Landscapes - a view over the land, sometimes including a prominent subject, sometimes just an interesting view, always with something that held my attention.
I spent a very happy day out in the New Forest, setting off early to capture the sunrise - but it was raining, again. No sunrise. As the day wore on the sun came out and with everything so wet, the colours were so rich, and with so many puddles (practically lakes in places) the reflections were abundant. I loved this image, with the white tree trunks in background viewed through the dark trunks in the foreground, leaves on the water's surface and the band of orange ferns.
No.1653 :: 1/60s | f/10 | 116mm | ISO800 | 2020/11/01 | Featured December 2025Sunrise at Damaraland Camp, Namibia
We were treated to breakfast on a small rise overlooking the plains, while the sun rose through the mists. We couldn't tear our eyes away from it.
No.065103 :: 1/1087s | f2.4 | 70mm | ISO50 | 19/10/2025Taken at Hoodia Lodge, Sesriem, Namibia
I was up earlyfor this one, and the wind was blowing a hooley. There was a brief moment when the rising sun was coming up behind the mountains but the night was reluctant to go, the moon still hanging over a silhouetted tree.
No.4564 :: 1/10s | f/9.0 | 18mm | ISO1600The view west from the terrace in front of the Château du Haut-Konigsbourg, a medieval castle in Orschwiller, Alsace, France. The clouds came in as the day wore on, and the haze over the Vosges mountains thickened. The layers looked like paper cut-outs and the clouds glowered overhead.
No.2147 :: 1/1600 | f/13 | 50mm | ISO400 | 2024/09/24 | Featured October 2025A black & white version of the mist covered Vosges mountains from the terrace in front of the Château du Haut-Konigsbourg, a medieval castle in Orschwiller, Alsace, France.
2024/09/24Named as the row of trees reminds me of a fortress. This is one of my favourite walks, the beech trees at Danebury Ring. There used to be a fence all around the inner circle, and the leaves gathered and then the trees self-seeded themselves. After many years they took the fence down and we are left with rows of trees following the old fence line. This one is at sunset when the golds and pinks reflect of the grey bark.
No. 2021/01/18 |Autumn mists at Chapelle St-Florent, Lac de Longemer, France. At the head of the lake is a public park, boating, etc. And on a little knoll, all on it's own, this small chapel. I thought this would be a black & white image as soon as I saw it: the white of the walls, the grey slates and the light shining on the lead flashing contrasting with the dark trees behind it; the mist moving silently down through the valleys.
No.2119 :: 1/100s | f/13 | 79mm | ISO400 | 2024/09/23 | Featured November 2024We were on a break in a Airbnb at Hawkes Point, and inevitably of the "3 seasons in a day" tradition, we got to Autumn just around sunset. The gathering clouds were dark grey until the sun just lined itself up with the horizon and for 10 brief minutes it shone through the drizzle
2022/09/12We were out on Boxing Day, walking off lunch, and thought we might go to Watership Down. It was misty when we set off, but by the time we got there it was pretty thick fog. We could hear a lot of people talking (loudly), horses stamping and a general hullabaloo, and then through the mist we saw the local hunt. It was all very ethereal and just a little bit spooky. They milled about for a bit, then the horn sounded and off they went, into the gloom.
No.135355 :: 1/2168s | f/2.8 | 3.7mm | ISO80 | 2013/12/26 | Featured November 2024The wonderful contrasting colours of the orange dogwood and the white birch tree in the Winter Garden at Hilliers Arboretum, Romsey.
2022/04/03Winter view over Ersfjorden from a viewpoint above Ersfjordbotn, Norway. Whilst mist can often conceal the landscape, it can also sometimes add to the 'atmosphere' of a scene. Although magnificent, the mountains would have distracted from the more intimate view of the houses sheltering in the lee of the hills beside the fjord.
No.120119:: 1/289s | f/1.9 | 13mm | ISO50Power lines disappearing into the rising sun. With the right light even something as mundane as power lines and poles can appear picturesque, these giving the impression of supplying the energy for the sun.
No 081441 :: 1/443s | f3.4 | 115mm | ISO32 | 03/01/2026