater pools just beyond some outlying rocks, all played out against the stunning backdrop of the Lake District’s distant Rydal Mountains off in the distance…
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix LX7 10.1mp enthusiast compact camera with settings at ISO-125, aperture at f/5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1000 seconds*
Freeze-frame
Two Pigeons are stopped in mid-flight, their very essence frozen in a freeze-frame photo for all eternity (or until I forget to renew my internet domain’s name)!
*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/4.5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1250 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 