Phoebus’ smile
*Shot on a Canon 600d 18mp dSLR using a Canon EF 70-210mm f/3.5-4.5 USM lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1250 seconds*
Grasshopper stare
A Common Green Grasshopper soaks up some of the Sun’s warming rays, finally stopping its leaping and bounding just long enough to enable this grabbed photo…
*Shot on an Olympus E-P1 12mp micro 4/3 system digital camera using a Soligor 35mm f/2.8 wide-angle prime lens and 12mm extension tube with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/400 seconds*
Sunken
A boat trailer sunk to its axle in the sand and left to rust with each incoming tide.
*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-200, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1250 seconds*
Buoyant fronds
Washed-up seaweed, its air pouches slowly drying in the Summer heat.
*Shot on an Olympus E-P1 12mp micro 4/3 system digital camera using a Tamron Twin 135mm f/2.8 prime lens with camera settings at ISO-320, aperture at f/5.5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/100 seconds*
Bailey Lane bend
A brave cyclist takes a blind bend in Bailey lane, Heysham at speed, clinging to the hope there are no cars coming the opposite direction.
Maybe he’s really desperate for a snack, eh?!
*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-160, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1000 seconds*
Balding
A partly-dispersed Dandelion seed head, one gust away from attaining its evolutionary design!
*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-160, aperture at f/8, pattern metering mode and an exposure time of 1/640 seconds*
Empty
Empty vases tilting and hollow, awaiting the next deposit of remembrance flowers to arrive…
*Shot on an Olympus E-P1 12mp micro 4/3 system digital camera using a Soligor 35mm f/2.8 wide-angle prime lens with camera settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1000 seconds*
Lovely view
An old couple take a breather and absorb the view over Heysham’s beach and across Morecambe Bay to the town of Flookburgh and its Lakeland caravan park, where the Lake District’s ‘Old Man of Coniston’ mountain towers above off in the distance…
*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-160, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1000 seconds*
Inside
A peek of red petals, flashed between the parting husk of this blossoming flower.
*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix LX3 10mp enthusiast compact camera with settings at ISO-80, aperture at f/3.2, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1300 seconds*
Thermal rider
A juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull practicing its glide on the Summer thermals…
*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-160, aperture at f/6.3, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1000 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 