I received an unusual photo commission from a friend – he wanted to give his girlfriend a framed photo of some stuffed toys that mean something to each of them.
Scuba Diving in Bodrum, Turkey
The tourist resort of Bodrum, in Turkey, has many great dive sites and crystal clear waters.
Cos, Greece
A day trip to the Greek island of Cos, which has lots of free-roaming cats, just as in Bodrum.
Vancouver Aquarium
A few photos from Vancouver Aquarium, located in the centre of the beautiful Stanley Park.
Jellyfish
Garden Eel
Daisy, a harbour porpoise, making friends with
YouTube legend NerdzRL (aka Cassandra Croft)
Whipsnade Zoo
Ring-Tailed Lemur
Brown Bear
Mara
Meerkat
Portsmouth Aquarium
Cat on My Balcony
I was playing piano yesterday afternoon, in front of my balcony window, and spotted an unexpected listener on the balcony. I’ve occasionally seen cats wandering across the (1st floor) balcony, but not taking a nap there…
Grantchester Meadows at Dawn
For the third time in one week, I found myself heading to the meadows at sunrise to get some photos. This dawn was much damper than the previous week’s, so the damselflies weren’t quite as forthcoming, but I did find one particularly friendly model who posed very patiently for lots of photos and macro video.
Dew rising from the meadows at dawn
I love the striking patterns of the ripples
Dew rising from the meadows at sunrise
Spider’s web at sunrise
These last three photos were taken with my Sanyo Xacti CG65 compact video recorder, which allows macro photography (and video) as close as 1cm.
The damselfly’s eye is about 2-3mm wide.
Damselflies at Dawn (II)
Maybe it was getting up at 4:30am two days ago to take photos of damselflies in Grantchester Meadows, but my body clock’s a bit messed up.
Went to bed at 2, still awake at 3, playing piano didn’t help, so at 4 I cycled to Fen Ditton meadows in search of more damselflies to photograph. I didn’t find as many this time, but got some artier photos of the beautiful bugs I did find :)
I must be crazy…
It was still dark enough to require flash, which really shows off the iridescent colours
This crafty critter was surprisingly awake – he’d always move so he was on the far side of the plant stem from me. You can run, but you can’t hide…
Sunrise over the River Cam
Weevil on a nettle leaf
Damselflies at Dawn
4:30am, stirring after 2hrs sleep. Greg calls – “Want to come photograph damselflies?” Sure. Cycling to Grantchester meadows 5 mins later at sunrise. Wading through the nettles on the riverbank, start spotting lots of black wing-tips. Snap snap snap. As it warms up 3 hours later, dozens of damselflies fly around you as you stir the nettles.
Sunrise over the River Cam, Grantchester
Mayfly at sunrise
Close-up of male demoiselle damselfly
Male demoiselle damselfly, covered in dew drops
Female demoiselle damselfly feeding