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St Hilda’s Church on the Hartlepool Headland is one of the most important churches in the north of England, believed to be on the site of the monastery where Hilda was abbess in the 7th century. She later went on to found Whitby Abbey.

Been trying forever to catch a fire truck going by. Finally got one tonight!

"Golden Reflection" My first visit to the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California. It was originally constructed as part of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. The size of the columns and rotunda are massive and beautiful.

It was so busy, there was no chance of waiting for the right composition.

Everybody's goin' nowhere slowly
They're only fighting for the chance to be last
There's nothin' wrong with goin' nowhere, baby
But we should be goin' nowhere fast

Just learning my Sony Alpha 58 DSLR, while departing Venice on an eastern Mediterranean Sea cruise. Not knowing better, used full auto to take this shot, which did well replicating the brilliant topaz blue lighting of the yacht's namesake jewel, "Topaz." Later, discovered an article from an on line magazine, American Horsepower, I think, which listed this as one of the 10 most expensive private yachts in service about 2010 and as being own by a German industrialist.

A last minute shot on the way up from an adventure...turned out to be one of my favorites.

My first attempt at long exposure.

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A compilation of about 128 images with a few removed due to aircraft. A chilly (at 7 degrees celcius) but super fun experience. F4 30s ISO 800

I'm looking towards the North from the roof terrace of a restaurant. On the right is the theatre district, to the left and on the other side of the river is Prague Castle. The distinct spires are of St Vitus's Cathedral which is situated within the castle grounds.

CALA GALA : Arte Americas 25th Annual Dia De Los Muertos Celebration held in Downtown Fresno, California. Fresno is home to a large population of Mexican Americans which bring rich cultural celebrations from Mexico to the Central Valley of California. Dia De Los Muertos is a beautiful and colorful celebration that honors family members who have passed.

This picture was taken during the Candlelight Procession from Peeve' Public House in the Fulton Mall to Arte Americas. The trio were part of the Folklorico dancers that performed in front of Peeves.

It was an evening filled with Ballet Folklorico, painted faces, food, art and music.
📷 ISO 6400 32mm f/4.5 1/50sec

This is the most common view of the Calgary Peace Bridge, looking across the river and towards downtown, taken at night.

Please FULL SCREEN image :)

The sight filled the northern sky; the immensity of it was scarcely conceivable. As if from Heaven itself, great curtains of delicate light hung and trembled. Pale green and rose-pink, and as transparent as the most fragile fabric, and at the bottom edge a profound fiery crimson like the fires of Hell, they swung and shimmered loosely with more grace than the most skillful dancer.

PHILIP PULLMAN, The Golden Compass

Vancouver~British Columbia

This was taken at the Olympic Village overlooking False Creek in Vancouver Canada. This is a nine vertical shot panorama stitched in photoshop.

LBV56
our selection for tonight... sundried tomatoes and basil pesto turkey on broiled portabella mushroom on a bed of garlic couscous.
bon appetit :)

So you plan a shot, you've thought about for ages. Staying on a small island called the Calf of Man, helping with Voluntary work. Night time shot, M, tripod, headlight, redlight, remote etc..Full Moon ordered, and it came out from behind a bank of clouds at just the right time. Unfortunately, because of the exposed nature of lighthouses it was extremely windy. Had to put my weight on the tripod to hold steady. Despite that, the stars do look a tad blurred. I know this is not a perfect picture, but good practice, in pitch darkness. Nothing is ever perfect :)

Plane of focus is so tight :)

This is a young bird. As they grow older, the nice pattern on the wings is replaced with a dull grey. I prefer this pattern though. Shot from a kayak yesterday near Ottawa, Canada

I had been to Palouse Falls twice before. The skies were always not very favorable, but this time I hit it just right. As I stood looking at the scene, there seemed to be a peacefulness about it. It was a perfect ending to a very long week.

A pre-dawn scene on Congress Street in Austin, Texas. The Capitol Dome looms in the background with an ominous red glow, while the streets are lit only by the glow of headlights. Red and green traffic lights, and an array of white "christmas" lights gently dot the canvas of this quiet, peaceful scene.

Port side lamp and railing with background harbor lights provide abstract image against predawn midnight blue sky and water just off Istanbul, Turkey.
Experimenting with recently purchased Sony Alpha58 with 28-85mm kit lens and auto-functions.

This is one that was posted under a different title

surprisingly those lights behind are stars! well I thought it was pretty cool - taken with Nikon D3300 35mm 1.8 :)

Taken @ Dhaka Bangladesh,

The Zilker Park Tree, Mr. Moon and Me, hung out together on December Twenty Three.

