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Three Shires Head

A chance, just after the new year, to meet up with an old friend, allowed me to spend the day exploring the a small part of the Peak District in Derbyshire. The weather was wet and cloudy, but the recent rainfall meant that the waterfalls at Three Shires Head were impressive, full of water tainted...

Romanesco

What I love about Romanesco Broccoli is the apparent fractal makeup of it’s buds that grow in a logarithmic spiral like the shell of a nautilus or a section of a Mandelbrot set. What makes it more interesting for photographers is the link to the golden ratio and photographic composition. There are many resources on...

Autumn in Monks Wood

A local wood, Monks Wood, is a lovely place to walk round in the Autumn. I had hoped to photograph fungi, but I seemed to miss the best of them by a week or so. That, and a short, sharp downpour changed my focus and I became interested in the raindrops collecting on the fallen...

Butterflies

If I am ever at a loose end then a trip to a Butterfly Farm is always rewarding.  A wet afternoon during a holiday in Wiltshire gave me this opportunity. I visited Studley Grange almost hidden in large garden centre near Swindon. The downside is if you are there with a family…they tend to get bored...

Stonehenge

There is something about seeing Stonehenge that always makes me stop and think. Whether it is the fact that it is absurdly placed inside a network of busy roads, or that I never expect to see it suddenly appear, I’m not sure. I never tire of wandering around the site, though, trying to visualise what it...