Image Galleries
The nature and landscape right outside my backyard is my greatest source of inspiration, but the human world is a fascinating universe and has also inspired me to explore new dimensions of photography
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The natural world
Here you can view my British landscape, nature and wildlife photography galleries. These contain images of butterflies, dragonflies and other wildlife predominantly taken in local nature reserves in Norfolk and Oxfordshire.
I fell in love with butterflies at an early age, fascinated by their vivid beauty, transience and amazing lifecycle. Now of course they are increasingly vulnerable to threats, with many species in decline and they are often seen as a "canary-like" indicator species warning us of the health of our entire ecosystem. Here is a selection of some of my favourite butterfly images, mostly taken in local nature reserves or my own garden in Norfolk and previously Oxfordshire
Norfolk is famous for its uniquely beautiful coast and "big skies" and they are truly atmospheric, but Norfolk's inland countryside also offers a varied range of habitats from lush woodland to open grassland and heath. With such a wealth of scenic spots on my doorstep I am immensely enjoying discovering its secrets with my camera. Here are a few of my favourite landscape photos of Norfolk so far.
Overseas Adventures
You might also enjoy some of my photography taken further afield, in particular images of the elusive wild Eurasian grey wolves living in the no-man's land between Finland and Russia and my photographic glimpses into the mysterious marine lives of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins that live off the shores of Tenerife.
This gallery contains images of grey Eurasian wolves. The images are of a wild grey wolf pack that live in no-man’s land near Kuikken Kampa, Finland, right on the Russian border. I travelled to Finland in June 2011 to make the most of the long arctic days; even so the light was low, as the wolves almost always came in the small hours when the Finnish twilight was at its darkest.
Although the grey wolves remained distant, it was a breathtaking experience to observe them in the wild, and for me a dream come true. The two wolves I observed were a grey coated male wolf and a paler coated female grey wolf which looked to be nursing. The two grey wolves were almost always together and seemed to be on patrol duty.
Their wolf-pack teamwork was incredibly intelligent and co-ordinated. I witnessed the wolves manoeuvring carefully to distract a large feeding brown bear. One circled round and suddenly attacked and bit the bear from behind, meanwhile while the pale female wolf took advantage of the distraction to grab some food.
Another highlight of the visit was spotting a wolverine emerging through the cottongrass one night. They are one of Europe’s rarest mammals, with only around 300 individuals left alive. Wolverines are very secretive so it was a privilege to catch a glimpse of one, albeit ever so briefly. Wolverines are large, low slung, powerful carnivores weighing 50-60lb, about the size of a medium dog. Also known as carcajou or skunk bear, the wolverine is actually a member of the weasel family.
The wolverine we sighted was very twitchy, clearly nervous about the presence of its larger competitors, the grey wolves and brown bears and it didn’t hang around in the open long. The dark furred wolverine lolloped into view with quite a sinuous gait towards the lake and paused, sniffing the air and listening to the roaring of adult brown bears in the distance. Then it quickly retreated and vanished into the forest again.
The Human Environment
I've also enjoyed some photographic projects exploring the human environment, people, culture and urban photography.