Nikon D750
Tamron 150-600

As I stood there watching the sunset, I was reminded that env though life can be full of dark clouds, there are still beautiful moments to see and treasure.

No star filter. Just a 25 sec long exposure at f16, ISO 100 with a 50mm.

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I build all my own props for Halloween, my pumpkin dude is 6 1/2 tall!

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Thinking of the cartoon series, "Gargoyles" and movie, "Hunchback of Notre Dame", this night shot made me think of gargoyles as living beings perched between heaven and earth to rescue mankind from itself. This was taken with a Sony Alpha58 DSLR, during a pre-cruise night walk near the University of Venice and Basilica Maria d' Salut, Basilica of Praise to Saint Mary, while trying to learn the capabilities of a new tech-toy. Found the in camera HDR process could produce interesting low light results.

Our little town of Jal, NM lost power last night for 6 hours. It gave me the opportunity to practice my nighttime long exposure photography and capture light trails from the curious members of the community that ventured out to see just how much of the town was without power. The red glow you see in the pictures is from the flare of the gasoline refinery northeast of town, which fortunately for us, was burning bright and was enhanced by cloud cover. Photo is unedited, except to add my watermark in Photoshop.

A quick impromptu trip out tonight, sadly the lights on the bridge are still not fixed so we where somewhat forced to shoot from this angle to maximise the few lights that are still functioning

Nikon D7100, a it,or 18-300mm lens, tripod
ISO 200, F/20, 30s, 18mm focal length

This was taken as a random shot in the Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia. The way the sunset gave the impression that there was a fire in the distance was what I was hoping to achieve.

Light clouds of ice-crystals at 16,000ft. Moonlight hits clouds at 22degrees = spectrum :)

We'll go to peepshows and freak shows
We'll go to discos, casinos
We'll go where people go and let go

9th March 2017, 8:30pm

I wanted to shoot a scene with a yellow cab in, and there's other images where I have managed this. But this one had the two guys starting to party by the sid eof the road which to me gave the shot some life and realism

This is the Milkyway over Mount Shuksan on Picture lake. We had started at the top of Baker, but quickly realized that the Milkyway would be almost directly over the mountain. We grabed our gear and headed to the lake. There were a few clouds surounding the mountain. We decided to wait it out, and eventually the clouds began to clear. As I stood there looking around, all I could see was the darkness of the night. It was so quite, the only thing you heard was silence. It almost gave me an erry feeling being out there. But it was also so peaceful. Sometimes we get caught up in trying to get the shot, we foreget to enjoy the moment. So, next time you are out shooting at night.. take a moment and listen to the night.

"Strength and Beauty" After the sun sets, night brings on it's own beauty. Location: San Francisco, California

Taken from a tower window overlooking Niagara Falls. The lights are Buffalo NY and the bright high building is a Casino. The moon was peaking through a cloud.

A quick shot taken from my drivers window.

University High School located on the campus of California State University, Fresno. Since its completion in 2012, the design of the school has received seven major awards for its architecture.

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Not easy to shoot in the dark while they are moving!

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The view from Thornhill in Cardiff/Wales at night, very tranquil and somewhat lonely place to relax

This is the feral cat that adopted us many years ago when it took up residence in the box over my little toolshed outside.. and there its lived since.

Shot of the west end of downtown from the river

Our little town of Jal, NM lost power last night for 6 hours. It gave me the opportunity to practice my nighttime long exposure photography and capture light trails from the curious members of the community that ventured out to see just how much of the town was without power. The red glow you see in the pictures is from the flare of the gasoline refinery northeast of town, which fortunately for us, was burning bright and was enhanced by cloud cover. Photo is unedited, except to add my watermark in Photoshop.

Vancouver, British Columbia

Atlanta, Georgia Skyline

Taken from Center Island, Toronto, ON

Many buildings have been remodeled over the centuries. Here a doorway with marble frame has been filled with red bricks to frame a window, flower boxes, and black iron security grating.

As happens, I was on a shoot for something else, and noticed the Promenade lights on the water surface.

Grand reopening of The Royal Botanical Rock Gardens. What an evening!!!

Needed my tripod as have some motion blur on the lit windows and the edges of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
Originally built in 652 during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), it functioned to collect Buddhist materials that were taken from India by the hierarch Xuanzang.
First built to a height of 60 meters (197 feet) with five stories, it is now 64.5 meters (211.6 feet) high with an additional two stories. It was said that after that addition came the saying-'Saving a life exceeds building a seven-storied pagoda'. Externally it looks like a square cone, simple but grand and it is a masterpiece of Buddhist construction. Built of brick, its structure is very firm. Inside the pagoda, stairs twist up so that visitors can climb and overlook the panorama of the city from the arch-shaped doors on four sides of each storey. On the walls are engraved fine statues of Buddha by the renowned artist Yan Liben of the Tang Dynasty. Steles by noted calligraphers also grace the pagoda.
According to ancient stories of Buddhists, there were two branches, for one of which eating meat was not a taboo. One day, they couldn't find meat to buy. Upon seeing a group of big wild geese flying by, a monk said to himself: 'Today we have no meat. I hope the merciful Bodhisattva will give us some.' At that very moment, the leading wild goose broke its wings and fell to the ground. All the monks were startled and believed that Bodhisattva showed his spirit to order them to be more pious. They established a pagoda where the wild goose fell and stopped eating meat. Hence its name.

