United Kingdom including London
So often, one takes for granted and overlooks the beauty around where you live, but the UK is undoubtedly a beautiful country. I have added a limited number of UK scenic images and will add more as time goes on; though there is a good amount of United Kingdom wildlife and flowers on the respective pages.
As a predominantly nature photographer I was a little out of my comfort zone in London but tried to produce a number of “different” images sometimes using Neutral Density Filters and Long Exposures. London images all taken with Sony A1ii
London
An ornate, fish embellished Thames embankment lamppost in the foreground with the iconic skyscraper The Shard rising in the background.
A night-time image from Waterloo Bridge towards the London Eye and The Houses of Parliament, nice reflections in the water.
A long ND filter exposure along the Thames with the Shard, HMS Belfast and London Bridge clearly seen, smooth water and dynamic cloudy sky.
A late evening view across the Thames with the Millenium Bridge and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, with subtle water reflections.
Inside the beautiful church of St Magnus The Martyr, in the City of London built by Sir Christopher Wren. Beautiful columns, ornate pulpit and altar.
The Gherkin skyscraper behind St Andrew Undershaft Church. A plane contrail can be seen appearing to originate from a neighbouring corner spire akin to a magic wand.
A long exposure ND filter image across the Thames. Old wooden jetty posts protrude from the still water with the Shard behind beneath an eerie cloudy blue sky.
A late evening view of St. Paul's Cathedral framed underneath the structure of Blackfriars Railway Bridge across the River Thames in London.
A long exposure ND filter image across the Thames. Old wooden posts project from the still water, a boat bobs eerily in front of The Shard, blue and white sky.
A long ND filter exposure across the Thames with the Millennium Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral clearly seen; smooth water and blue and white "fluffy" sky.
A black and white late evening view of St. Paul's Cathedral framed underneath the structure of Blackfriars Railway Bridge across the River Thames in London.
A long exposure ND filter image at twilight from the north bank of the Thames towards the Shard and Southwark Bridge, lilac hues to the sky.
Old meets new. A view from the ground looking upwards featuring Leadenhall Market, The Lloyds Building and modern glass skyscrapers.
An illuminated night view of the River Thames featuring Blackfriars Railway Bridge, with St Paul's Cathedral and the City of London skyline; nice reflections on the water.
Inside Leadenhall Market with it's ornate blue ceiling and vaulted glass ceilinged walkways. Two walkways ceilings are seen going off tangentially.
Sir Christopher Wren's tower of St Dunstan-in-the -East with the modern Fenchurch Building, the "Walkie-Talkie", seen through the bare tree branches.
A night view from Waterloo Bridge across the Thames towards the pink lit London Eye, and the light blue Shell Centre, both reflecting nicely in the water.
A beautiful vaulted ceiling of Southwalk Cathedral. A number of carved stone figures line the wall; a spectacular chandelier and stained glass window can be seen.
A black and white version of a long ND filter exposure across the Thames with the Millennium Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral clearly seen; smooth water and cloudy sky.
Beautiful light from stained glass windows onto a pillar at Southwalk Cathedral. The legs of the bronze effigy of Bishop Talbot can be seen along with a number of carved stone figures.
A stone carving of the sleeping 17th century "quack physician" Lionel Lockyer in Southwalk Cathedral partly illuminated by light.
Landscapes of UK
All images taken with either Sony RX10 iv or Sony A1ii
A beautiful mature maple tree with it's red and orange autumn colours at Batsford Arboretum, Cotswolds.
Broadway Tower, Cotswolds at sunset, the setting sun is behind the tower illuminating the windows with an orange glow, dark cloudy sky.
A view across the lake at Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks, Kent, on an autumn day with both reflections and leaves on the water, storm clouds behind.
A view of Warwick Castle along the River Avon in early spring, some trees in leaf, others still bare, blue cloudy sky.
View towards the Knaresborough, Yorkshire viaduct over the River Nidd with named hire boats in the foreground, green trees, cloudy blue sky.
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland set on a hill with a stone lion statue in the foreground, grazing sheep, green trees and grey skies.
Arlington Row, a famous street of old stone cottages in the rural village of Bibury, Gloucestershire, pale blue sky.
A long exposure image of Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland and rocky shoreline, with silky smooth sea, and blue/grey cloudy sky.
A scenic view of Swaledale, North Yorkshire. Beautiful green rolling hills with groups of trees and long shadows.
Sandringham House and its scenic lake nestled within the royal estate in Norfolk, England.
A black-and-white image of the cascading weir and rushing, foamy water over the limestone rocks at Linton Falls, North Yorkshire, dramatic cloudy sky.
The historic St Just-in-Roseland Church situated beside the water in Cornwall, England. The image appears to show a Bridegroom and Best Man, arriving at the wedding by rowing boat.
