Nature Photography & Fine Art, card & print making
It’s Sunday so let’s me take you back to some stunning sunrises and sunsets from a few years ago!
I was having a sort out of my hard drive and I came across this video of The Beast from…
A few images from past Springtime. I just love the colours and the freshness of Spring. The first Daffodil has…
Well another weekend (nearly) already! As there has not been any gorgeous sunrises or sunsets this week (or none that…
Another beautiful cold and frosty day & another beautiful sunrise. January is turning out to be a month for stunning sunrises and sunsets.
Oh my goodness sorry for not posting for a while! I don’t know where time is going! It’s lovely to see that Snoring is on its…
Hi, I don’t normally do this but I wonder if you could spare any spare change to help this poor cat, such a sad story but…
Hi, I don’t normally do this but I wonder if you could spare any spare change to help this poor cat, such a sad story but…
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Another beautiful cold and frosty day & another beautiful sunrise. January is turning out to be a month for stunning sunrises and sunsets.
What a most beautiful start to the weekend. Enjoy the sun and have a lovely day! Over the past 6 years I have been creating a…
It’s Sunday so let’s me take you back to some stunning sunrises and sunsets from a few years ago!
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The first full moon of 2022 is the Wolf Moon, which was on Monday 17th January 2022.
This full moon was so named because villagers used to hear packs of wolves howling in hunger around this time of the year. It’s also known as the Old Moon, Ice Moon and Snow Moon, although the latter is usually associated with February’s full moon.
I took these images on the morning of the 18th at around 8:15am. They look stunning especially with the Minster in the background.
What a gorgeous sunset this evening. I was going to take my drone up, but I ran out of time today but instead I caught this…
Another beautiful cold and frosty day & another beautiful sunrise. January is turning out to be a month for stunning sunrises and sunsets.
Another beautiful cold and frosty day & another beautiful sunrise. January is turning out to be a month for stunning sunrises and sunsets.
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A most beautiful sunrise this morning. The whole sky was lit up pink!
A sharp frost had also made wonderful ice patterns on the roof of my car and the shed windows..
Also, the saying
Red sky at night, shepherds’ delight.
Red sky in the morning, shepherds’ warning
is quite relevant for today as we have another storm heading our way. This time it’s storm Barra. As long as it doesn’t do any more damage to my shed (the last storm blew my shed door off!)
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“The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ”
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
It’s Sunday so it must be visit the Lake District day!
Today I’ve included a video of how powerful (and noisy) Aira Force Waterfall is and a video of the sunset over Ullswater & Glenriding a few years ago.
An 18th-century pleasure ground, Aira Force was the backdrop for William Wordsworth’s poem ‘Somnambulist’ – a Gothic tale of love and tragedy. There are so many woodland trails to discover in this landscape of contrasts. Quiet glades give way to dramatic waterfalls, with Aira Beck thundering down a 65-foot drop past ferns and rocks.
The Somnambulist
William Wordsworth
List, ye who pass by Lyulph’s Tower
At eve; how softly then
Doth Aira-force, that torrent hoarse,
Speak from the woody glen!
Fit music for a solemn vale!
And holier seems the ground
To him who catches on the gale
The spirit of a mournful tale,
Embodied in the sound…
Aira Force is a showcase for the power and beauty of nature; it’s a place to escape the ordinary.
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“The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ”
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
It’s Sunday so it must be visit the Lake District day! So missing the Lake District, Cumbria. It is over a year since I last went and I’m feeling the pull to go more than ever, especially that my favourite time of the year is almost here. For now, I will have to be content with memories from yesteryear, I hope you like them. This week it’s the turn of fabulous sunrises and sunsets. How beautiful are these?
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.”
J Walton
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Who loves a beautiful sunset? Yes, so do I!
Is there anything more peaceful then taking in the quiet beauty of the setting sun?
As the sun descends below the horizon, creating romantic shades of red and orange across the sky, the world has a chance to breathe in and rejuvenate.
While sunsets are a literal end to a day, they’ve also become symbols of peace, harmony, and the promise of renewal. Sunsets are a great reminder to rest and reset our hearts and minds at the end of each and every day.
Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
*EDIT* I’ve just upload a video of the sunrise from Wednesday. What a sunrise this morning! It…
Red sky at night, shepherds’ delight.Red sky in the morning, shepherds’ warning
Sorry for the silence but what a hot and sunny week this has been; of course now…
As a photographer I love photographing clouds, they can make an ordinary image have the wow factor!
Nature is amazing and often rewards us with incredible opportunities for photographing sunrises, sunsets and sun rays piercing through the clouds, creating stunning views. I love to go out on cloudy days to be rewarded with dramatic and vivid images. Clouds make sunrises and sunsets look stunning.
Scientific bit
As the Sun is low on the horizon at sunrise & sunset, sunlight has had to travel through more of the atmosphere to reach us.
When light hits the atmosphere it is scattered, particularly when dust, smoke &
other particles are in the air.
This scattering affects the blue part of the light spectrum the most. So by the time the sunlight reaches our eyes there is generally more of the red & yellow parts of the spectrum remaining.
Dust and smoke particles commonly build up in the atmosphere beneath high-pressure systems, which are generally associated with dry & settled weather.
Sunsets, sunsets and more sunsets! Hope you like these montages of sunsets over the past few weeks, They have been stunning, too early…
Such a beautiful end to what started as a very wet morning. It is really mild here, with temperatures set to reach 16…
It’s Sunday so it must be visit the Lake District day! Today I’ve included a video of how powerful (and noisy) Aira Force…
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