Nikon d750...and no wine.

This was teken tonight here in Nashua NH of a house down the street from mine. Its one of the more decorated ones around..Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas besides no white stuff which I am not complaining about...

Single Sunpack manual flash on ETTL radio

The Auroras put on a show last night. It was cold up on that mountain, but so worth it. Elk were still bugling in the distance. Taken in Central Washington State.

Frost is but slender weeks away,
Tonight the sunset glow will stay,
Swing to the north and burn up higher
And Northern Lights wall earth with fire.
Nothing is lost yet, nothing broken,
And yet the cold blue word is spoken:
Say goodbye to the sun.
The days of love and leaves are done.

With appolgies to Charlie Daniels

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A night view of the 10th street bridge taken from the Peace Bridge

Our little town of Jal, NM lost power last night for 6 hours. It gave me the opportunity to practice my nighttime long exposure photography and capture light trails from the curious members of the community that ventured out to see just how much of the town was without power. The red glow you see in the pictures is from the flare of the gasoline refinery northeast of town, which fortunately for us, was burning bright and was enhanced by cloud cover. Photo is unedited, except to add my watermark in Photoshop.

Taken at 11pm in Ecuador Cotopaxi region, first time that I have really experimented with Astro-photography, so being my first picture I was kind of impressed and the result spurred on a passion for the night sky for when I returned to Wales.

Nikon D7100, Nikkor 18-300mm lens
ISO 200, F/13, 15s, 18mm focal length

Taken during a night shoot on Fuerteventura, this is the Tefia windmill lined up with a fantastic Milky Way show. The island is now a UNESCO Dark Skies destination, so the light pollution is minimal leading to the Milky Way easily being visible by the naked eye.

Taken from Centre Island, Toronto Ontario

After hearing reports about the flowers blooming on St Helens, a few of my friends and I decided to head up.. The night was so clear and beautiful, it was the perfect evening

March 9th 2017, 8:30pm.

Nikon D90
Samyang 14mm f2.8

This was taken at Sparks Lake, Oregon. It was the most beautiful night I had seen in a while. There was not a cloud in the sky, and there seemed to be a million stars out. As we stood on the rocks, we noticed a campfire across the way. I thought to myself, what a beautiful night to be camping beneath the stars. Their fire seemed to make the trees glow with a brilliant orange. What an incredible night this turned out to be. We were even blessed to see the longest shooting start we had ever seeen. It was the perfect evening!!

Out on the wiley windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper, like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you, I loved you too

The Old Fresno Water Tower was built in 1894 by the renowned architect George Washington Maher.

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So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive

Taken @ Christmas fair, England

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This image was created with 5~ 30 second exposures merged in Lightroom CC....I definitely needed a lot of patience and time to create this

This is taken from the roof terrace of a restaurant at the top of The Dancing House. The main building in the skyline is Prague Castle, the taller building within it is St Vitus's Cathedral. It's a very different type of castle to the British castles I'm used to. To the far left is a thin structure that is the Observation Tower. It was modelled on the Eiffel Tower but approximately a quarter of the size at 210 feet tall.

H&C Coffee in Roanoke, VA.

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Was learning the capabilities of my new Sony Alpha58, when on a night walking tour in Venice, near the university. This is a neighborhood plaza, common area, near the local church and the local cistern access.

This is an in camera HDR type process, which gave results better than my novice efforts.

The Light Side of the Dark Night of the Soul

The event is held during winter in central Sydney over the course of three weeks in May and June. The centrepiece of Vivid Sydney is the light sculptures, multimedia interactive work and building projections that transform various buildings and landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge in and around the Sydney CBD into an outdoor night time canvas of art.

This little dude appeared in my cabin during my stay in the Amazon Rainforest. At first he was a shadow when I opened the door, I was sort of worried it was a massive bird eating spider, but soon after using the flashlight I saw the green pupils in his eyes shrink into a lovely pattern, So what better opportunity did I have to capture the frog?

I shot this from Kerry Park in Seattle, Washington

The river estuary is littered with the long since abandoned coastal defences