Gardener : Living Art

I have been interested in photography and wildlife all my life and I feel that this is reflected in my photographs. The act of taking the photograph I find challenging and only lately do I feel that I am able to show my photographs to the public at large, not just to my weary family.

Member Details

Joined: 12th Oct 2006

Go to my members area

Register as a Member

Members Discount

View all Members

Help

WIN A CANVAS PRINT

How you can help

Browse Products:

Coastal and Marine Fauna

	Eider duck male Taken at the Shetland islands during mid June. There are very few female eider ducks on the water at this time as they are...
	(0 Votes)

	Gannet Taken near the Shetland islands. A very large sea bird with a wing span of about two metres. Usually found in the open ocean...
	(2 Votes)

Coastal and Marine Landscape

	Bournemouth Pier from air Taken from the tethered balloon in the gardens during the early evening in August.
	(1 Votes)

	Rogh seas at Portland Bill A dull day but with very strong winds,in the right place there were some spectacular waves.A nasty day to try and keep the salt...
	(2 Votes)

General Landscape

	A misty morning. A September morning with the sun just starting to disperse the mist.Taken a a sheep farm in Dorset.
	(1 Votes)

	A winter scene at the farm Manor Farm under a snow blanket, for this area this would be quite a heavy fall . Taken in February when all the countryside...
	(1 Votes)

	Autumn by Badbury Rings A very dark stormy sky,autumn on the beech trees and the sun. This scene was taken by Badbury Rings near Wimborne. This double...
	(2 Votes)

	Caen locks Devizes A very long flight of locks,currently being repaired.A calm but cloudy day which helped with reducing "burn out" in the...
	(2 Votes)

	Harvest and a local folly. This field has been put into sheaves to dry and in the background can be seen the Horton Tower a very large local folly.
	(1 Votes)

	New lamb in field This is the first time that this lamb has been outside,early March.Everything is new and of great interest.
	(2 Votes)

	Patterns in the landscape A field of wheat that was being harvested for thatching straw. The way it was cut and the stooks and sheaves combined to form...
	(3 Votes)

	River Stour in the early morning. One of those foggy and very calm mornings, just enough light to give some colour but not enough to lose the atmosphere.
	(1 Votes)

	Stooks in field A local farmer was growing wheat for thatching straw and I was allowed to photograph the process.It was a very clear summers...
	(1 Votes)

	Storm over cereal crop Taken at the back of Badbury Rings when out walking.A storm started to form and with the sun behind,the dark sky and a light...
	(2 Votes)

	Sunflowers. Growing on the south side of a hill near Broadchalke was this magnificent field of flowers. This was taken in mid August....
	(3 Votes)

	Very early morning on the hill Taken during September when there was a very haevy mist.The folds of the ground recede in the distance and give a feeling of...
	(2 Votes)

	Wiltshire Downs in summer. Taken from the edge of the chalk escarpment and looking across at cereal fields ready for harvest.
	(2 Votes)

Insects

	Banded demoiselle damsel fly. This was taken early morning by a small stream, there were so many flying that it was very hard to concentrate on one...
	(1 Votes)

	Beautiful demoiselle Taken during the early evening on the river Stour near Wimborne. These were all males and they were present in great abundance,...
	(0 Votes)

	Blue damsel fly. Taken at a local lake in May. Usually at this time of the year there are hundreds of these inscets around. Very fast and...
	(0 Votes)

	Broad bodied libellula Taken during July at a local pond.
	(2 Votes)

	Buff moth tip caterpillar. A large area of an oak tree lost its leaves and when I investigated I found a large number of these caterpillars. Taken in July.
	(0 Votes)

	Close up of a dragonfly . Taken early in the morning at a local lake near Wimborne. This dragonfly did not move for about 10 minutes thus I was able to...
	(2 Votes)

	Closeup Of head of Hairy Dragonfly. This closeup enabled me to identify this dragonfly as it revealed the hairs on the body. The huge eyes are well shown in this...
	(0 Votes)

	Damsel fly eating prey. This is the only time that I have seen a damsel fly eating. Taken at a local lake in july
	(1 Votes)

	Damsel fly. During July there are large numbers of these beautiful insects. They are very hard to photograph when flying. Even when they...
	(1 Votes)

