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Getting up the hilly areas around cities such as Edinburgh, or in this case Barcelona, can be hard work, especially with a lot of heavy camera gear in 30 degree heat, but it was worth the effort for the above photo. This view of Barcelona’s Harbour was taken from edge of the Gardens of Joan…
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Flying to a new city such as Barcelona with today’s low baggage weight meant that taking a large and heavy tripod in my suitcase was a hard decision to make. That was until I found out I was going to have a chance to see the wonderful Font Màgica (magic fountains) outside the Palau Nacional…
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We read left to right, so as a photographer I am often conscious of this when framing pictures, because that is how we read photos too. So in an ideal world this Jetty would lead in from the bottom left and not the right. Then ideally there would be a nice white boat at the…
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Strangely when I thought of going to the highlands, I thought of the great landscapes, picturesque lochs and huge mountains, but completely forgot that there would be highland cattle. So when I first saw them grazing at the side of the road it was an exciting surprise to think, “Oh yeah, I will actually get…
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Believe it or not there are four people in this photograph. I had walked down to the beach at Abersoch to get some sunset and evening light images. It was as I was walking back to the house that I turned back towards the sea and saw this scene. If you can’t make them out,…
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It has been very changeable weather here in Manchester over the past seven days and this photograph is a testament to that. Last weekend at the BMW F1 event I was able to get some half decent pictures of the cars in good light. Five minutes later there was a large storm that came over,…
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This is the second photograph of a heron that I have published taken on the Water of Leith in Edinburgh, Scotland. I prefer the one above, but others tell me they prefer the one of the heron wading. It makes me proud that this was taken on a 135mm zoom lens, when a lot of…
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The lion was always described to me as the “king of the jungle”. That would make this male asiatic lion the king of Edinburgh Zoo. I have been to Edinburgh and Chester Zoos a lot and never had the chance to get close enough to properly photograph a lion. They are sometimes close at Chester…
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I remembered that the butterfly house at London Zoo was one of the best areas for photography last year so when I returned earlier this month I made sure I got there. I took a lot more pictures this time and remembered to record the names of the various species of butterfly I captured on…
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It has been difficult to work out which Gorilla this is; London Zoo has three females and the animal pictured above is either Effie or Mjukuu (both females). I believe this is Effie as Mjukuu appeared to be holding a baby when I photographed them on Saturday morning. Taken through glass it was very difficult…