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Mesquite Dunes IX
  • Welcome to this years summers project, I am putting the colour cameras in the cupboard and wandering the moors in the infrared. I can't be arsed with all the spring usuals, I'll leave that to you local beys, so I am going off into the wilds throughout June in search of some more unusual shots..... Emsworthy Barn, Dartmoor.
  • Dusk over a mountain in the Lofoten Islands, Norway
  • Flakstad, Lofoten Islands, Norway
  • The remarkable Oceanographic, which has a distinct similarity to the library in Tromso. It's a beautiful building and set of colours... Valencia, Spain
  • I carried this flower pot through busy streets after I had seen the potential of this empty composition. After shooting, two couples asked me to photograph their girlfriends sat next to it... very amusing, Santorini, Greece.
  • More fun with little people, this time a couple boarding a boat cruise on the Red Beach, Santorini, Greece
  • A classic view of church domes and bell tower over the warm seas of Santorini, Greece
  • Lilliputians on holiday by the seaside, Santorini, Greece.
  • The bell tower of Thira Cathedral, Santorini, Greece
  • Those balmy summer nights... A panorama from the wonderful town of Oia in Santorini, Greece.
  • There remarkable Kuala Lumpur skyline, seen from a section of parkland on the outskirts of the city, as seen on the day before New Years Eve.
  • This butterfly was about the size of a songbird, or thats what it felt like every time I ducked out of its way. Such a beautiful insect to watch, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Another rather wonderful opportunity to shoot butterflies on a rainy afternoon in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • A rather wonderful opportunity to shoot butterflies on a rainy afternoon in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • This remarkable lift was shot with a 15mm Sigma Fisheye, turning it into a Imperial Stormtroopers helmet... Valencia, Spain
  • Rydal Water Caves, the Lake District, Cumbria.
  • A rather menacing night on the coast in Lofoten Islands workshop, this was taken as a huge coastal cloud turned into a distant snowstorm... Utakleiv, Lofoten Islands, Norway.
  • Another image from a remarkable night shooting the northern lights, leading the Lofoten Islands Workshop over a frozen forest in Finland, Scandinavia.
  • A side view of the Petronas towers shot with a Canon 70-300 f4L IS to compress the dimensions... Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Looking up at the remarkable steel facade of the Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Inside the foyer of the Petronas Towers, using the Sigma 15mm Fisheye to greater endeavour... Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • More 'fun' avoiding security in the foyer of the Petronis Towers, photographed with a Sigma 15mm fisheye, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Sneaking around the foyer of the Petronas Towers, avoiding security guards and shooting when their backs are turned...<br /> My love of the Sigma 15mm fisheye continues... Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Workshop participant Phil and I were laughing at how much this image (and another one) looked like a prog-rock album cover A wonderful display of lower level aurora before the 'big one'.... Shot using an ice encrusted 5Dmk2 and a 24mm TSEmk2 in a frozen forest in Finland
  • Another remarkable display of aurora on the last night of the Lofoten Islands workshop. This is 2.45am in -28c as a HUGE corona burst overhead. This is so large I could barely capture it at 14mm. These immense shapes give you no time to think. Finland, Scandinavia
  • A frozen forest, the moon setting, shot in -25c with an ice encrusted Canon 5D2,on the edge of Finland.
  • The wonderful financial district skyline as viewed from the top of Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore.
  • A rather delightful display of lower level aurora, three distinct bands of green, near Sweden.
  • Two girls relaxing at a bar on the waterfront at Marina Bay, Singapore
  • Another amazing view of the Singapore skyline from the edge of Marina Bay, Singapore
  • The wonderful colours of Little India, Singapore
  • A young lady texting on a jetty on the quayside. It's a three shot exposure blended stitch using a 24mm shift lens. Marina Bay, Singapore
  • Raffles Plaza is a major financial district which photographed beautifully with the remarkable Sigma 15mm f2.8. I particularly love the traffic light.... Raffles Plaza, Singapore.