A view of part of the High Street in Blockley, a beatiful village in the Cotswolds. A narrow road with Cotswold stone buildings and blue sky.
A view down a dry stone wall towards a stone barn, with fields and hillside with scattered trees, pale cloudy blue sky.
A view along an old boat wreck at Hunstanton Beach, Norfolk, coloured stones in the foreground and stunning bicolour cliffs behind under a stormy sky.
The historic stone ruins, main house and vibrant rose bushes in the gardens at Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.
Walltown crags, Hadrian's wall, fields, small pond and greyish blue cloudy sky.
A tranquil formal garden area at Hidcote Manor Garden located in Gloucestershire, England with flowering plants, topiary bushes and a large Cedar tree.
A view through a weathered stone window frame to the gardens beyond at the 15th-century ruins at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
Reflections in the lake at Wisley's RHS Glow- nighttime winter illuminations.
A tranquil sunset image with fishing rods and net protruding over the lake at Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Kent; nice sky and reflections.
The Church of St Peter and St Paul and honey-coloured stone cottages in the Cotswold village of Blockley, Gloucestershire, the setting of "Father Brown".
15th-century Great Tithe Barn ruins and trees reflected in the tranquil lily pond in the gardens of Sudeley Castle, in Gloucestershire.
The steep cobbled Gold Hill lined by old stone cottages and thatched houses in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, with countryside and cloudy sky behind..
Seatown beach on the beautiful Jurassic Coast, Dorset nearing sunset, the cliffs and shingle beach appears extra red, anglers fish below a tranquil hazy blue sky.
A black and white image of a waterfall framed by a stone bridge arch with surrounding stone buildings in Hawes, N. Yorkshire.
The striking, vertical golden-yellow banded sandstone cliffs at West Bay in Dorset, with calm sea under a blue sky.
Historic house and manicured formal gardens alongside the long pond at Forde Abbey near Chard on the Dorset-Somerset border; blue sky.
Scenic view overlooking Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, with St Catherine's Chapel visible, and cattle grazing on the hillside in the foreground;hazy blue sky.
Forde Abbey, Dorset flanked by topiary bushes and trees with a beautiful foreground of "wild" flowers under a blue sky.
A view from the Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve, Dorset towards the coast, Belted Galloway cattle graze the heathland.
Broadway Tower, Worcestershire, in fading light with streaky clouds in a dark blue sky.
New Forest ponies visiting Hatchet Pond, Beaulieu, Hampshire. Grassland, gorse and trese can be seen beneath a pale blue sky.
The picturesque village of Castle Combe in Wiltshire, England, with it's honey stone houses and stone bridge across the stream.
A beautiful view of the Cotswold countryside with a large Cotswold stone manor house and gardens set amongst attractive woodland under a cloudy sky.
Batsford House near Moreton, Gloucestershire with it's rich honey stonework and beautiful surrounding trees and shrubs at Batsford Arboretum.
A view from Blockley hill over the church and houses of Blockley village and surrounding fields in the Cotswolds, cows graze in the foreground.
A black-and-white image with a rustic wooden arch bridge spanning a rushing stream with cascading small waterfalls over textured, mossy rocks.
A forest glade in Epping Forest with a few central tree trunks having a growth of Trentepohlia algae creating a bright orange pigment.
A bank of snowdrops besides a tree trunk at Painswick Rococo Gardens, Gloucestershire with apond and more snowdrops behind.
Longstone Lighthouse on the outer Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast, many seals can be seen in the water, a gull flies through the cloudy blue sky.
A view down a dry stone wall of Middleham Castle, Yorkshire, with trees, distant landscape and cloudy blue sky.
Hadrian's Wall at Housesteads Roman Fort, near Hexham, Northumberland, with green fields, coppices, threatening grey sky.
The rocky coast and wave-cut platform near Seahouses harbour in Northumberland, with the small historic Powder House in the distance.
Hadrian's Wall near Walltown crags, Greenhead, Northumberland, hilly terrain, trees, greyish blue cloudy sky.
Part of Warkworth Castle, Northumberland with a damaged battlements wall creating a view to the Great Tower, cloudy blue sky background.
The ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland with a rocky foreground and breaking white waves, varied grey sky.
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland reflecting in the River Aln in the foreground, with fields of grazing sheep and dramatic grey skies.
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland and rocky shoreline, with breaking waves splashing on the rocks, grey blue cloudy sky.
A colourful rock garden area at Batsford Arboretum, Gloucestershire with heuchera plants, acers and pine trees.
A view of the rocky Bracelet Bay and the Mumbles Lighthouse on the edge of the Gower Peninsula, Swansea; cloudy blue sky.
A black and white image of Mevagissy Harbour, Cornwall, with boats, houses and cloudy skies.