Water droplet drip
A water droplet drips from the Sunburnt-orange beak of a Mute Swan.
*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-250, aperture at f/8, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/640 seconds*
Hand in hand across Morecambe Bay
A silhouetted couple stroll hand in hand across the sea-dappled sand of Morecambe Bay…
*Shot on an Olympus E-P1 12mp micro 4/3 system digital camera using an Olympus 40-150mm f/4-5.6 ED R lens with camera settings at ISO-125, aperture at f/9, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1600 seconds*
Creamy bokeh
A creamy, blurred background – or Bokeh as the Japanese refer to this photographic phenomenon – just the right thing in order to emphasise your foreground subject…
*Shot on a Canon 600d 18mp dSLR using a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/10, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/160 seconds*
Joy
This joyful Springer Spaniel has found its own happiness through nothing more than a retrieved stick!
*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 1/4000 seconds*
In macro
*Shot on a Canon 600d 18mp dSLR using a Sigma f/2.8 105mm EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/3.2, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/400 seconds*
Pebble-dashed wingbeats
A female House Sparrow is rendered frozen in mid-flap as she flies across the pebble-dashed facade of a nearby house, her jagged shadow casting its darkened spread in time with each wingbeat.
*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 1/4000 seconds*
Christmas switch on
Just waiting for a Z-list celebrity now to flick the lights on…
*Shot on a Canon 600d 18mp dSLR using a Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM telephoto lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/7.1, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/320 seconds*
Corolla
*Shot on a Canon 600d 18mp dSLR using a Sigma f/2.8 105mm EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1600 seconds*
Cycling in monochrome Lancaster
Whether Life’s in colour or black and white, cycling up a hill is always going to involve some kind of strenuous effort on your behalf…
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix G5 16mp micro 4/3 system digital camera using an Olympus 17mm f/2.8 prime lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/4.5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/140 seconds*
Into harbour
A ship carrying its cargo of a long-reach JCB digger putters into Heysham docks, its smoke stack trailing a thin escaping vapour and all silhouetted against a Morecambe Bay brass-sheen Sunset.
*Shot on a Canon 600d 18mp dSLR using a Sigma f/2.8 105mm EX Macro lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/4000 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 