I've been making photographs for pleasure, on and off for over 50 years, starting with a Kodak box camera, then the old bakelite Brownie 127 and onto 35mm with a Halina Paulette, following on to Practika and then quite a long association with various Pentax models, before moving to Nikon in the mid-90's, with an F70 and later an F80.

When I eventually succumbed to the temptations of digital - (I resisted for a long time, being a lover of the projected transparency) - it seemed a natural transition to go from the 35mm Nikon F80 (N80 if you're American) to the, then newly released, D80.

A few months later, in early 2007, I discovered the delights of flickr and my interest in photography has increased exponentially - and (I hope) the quality of my photographs has seen some improvement, also ;-)

The D80 is a very good camera, however with the good fortune to be able to take early retirement in mid-2009, I treated myself to a D300s, which I see as a significant step up. I've also benefitted from having a lot more free time to devote to photography :-)

My favourite photographic subjects are aviation - (if you take the time to browse my photostream, you'll see a fair few aeroplanes - if they don't interest you, then feel free to skip them, there's plenty of other stuff, too, although I believe that many also have pictorial interest) - corrosion, rust and decay (I believe that many things can reveal unexpected beauty as they decay, especially if you take the trouble to look at the closer details), transport, old vehicles, steam-driven machinery and mechanical 'things' in general. I also favour landscapes, especially coastal, as well as all the interesting bits'n'bobs that can be found around harbours, fishing villages and sea-side towns.

I hope you find something to enjoy in my photostream - if you find something you like, please say so - comments are most welcome ;-)

Please however, refrain from posting large graphics, animated gifs etc. with comments, as many flickr users find them irritating.

Please also note, as a precaution, anyone with no publicly available content in their photostream, who marks my images as 'favourites' will be blocked.