	Dark bush cricket Taken in early August, a lucky find in the hedgrow.
	(0 Votes)

	Dragonfly on seed head Found at a local lake in Dorset this dragonfly stayed for a long time so I had time to take some close ups. Taken in mid summer...
	(2 Votes)

	Emperor dragonfly This photo is one of the hardest that I have ever done. The dragonfly is about 75 to 80 mms long and to focus on it took me a...
	(0 Votes)

	Golden ringed dragonfly Taken at a local lake during early August.
	(1 Votes)

	Hairy dragonfly. This was taken very early on an August morning , it was cool and this dragonfly did not move for at least 20 minutes. I was...
	(1 Votes)

	Harvestman spider. Found amongst a large clump of very prickly thistles. This spider could move surprisingly fast and it was quite a while before...
	(0 Votes)

	Holly blue Taken at Melbury Down in August..This is a chalky area and at the correct time is a haven for butterflies.
	(1 Votes)

	Hornet on ivy flower Taken in October near to a hornet nest. A dull day and in shade, fill in flash was used to get an acceptable image.
	(3 Votes)

	Hoverfly One of the very common insects found during the hot summer days, very aptly named as it hovers and then very quickly darts to...
	(0 Votes)

	Keeled orthetrum One of the more common dragonflies at this local lake. Taken in August.
	(2 Votes)

	Mullein moth caterpillar. In a friends garden in his flower border we found these caterpillars.This was taken in June, luckily I didn't wait as three...
	(1 Votes)

	Oak in winter Taken during the afternoon during a spell of very variable weather. Having set up ther camera and tripod it was a question of...
	(0 Votes)

	Orange caterpillar . I found this caterpillar in my garden at the beginning of September. I have looked it up and am unable to identify it. But its...
	(1 Votes)

	Painted lady This year seemed to bring large numbers of these continental butterflies to our shores. This was taken at Melbury Down near...
	(1 Votes)

	Spider's web A walk along the river bank during a very misty morning in late September anabled me to take this photograph. There was no wind...
	(0 Votes)

	Swarm of bees Late one summers evening whilst out walking I saw this object, from a distance I couldn't make it out. When I got nearer you...
	(2 Votes)

Lakes, Lochs and Tarns

	Autumn colours at the lake A small lake near Wimborne in Dorset, a few of the trees are showing autumn colours and are well reflected in the water.
	(1 Votes)

	Llyn Padarn reflections 2. A still evening photo of Llyn Padarn
	(1 Votes)

	Llyn Padarn reflections3 A still evening and a break in the trees enabled me to take this shot.
	(1 Votes)

	Reflections in Llyn Padarn. It is not often that one can get a still reflection but this evening shot with no wind gave me a chance .
	(1 Votes)

Mountains

	Looking towards Snowdon Taken from Llanberis and looking along the valley towards the Snowdon area.
	(2 Votes)

	Slate quarry Taken at Llanberis, these are the remains of the old slate quarries . With the light in the right place the slate tips can make...
	(1 Votes)

Sunset and Sunrise

	evening clouds A summer's evening and the setting sun has illuminated the clouds from underneath.
	(2 Votes)

	Sunset at Poole Harbour Sunset over the Second largest natural harbour in the world.Taken early summer.
	(1 Votes)

	Sunset behind Badbury rings Late September and this dead Cow parsley plant acted as a frame for the setting sun
	(0 Votes)

	Sunset from back garden Taken in August, the trees formed a nice frame for the setting sun
	(1 Votes)

Trees

	Winter oak A very old oak. It took quite a while to take this picture as the sunshine was very fleeting. Eventually the sun shone on the...
	(0 Votes)

	Yew berries This year the trees are laden with fruit, on this Yew tree the berries were very prominent and with the sunshine seemed to form...
	(0 Votes)

Wild Animals

	A large spider. This spider had been outside the living room window for a week. It was mid September in the morning and the sun was...
	(1 Votes)

	Hares This was taken on a wheat field in the Cranborne Chase.I had noticed these hares in this field some time before. I went back in...
	(0 Votes)

	Orb web spider Septmber seems to be the time that these spiders decide to spin their webs on the windows. Staying quite still they give ample...
	(0 Votes)

