The last day sundown of July was quite something special. From my backyard I cannot see the sun itself set as it slips behind a wooded hill and neighbouring houses. Yet last night the way the lowering sun reflected its dying light off the clouds it was almost like a 360 degree sunset. The sky… Read More Floating On A Dream
Standing amidst the sand dunes watching the sun slip down the distant horizon is such a beautiful spectacle to behold. Soaking up the changing atmosphere as the colours of the sky and sea alter simultaneously, almost like they are melting into one another, a cooling breeze ruffling through your hair is purely awe-inspiring. Distant gulls… Read More Cosmic Connections
Totland Bay Pier was completed in 1880, with a small shelter at the pier head and a small amusement arcade at the shore side. It is a 450ft (137m) long cast-iron girder construction. The funds to build it were raised by the nearby Totland Hotel which has since been demolished. During the Victorian era it… Read More Totland Pier
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. September 2019 © Pete Hillman.
This is one of the views from across Derwentwater, a large body of water in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria. The last time I visited here was 18 years ago. I wonder why I left it so long when there is so much beauty here amidst nature. July 2018, © Pete Hillman.
The air was heavy and hot as thunderstorms roamed the land. I rounded a bend near the river and a space opened up in the greenery by a huge old oak tree. Beyond was such a vision I had never seen before. A field of blue. Pastel blue. So much blue it was as if… Read More Field of A Wondrous Blue
I love the way nature adds fine layer upon fine layer to paint and fill its environments so lushly. This is a shot looking back down a local country lane filled with various green hues and different shaped leaves. May 2018, Staffordshire, England. © Pete Hillman. Sigma 18-300mm lens.
A field which runs alongside my local canal carpeted in low growing buttercups. May 2018, local pasture near canal, Staffordshire, England. © Pete Hillman
I thought you might like a change from spiders 🙂 Please click on an image to get the full vision. Sunset from the West Shore, Llandudno, Wales. April 2017.
I have added no photoshop effects to this. This is the image more or less as I took it that cold winter’s morn as the sunlight filtered through the ivy cloaked trees of the woods. December 2016, local wood, Staffordshire, England.
During one of my walks along my local river, I was so taken by the sunlight filtering through the trees and reflecting off the cool water. I felt like I was peering into some magical, watery fairy realm. The light lit up the bottom of the riverbed and bought out the beautiful earthen colours which… Read More River Light Reflections
The sun was towards the back of these woods and quite low in the sky, which has given this series of images a peculiar blue colour cast. December 2017, Staffordshire, England.
December 2017, Staffordshire, England.
December 2017, Staffordshire, England.
On the banks of the Great Myree, the old willow, now bent and crooked with age, shed a single tear. It froze one cold winter’s night, and has remained so through summer heat and seasons rainfalls for countless years. Like fossilised amber the tear shall remain as long as the old willow shall stand. December… Read More The Crying Willow
Whilst out in the local beech woods on Sunday morning I wanted to try and capture not only the autumnal colours but also the movement of the leaves to express how windy these past days have been due to a storm system crossing the country. I used a slow camera speed to try an capture… Read More Autumn Winds
Can you perceive within those layers of billowing light, across a boisterous ocean, a far off land where gold tints the highest peaks? We dream … and we can see what we will … or wish to see … Dedicated to Linda who is dearly missed, but always in our hearts. Sunrise through cloud, from… Read More An Ocean of Clouds
Acer campestre You know when I first came across this tree over twenty years ago on a local field boundary, I am embarrassed to say I did not know what kind of tree it was. I always liked its form, and it make a good perch for passing birds to rest on. Also called ‘Common… Read More Field Maple
A big thank you to my fellow bloggers for your support since I joined in June of this year, and to wish you all a most creative, bright and Happy New Year!
Please click on images for full definition. Photograph taken December 2016, local woods, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Nikon 18-55mm lens.
Please click on images for full definition. Photograph taken December 2016, local woods, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Nikon 18-55mm lens.
Photographs taken December 2016, local woods, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens.
Please click on image for full definition. Photograph taken December 2016, local woods, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Nikon 70-300mm telephoto zoom lens.
Photograph of Common Reed (Phragmites australis) taken December 2009, nature reserve, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2009.
This is a series of photographs I took of a bunter sandstone outcrop near my local river bank. The diversity of life forms which sprang from the cracks and fissures were amazing, and I say ‘were’ for it has all been covered over due to excavation works to help support the canal above. Essential engineering… Read More Earth Nature
Photograph taken December 2012 local woodland ride, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2012. Camera used Nikon Coolpix P500.
Photograph taken December 2012 local field, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2012. Camera used Nikon Coolpix P500.
Photographs of Bulrushes, taken December 2012 local pond, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2012. Camera used Nikon Coolpix P500.
Even with dull, slate-grey skies you can usually find something out and about whilst walking that brightens the day. This is a field filled with Rape (Brassica napus), and the shoots on the trees were just opening up fresh and green. Photograph taken May 2014, local field, Staffordshire.
The West Shore is the quiter side of Llandudno, Wales, and if you are up early enough you can catch the rays of the sun. Photograph taken April 2014.
