Amateur photographer striving lackadaisically for perfection. Born 1955 in Kent. www.facebook.com/dave.collier.545

Thanks for taking a peek at my pictures. More than 2,000 of my images have been viewed at least 1,000 times, and I'm glad so many of them are of interest. 14 million views and counting, for which many thanks.

I now have more than 100 galleries celebrating people and things that interest me, and good photographs of them. These include body art, bridges in the UK and elsewhere, Calatrava architecture, FEMEN, high jump, pole vault, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Keri-Anne Payne, Lizzie Armitstead, my favourite cities, urban, naturally beautiful women, and wildlife. Another enquires, in a profound way obviously, into the theory that owners begin to look like their pets. Recent galleries include one called Groupies (photos in at least 400 groups), and another on the theme of Outsiders. One of my latest is devoted to the work of designer Thomas Heatherwick; I like the idea of bringing together disparate designs (with an obvious common theme) and displaying them in one place. Another 'work in progress' is a gallery devoted to monuments to extraordinary women. Probably more galleries to come...

I also have many albums, some of which are geographic (e.g. cities or counties) while others bring together particular features or types of building, e.g. pubs, lock-ups, bridges and temples. Yet others are devoted to people I've shot several times, mostly models or athletes.

You're welcome to add my photos to your favourites, though I take a dim view of anyone stealing my photos and presenting them as their own. Such abuse will be reported and perpetrators will be blocked.

I have also blocked people who have no photos on show and whose favourites are mostly pornographic.

I am not an AI enthusiast generally (it seems to be theft of intellectual property dressed up as computerised creativity), and am not keen on AI-created images. It is not photography or even the result of photographic processing; often it's a lazy alternative to getting a camera out and composing an image.

My kit

Nikon D3100

Nikon D7000 (from June 2016)

Nikon D7200 (from Dec 2018)

Nikon Coolpix S3700

Nikkor AF-S 35mm prime 1:1.8G

Nikkor AF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G

Nikkor AF-S 55-200mm 1:4-5.6G ED

Tamron AF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6

Nikkor AF Zoom 70-300mm f/4-5.6G

Tamron SP Di AF 90mm 1:2.8 Macro 1:1