Macro Photography & Save The Butterflies Over the past week or so, macro photography has dominated the majority of my time spent outside with my camera. For the most part, my focus has been on photographing the various species of butterflies populating the fields and woodland around our village. What I love most about macro …
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Diving into the beautiful world of macro photography. In this post, I take a look into the worlds within our world and get close up with local wildlife.
What a strange couple of weeks it has been. I like to keep track of the weather, even if only briefly, so that I can gauge what to expect and potential opportunities. It seems there has been a divide across the UK recently with the east seeing below average temperatures and rain and the north …
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The worst part about catching sunrise this time of year is the early alarms. Not because of the time as such, more because I can never sleep the night before! I’m like a kid at Christmas, just about able to scrape a couple of hours, if I’m lucky. Does anyone else have the same problem, …
It all began on Monday 24th April, I received an event notification for the Northern Lights. Excitement built! It has long been a dream of mine to witness the Northern Lights, one which I have yet to check off. I quickly checked the weather forecast to see what the day had in store. To my …
My goal stepping out of the front door to embark on this trip was one of a developing annual tradition, to watch and photograph the Lyrids meteor shower. Previously, every year I had attempted this I had been defeated by the Great British weather. Cloud cover is the bane of our lives regarding astrology, particularly …
My Lake District Christmas Tradition It has become a bit of a tradition now, every December I’ll set a date close to Christmas, chuck on the Christmas jumper and festive hat, and hike up a mountain in the Lake District. It all began quite a few years back with my cousin and it has stuck …