I have listed photography as a hobby of mine for the last 30 years, but it is only the discovery of HDR in 2008 that really got me back into it in a big way.

I love the opportunity HDR gives me to overcome the inherent limitations of the technology. It has completely changed the way I look at things and try to capture them.

My favourite subject matter is landscapes and I try to represent the scene in a natural style usually - however, I have been known to go over the top in Post Processing on occasion ;-). I recently modified my venerable D70 for Infra-Red work and I have been using it to experiment with false colour and monochrome, which looks awesome!

Please feel free to critique my work as you see fit (preferably constructively but I'm a big boy), whilst having several pages of "nice picture" or "great capture" etc. etc. is good for the ego it does nothing for my progress as a photographer. Useful critique will be most welcome and I will reciprocate if I feel I can add anything your work.

For the gear junkies amongst us I use the following,

Nikon D600 Body

Nikon D300 Body

Nikon D70 Body - converted By myself for IR

Nikon 18-35mm

Nikon 24-120mm

Tamron 10-24mm

Nikon 50mmF1.8

Nikon 18-105mmVR

Sigma 70-200mmF2.8

Sigma X2 TeleConvertor

Nikon SB600

Adobe Lightroom

Photomatix

GIMP

I am rather humbled by the number of people that have added me as a contact and watch my work on a regular basis now. Unfortunately there just aren't enough hours in the day for me to reciprocate with all of you so I started the Simply Outstanding Work group as way to say thank you and for myself and others to appreciate your best work. I certainly see everything that is submitted to the moderation queue and I try and comment on everything that gets accepted. I also try and maintain my Galleries so please take a look if you have time.

I have offered a few select images for purchase on Redbubble via the link below. If however there is a specific image you would but it is not there please Flickrmail me.

Happy snapping and thanks for dropping by.

Martin