  • This was from the underneath of the incredible Helix Bridge, which is a twisting spiral on steel replicating DNA... Marina Bay, Singapore
  • The incredible Marina Bay Sands Hotel, which captivated me with an incredible laser light show every night. Marina Bay, Singapore
  • The spectacular view from the top of Marina Bay Sands Hotel, photographed with the remarkable Sigma 15mm fisheye lens, which I am now addicted to when travelling Marina Bay, Singapore
  • Dusk at the Disney Concert Hall, more interlocking shapes and tones.... Los Angeles, California
  • More abstract imagery from the Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California
  • More light painting fun at stupid o'clock in the morning Lone Pine, California
  • Mobius Arch, painted with a Petzel head torch using the red and white settings Lone Pine, California
  • A long since departed bristlecone pine tree, shot in moonlight on top of a 12000ft mountain top White Mountains, California
  • This is a 4000 year old bristlecone pine tree photographed in moonlight and light painted with a head torch... White Mountains, California.
  • Tufas in Mono Lake, photographed in moonlight and light painted with red and white light from a Petzel head torch.... Mono Lake, California
  • Image looking towards Mount Tom, I just captured a slight increase in light before the sun disappeared... Big Pine, California.
  • Wonderful patterns, shot in the middle of the afternoon... composition wins over lighting... Eureka Dunes, Death Valley, California.
  • One of the most memorable nights of my life at Eureka Dunes, frozen solid almost like concrete, due to the cold temperatures. The silence was sublime, no wind, just moonlight, dunes stars and a wonderful sense of well being…. Death Valley, California
  • One of the most memorable nights of my life at Eureka Dunes, frozen solid almost like concrete, due to the cold temperatures. The silence was sublime, no wind, just moonlight, dunes stars and a wonderful sense of well being…. Death Valley, California
  • A river of grasses guide the eye towards the deep rain clouds. These sorts of menacing skies are not a result of pushing contrast, It's different weather systems than are used to in the UK.... Mesquite Dunes, California, Death Valley.
  • It amazes me how simple footprints, which should be unsightly, make superb textures once the wind has smoothed them out... Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley, California.
  • Another photographer in the distance... Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley, California
  • Twenty minutes after dawn and the light is still remarkable, all helped by these giant curves... Mesquite Dunes, California.
  • Portrait version... I do hope you are liking these as much as I am... Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley, California
  • More from the Mesquite Dunes, this shot was taken ten minutes before the last one. The sun was reaching the horizon, giving some much needed dimension to the dunes... Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley, California
  • Here's the same place, a few minutes apart after the last image, I was around 50 paces to the north... Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley, California
  • A fiery sunrise in the opposite direction to the rising sun.... Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley, California
  • A wonderful soft pastel sunset... clouds were in short supply that night so it was difficult to get compositions that worked... Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley, California
  • The start of a series of dune images, I do hope you enjoy them as much as I have taking and processing them. This was a lifetime ambition fulfilled - Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley, California
  • Lone Pine is known for being the set of many of the greatest Westerns... California
  • Anthropomorphism pulling me inwards as ever... Lone Pine is just full of shapes, faces and interesting rock formations.... Lone Pine, California
  • This is Lone Pine. It's the first example I have that combines a torch lit image and a star tracked sky. This of course makes this image an exposure blend, but not in the conventional sense. Although it may not look as impressive as a low res, its an incredible hi-res, as all the stars are perfectly intact, without any trails whatsoever. First image for the ground was ISO800 for 30secs lit with a conventional torch. Then the tracker was turned on and a second image was made at ISO400 for 3mins, all using the Contax 35-70 f3.4 at f8. This naturally means the ground is going to blur, but its an easy cut out and montage to do. This image is just the starting point and doesn't represent the maximum potential whatsoever. For me, it's just the beginning of something truly wonderful in my workflow.
