This was quite a challenging photoshoot for me as these Sedge Warblers spend most of their time low in the reed beds and occasionally popped up by which time I had to be ready to shoot and hence many poor images but at least three decent ones, so you get to see them all. The images were all taken at Attenborough Nature Reserve.

Do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © Nigel Stewart

We recently had a wonderful trip to Phoenix to visit our daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter. While there we were fortunate to explore the Usery Mountain Regional Park for the first time and experience this amazing sunset.

Freddie is 4 years old on November 15, 2022.

And he could have just walked around that water. We wouldn’t have thought any less of him would we…? But street cred, pride, obstinacy mean he walks straight on through. Always with an eye on the photo opportunity. So old towels are an essential part of my photography gear.

(SOOC except for 7:5 crop)

Nerano, Naples, Italy, 2024

Summer solstice, June 21. Time to get busy.

Bumble bee on Mediterranean Sea Holly (Eryngium bourgatii)

RHS Hyde Hall, Essex UK

From the Richard Harvey Kitchen Studio.

No software wizardry, the main subject is a photo SooC. I did tidy up the surrounding black and cut a 4:3 crop. But what is it…?

I am very proud that this image was adapted by my Flickr friend White Angel in 2 works here… ⬇️

A rusty old chain and a solid padlock, sadly without a key. But we can enjoy it here.

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Canon EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. 3 image focus merge, individual exposures SOOC. No further processing.

From the Richard Harvey Garage Studio

Ash trees in Thixen Dale in the Yorkshire Wolds.

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Canvey Point and the Chapman Sands. Southeast corner of Canvey Island, Essex UK. A picture that pleases me in its own right but is also related to my previous post. ⬇️

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(SOOC shot, no crop)

Taken a couple of days ago at our local park... the light is great at the moment and set to continue for the weekend!

Many thanks for looking!

St Anne's Pier is a Victorian era pleasure pier in the English seaside resort of St Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancashire. It lies on the estuary of the River Ribble. The pier, designed by A. Dowson, was completed in 1885 and was one of the earliest public buildings in St Anne's, a 19th-century planned town. Wikipedia

Our club gained access to the Winter Gardens which has money from the lottery fund and is about to be restored. It was a very interesting experience. Details here tinyurl.com/2whssyxu

View overlooking Policeman's Creek in Canmore AB, Canada

Visiting the RC Cathedral with [https://www.flickr.com/photos/longstrattonian]. I have borrowed a fisheye lens which I am enjoying experimenting with. Especially, I like NOT correcting the distortion. It gives images a 'different look' and I find it fascinating. The RC Cathedral near to me hs been an ideal place to try this out...a beautiful building and the light is often extraordinary...

The Langdale Pikes

A shot from a month ago and a gorgeous cloud inversion in the Langdale Valley. This was from Side Pike, a great place to view the light hitting the tops as the inversion swirled around the Pikes.

Langdale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria

Side Pike, a great place to view the Langdale Pikes.

Sony A7RII + Sony FE24-70mm f2.8 GM

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Langdon Hills, Essex UK

(SOOC shot, no crop)

Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.

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The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.

The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.

Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.

He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.

In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.

Heavenly Dancers over Cove Bay

A beautiful sunrise this morning as I was heading to work

Luckily I had my camera with me

So a quick detour down to the clydeside to catch the sun coming up over the squinty bridge

From a few days in the Algarve.I think an abandoned life boat station on the beach.

Siesta Key Beach sunset abstract

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No need to comment on this one... I just posted it to provide comparison with the black and white versions. I had already posted this months ago.

Llangollen UK

The reflection of the windows and brickwork on the bank caught my eye. The swan glides through the architecture.....

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Summer bursts open with a riot of colour.

RHS Hyde Hall, Essex UK

(SOOC exposure, cropped to remove distractions. It's an RHS garden, the whole place is a distraction!)

It's that time of year again... and I just had to stop and take a photo of the mushrooms growing on this fallen tree trunk. A little girl walked past and asked her dad "is that a mushroom house?" :D

Essex landscape, trending downwards

Achilles comes into Burghead harbour today

An old cartwheel lies abandoned in fields not far from my home. I have studied it before but this is an alternate view with darkened tones. It looks to me like something left behind after a battle. Or images of the old American west…..

Coryton, Essex UK

Here’s the earlier take⬇️

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13 January, 2022. Photography Week have selected this image for publication in issue no. 486 of their fine magazine.

A foggy morning was forecast last week, so I was lucky to be able to visit these fabulous trees. A very enjoyable morning which gave me a few new smiles as I walked about.

Looking towards Taransay at sunset on the amazing beach on the beautiful island of Harris.

I decided to post this tree again but this one is zoomed in with a 1:1 crop marking the rowan tree the star and not the backdrop view.

I still can't believe what glorious weather we've been having! Autumn is definitely my favourite time of year. I couldn't resist snapping this silhouette when the guy stopped, in the perfect place, to check his phone.

Have a great week everyone :-)

Shipwreck off west coast of Cyprus

A quick visit to the empty streets of Nottingham brought me to the Rock Cemetery, where at least a semblance of life (and death) was to be found.

I’ve been here a few times and always struggled to get a decent photograph of the numerous Victorian gothic angel memoria en masse, so to speak.

Anyways, here’s my latest attempt...

I normally shoot wildlife and had headed to Horsey to photograph the seals, only to find that the beach has been roped off to protect the wildlife during birthing season. Winterton-on-Sea is just a few miles south, so I pulled out the tripod and had some fun in the water instead!