	Red Fox Taken during July in a mixed woodland. I had seen this fox coming across a field along a well worn path, I stayed still and...
	(0 Votes)

	Roe deer in birch wood. I'm not sure who is watching who here, this wood is quite dense and I had seen the deer entering, luckily I stayed still and...
	(0 Votes)

	Roe deer in wheat field Driving along one of our country roads I spotted through the gateway this head sticking out of a uniformly flat crop. I was...
	(0 Votes)

	Roe deer running through field This was taken in September in a newly harvested maize silage field. I was in the car when this deer ran across luckily the...
	(0 Votes)

	Snail on grass Whilst out walking we came across this one snail on a grass stem, with the morning sun upon it it seemed to be asking to be...
	(0 Votes)

	White Park Cattle. This was taken in June near Martin in the Cranborne Chase. There was a small herd in the field next to the road so this...
	(0 Votes)

Wild Birds

	Buzzard. During the summer circling buzzards are quite common in this area. I was lucky here and the buzzard turned so that the sun...
	(1 Votes)

	Common Buzzard I had seen this bird on this tree many times but this time I got lucky and managed to photograph the moment of takeoff.Taken...
	(2 Votes)

	Goldfinch on Burdock. At a rough piece of ground there were Burdock plants, I had seen goldfinches here before so I parked the car and sat. It didn't...
	(2 Votes)

	Grey Heron This was taken from my back window. There are many ponds around and this bird was obviously eyeing up the local takeaway
	(1 Votes)

	Mute swans After feeding these mute swans spent their time preening etc and trying to find more feed on the lake bottom. They are also...
	(0 Votes)

	Pergrine Falcon One of the local farmers told me about some birds of prey that were nesting on his land, he did not know what they were. It was...
	(1 Votes)

	Red kite A very lucky shot showing a red kite carrying nesting material, most likely wool. Taken mid morning in May.
	(0 Votes)

	Red kites A pair of red kites displaying, I think. Taken in May.
	(0 Votes)

	Red legged partridge On a newly sown field of Maize I was very lucky to see this bird. Originally quite uncommon they are now becoming more numerous...
	(1 Votes)

	Ringed plover. Poole harbour has large expanses of mud and shingle as the tide goes out. These birds did allow me to get fairly close .
	(1 Votes)

	Sparrowhawk Taken in my back garden in October . This area is where I feed the birds and this Sparrowhawk thought it was quite a good...
	(0 Votes)

	Swallows. An early summers morning and these swallows were resting on these old branches. This was above a local lake and it was possible...
	(1 Votes)

	Tuted duck. Taken during the winter at Radipole lake Weymouth. This male and female are shown up quite nicely against the reflectiosn of...
	(0 Votes)

	Yellowhammer. A male yellowhammer carrying food, taken during July.
	(1 Votes)

Wild Flowers and Grasses

	Clematis seeds Quite common growing on the hedgerow bushes especially in the chalky areas. This was taken in September against the light.
	(1 Votes)

	Cowslip An isolated clump of bright yellow flowers proved to be very photogenic
	(0 Votes)

	Hawkesbeard seed head A very large dandelion type flower. This specimen had dried nicely and gave some good closeups.
	(2 Votes)

	Quaking grass. Found growing on the cliffs at Poole. This shot taken against the light shows up the delicate nature of the seed head.
	(1 Votes)

	Sun and seed Walking by a local lake I came upon this Phragmites stem, the sun was quite low as it was late inthe day and by a little...
	(1 Votes)

	Wild rose Very common in the local hedges is the wild rose, taken during early June.
	(0 Votes)

Working the Land

	Carting haylage Picking up the bales of haylage in May. The picure combines modern agriculture with the old thatched house.
	(1 Votes)

	Mark and his dog An indispensible aid to a sheep farm is the dog and here we see Mark returning after moving some of the sheep
	(1 Votes)

	Reviving a new born lamb Taken in the lambing shed during February,the newborn lamb is given immediate help to be able to live.You can see in the...
	(1 Votes)

	Sailing through the wheat The old fashioned way being used to harvest thatching straw.
	(2 Votes)

	Sheep being made ready for dipping Taken in May these sheep were being treated to prevent flies etc laying their eggs on them.Ifnot treated then some of these...
	(0 Votes)

Exhibiting Members : Gardener