United Kingdom including London

So often, one often takes for granted and overlooks the beauty around where you live, and I admit this to an extent true of myself and our beautiful country…at least since I have had a decent camera! 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.
Reflections in the lake at Wisley's RHS Glow- nighttime winter illuminations.
A view of Warwick Castle along the River Avon in early spring, some trees in leaf, others still bare, blue cloudy sky.
Arlington Row, a famous street of old stone cottages in the rural village of Bibury, Gloucestershire, pale blue sky.
A scenic view of Swaledale, North Yorkshire. Beautiful green rolling hills with groups of trees and long shadows.
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.
Sandringham House and its scenic lake nestled within the royal estate in Norfolk, England.
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.
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 along an old boat wreck at Hunstanton Beach, Norfolk, coloured stones in the foreground and stunning bicolour cliffs behind under a stormy sky.
A tranquil pond in springtime surrounded by trees and shrubs featuring a small stone islet with a pair of black swans at Blockley, Cotswolds.
A view of the rocky Bracelet Bay and the Mumbles Lighthouse on the edge of the Gower Peninsula, Swansea; cloudy blue sky.
A tranquil formal garden area at Hidcote Manor Garden located in Gloucestershire, England with flowering plants, topiary bushes and a large Cedar tree.
The historic stone ruins, main house and vibrant rose bushes in the gardens at Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.
A tranquil sunset image with fishing rods and net protruding over the lake at Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Kent; nice sky and reflections.
A view through a weathered stone window frame to the gardens beyond at the 15th-century ruins at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
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..
Historic house and manicured formal gardens alongside the long pond at Forde Abbey near Chard on the Dorset-Somerset border; blue sky.
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.
Forde Abbey, Dorset flanked by topiary bushes and trees with a beautiful foreground of "wild" flowers under a blue sky.
The striking, vertical golden-yellow banded sandstone cliffs at West Bay in Dorset, with calm sea under a blue sky.
A black and white image of a waterfall framed by a stone bridge arch with surrounding stone buildings in Hawes, N. Yorkshire.
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.
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.
A beautiful view of the Cotswold countryside with a large Cotswold stone manor house and gardens set amongst attractive woodland under a cloudy shy.
The picturesque village of Castle Combe in Wiltshire, England, with it's honey stone houses and stone bridge across the stream.
A view from Blockley hill over the church and houses of Blockley village and surrounding fields in the Cotswolds, cows graze in the foreground.
Batsford House near Moreton, Gloucestershire with it's rich honey stonework and beautiful surrounding trees and shrubs at Batsford Arboretum.
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.