  • The remarkable Disney Concert Hall in downtown LA, another tick off the Gehry list.... California, USA
  • The rather wonderful Orion Nebula, which can just be made out with the naked eye if its dark enough. Taken with a 70-300 f4-5.6L and a 5D2 and a tracking mount.
  • The Hyatt Hotel, my new favourite building, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • The Hyatt Hotel, my new favourite building, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • I dont really do famous 'quotes' as part of my photographic life, but I do love this quote from Mark Rothko, as it has so many parallels to photography over the last ten years....
  • I particularly like the ghostly clouds in the center... Hyatt Hotel, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • The apex of a bridge photographed and coincidentally procressed at one o'clock in the morning, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Another tick off the Gehry list, Nediahafen, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Mediahafen, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Mediahafen, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Sunset colours reflected on a favourite Gehry building in Mediahafen, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Mediahafen, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Gehrys masterpieces in Medienhafen, Germany
  • Repeating symmetry positioned using a wide angle lens and a skewed camera angle makes a strange visual illusion... Dusseldorf, Germany
  • The remarkable Birds Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing, China.
  • A small section of the remarkable Shanghai skyline. I had many exchanged smiles as I stood there with my monster tripod, grinning from ear to ear... Shanghai, China
  • Traditional Chinese stories told at a folk show in Shanghai, China
  • This is what it must feel like to fall off a skyscraper.... TV Tower, Shanghai, China
  • A builder pauses for a minute to look down on the city below, Shanghai, China
  • ...inst it... Shanghai, China
  • Downtown Shanghai, there's never a dull moment. Everyone's just getting on with it... Shanghai, China
  • *** Hu-mans, listen to me. Due to an error in calculation, there are still a few of you left ***
  • This is a community bread oven. Bread is marked, cooked and then collected, Fes, Morocco.
  • One of my first tries at low key imagery, Chefchaeoun, Morocco.
  • Another awesome shot from Rachel and the discrete G11, I may get her a GF2 for her birthday. ...A lady relaxes in doorway conversation in Chefchaeoun, Morocco.
  • One of Rachel's excellent G11 images and I have to say I am somewhat jealous. An old man wonders whether he's in the frame or out... Chefchaeoun, Morocco
  • Traversing the stairs in Chefchaeoun, Morocco
  • These are metal doors, many hundreds of years old, Fes, Morocco
  • An old man enjoys a rare view point in the jumbled maze of the Fes back streets, Morocco.
  • Cats are literally everywhere, but they hold far less significance in the lives of Moroccans than European countries. Many are in a very poor condition; it's a tough world of you are a cat and the look on this guys face says it all... Fes, Morocco
  • An old man traverses a set of steps we could never find again... Chefchaoeun, Morocco
  • The intricacy and symmetry inside buildings is an architectural gem hidden by the plain facade of Fes back streets. Some of the architecture is simply staggering. Fes, Morcco.
  • On the edges of the old town, it was possible to get some exceptional imagery from the most ordinary of scenes, Fes, Morocco
  • The range of colours and tones in this incredible building were literally revealed by a long exposure inside a carpet shot in Fes, Morocco
  • The industrious back streets in Fes, where dyers colour silk and other fabrics. Despite what you may initially think, its not an HDR, but an experiment using Nik Color FX to destaurate and bring out the textures in the stone and wood. I rarely get chance to process work in this way, as life is considerably different here in Devon... Fes, Morocco
  • Caught in a tractor beam inside a carpet shop, inside the old Medina, Fes, Morocco.
  • British Firework Championships, Plymouth, Devon
  • British Firework Championships, Plymouth, Devon
  • British Firework Championships, Plymouth, Devon
  • British Firework Championships, Plymouth, Devon
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Mesquite Dunes IX

It amazes me how simple footprints, which should be unsightly, make superb textures once the wind has smoothed them out... Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley, California.


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