from the 2020 lockdown chronicles

from a walkabout during an exercise window in lockdown 2020

from the 2020 lockdown chronicles

Just one of many scenes captured during the 18-19 months of lockdown (England, UK). Eerily foreboding is the historical and beautiful grounds of Newstead Abbey; usually a steady bustle of locals and tourists is visibly closed for business under this brooding sky.

Created using: Topaz Labs, and Topaz Studio

Normally this place's packed with early-bird tourists and

workers heading to the city.

from the 2020 lockdown chronicles

from the 2020 lockdown chronicles

on a walkabout during an exercise window in lockdown 2020

from a walkabout during an exercise window in lockdown 2020

from the 2020 lockdown chronicles

The Royal Canal between Leixlip & Maynooth

#5kmfromHome #lockdown2020

from the 2020 lockdown chronicles

In my lockdown garden a Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae ) collects its energy boost.

from the 2020 lockdown chronicle

Another shot of a Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae ) in my lockdown garden.

went out for a walk and walked passed a grass bank full of dandelions with lovely sunlight shining though them so had to take the photo using my mobile phone

A hoverfly by the pond.

Misty morning near Salmon Leap Canoe Club.

An abundance of flora around Watnall Woods, Nottinghamshire. I would like to know what this plant is. I think its Cuckoo Flower or Lady's Smock.

from the 2020 lockdown chronicles

More tulips in the early sunshine.

Home schooling, lockdown 2020

A mono version of a shot I took a few years ago (from the top of The Empire State Building) on holiday in The Big Apple.

(B&W editing attempt as part of my #lockdown2020 set)

More lockdown garden photos. This rush I found self set from somewhere, it was about 20cm tall when I found it in a pot amongst other plants, its now 50cm after replanting by the pond.

Royal Canal, Leixlip Co Kildare.

#lockdown2020 #5kmfromhome

English Lavender in a lockdown garden.

A trip into Derbyshire, the first time out since the start of lockdown.

A ragged Comma feasting on Buddleia.

Lockdown garden flowers.

#lockdown2020

Early morning shot taken during May #lockdown2020 after shooting for the "Darkness into Light".

I was never sure about this shot but uploading it anyway....

A lockdown walk around Attenborough Nature Reserve.

#Covid19 #lockdown2020

Hoverfly caught in the flash.

Hoverflies on a Muimulus Plant in a lockdown garden pond.

Is this an Orange Tailed Bee on a Mountain Bluet flower in my lockdown garden?

A lockdown walk around Attenborough Nature Reserve.

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Flowers in a English lockdown garden. Anemone blanda Blue Shades

A busy enough evening scene at Pikes Bridge Harbour

First attempt at using Capture One

Spanning the Royal Canal and the old MGWR railway line (now Dublin Connolly to Sligo).

Taken within 5km of home #lockdown2020

Berlin, Lockdown 2020

Breitscheidplatz mit

Kaiser-Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche

und den Hotels Motel One Berlin-Upper West und

Waldorf Astoria

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Lockdown garden flowers.

Sitting in my garden, waiting for something to photo, this little chap bounced out of next door's garden and alighted on the fence, just long enough for me to focus and click. Then a quick tour of the garden and he was off again.

Lockdown garden insects.

Taken on a necessary trip beyond my 5km.

Sony ILCA-68

16-105mm @ 16mm

ISO 200

f/10

Processed in Aurora HDR.