Io

No, not named after the Jovian moon, but the butterfly Inachis io (or European peacock). On this bush, there were absolutely swarms of them. Colours are amazing! Plus it took me a while to get all the parameters right (had to use a zoom lens in the end) and also wait until a few landed on the same flower!

A natural tribute to Seahenge

I remember going to see Seahenge in Holme before it was whisked away to a sterile museum. This inverted tree trunk reminded me of the centre piece (before some chap hacked a wedge out with a chainsaw!). There are several of these dotted down the beach north of Southwold.

One in a million

One of the most beautiful, natural sights I have ever seen. The ancient woodland in Wayland on a few weeks of the year is absolutely covered with bluebells. In this picture, a lone, white flower stands amongst the blue. One in a million.

Oh Aero!

There's a place in Norwich where pieces of artwork appear and disappear regularly. To me, they look fantastic, but to take a photo of them (what we term them as graffiti) almost defeats the purpose of them. They are supposed to be non-permanent and to immortalise them on the net almost seems like forgery!! This is the first in the sequence.

One

I love this pic. It was taken at a 19th century renovated gothic garden in Norwich, called Plantation Garden. I myself even helped a little in it's reconstruction.  It is quiet and provides me a solace from the hectic modern life. It certainly is a hidden gem of Norwich, very quiet. The many times I have been down there I think I have seen only 1 or 2 other people. Hence the picture along the back steps, only one.

Potestas saxeum

Potestas saxeum, Latin for "power made from stone". I think this was my first pic that I was "officially" happy with. It was originally called "Sentinels" but the power made from stone idea come from the silhouettes of the main buildings that has held power of Norwich in the past and in the present: the Castle, St. Peter Mancroft, City Hall, Catherdral and Roman Catholic Catherdral.

Oh yeah, it was rather a nice sunset too!

Launch!

Took me a while to get this pic. I remember thinking of it as a toss up between details on the body or the wings. Either way I was (eventually) happy with the final result. I think he (she) had just emerged from the pond as was drying off on the clothes peg (how apt!) ready to fly away and do dragonfly things.

Oh what it would be to have a macro lens for this type of thing *dreams*

Who is Shook?

I have been working on this composite for sometime now. Really came about by accident walking in a subway eating a Subway and seeing his tag. Then they sprung up everywhere!!! I took photos of some I saw, not all. I'm sure this image will evolve in the future as more are discovered. My favourite two are the one on the side of the overpass with the bus going by and the "National Lottery" one.

This image is one of the only edited images I have taken. I discovered this old bag in an old house and decided to call the photography books I produce "Andy's Records". I'm sure there's no copyright infringement as, well, they don't exist anymore! Although I hope Maxell don't find out.

Evolution

To me, this image shows evolution. From the images around my hand, a variety of other images can be seen. I see an elk horn near my index finger knuckle. In the bottom right corner seem to be pairs of legs, although this image was taken of my arm! Strange. I also see alien fingers and Mr. Fantastic's arm! Comment on what you see...