Master Mike

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Lover of photography, nature, dogs, movies & games. Views very much my own.

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A green-coloured shield bug with brown wings perched atop a plant. It is facing left. The background is out of focus.
A small wolf spider sitting facing the camera on some leaves. Its eyes are in focus. A couple of blades of grass are also visible in the background
A cavachon dog running towards the camera on a sunny day. Big smile, tail wagging.
Two large standing stones, the right-side one closer to the camera than the other, dominate the foreground while two leafless trees are in the background, near the horizon. Smaller stones litter the grass. The sky is grey and moody.
A picture of York Minster cathedral in golden hour
A starscape with the Milky Way somewhat visible slightly right of centre. The freground shows trees, buildings and a lawn with some distortion from the wide angle lens used. The horizon shows evidence of light pollution.
A snow-covered peak in the centre, with a shear cliff facing the camera that has darker rocky areas. A gentler slope is to the left with clear green visible below a fading snow lone. An out-of-focus drystone wall is in the foreground. The sky is cloudy with a little blue showing.
Rough stone steps, fairly tall, and covered in green lichens and moss. There's a large tree to either side, the left side having visible roots. Out-of-focus autumn foliage is in the foreground. The background is bare autumnal trees and sky, with the sun filtering through.
A closeup of a golden autumn leaf, yet to fall on a tree that is mostly bare. An out-of-focus autumnal wooded area is in the background.
A warm sunset scene of autumn trees casting their shadows on grass. The sun is behind the trees, directly in front of the camera, creating a glow.
A sunny view over a valleyedvillage - roads, houses and cars are visible. Dense, autumn-coloured woodland is on either side. In the distance taller hills are visible. The sun is in the top left of the pictrure, with a blue sky and light to moderate clouding.
A black-furred whippet-type dog sitting in the foreground. He's old and has white fur around his muzzle and eyes. He's sat on large stones, which open up to farmland stretching to the horizon. A beam of light - a "god ray" - is breaking the otherwise overcast lighting and illuminating a small portion of the background.
A beam of sun in an otherwise overcast sky illuminating fields. There are some similar beams in the background. A reservoir can be seen in the distance. In the foregreound, heather is surrounded by rocks on both sides.
Ramshaw Rocks on the borders of the Peak District. The photo shows a patch of grass in the foreground, then a footpath leading up to a rocky outcropping. It's moody, dark and rainy. The colours are autumnal.
A small waterfall flowing over rocks in an autumnal scene. The waterfall appears to start from a wall about two thirds from the bottorm of the image, and cascades into a pool close to the camera. Various trees are visible in the background and brown and golden leaves are on the floor.
The view immediately out of the upper cavern tour at the Heights of Abraham, in Matlock Bath.
A beige-brown toadstool - most likely a species of webcap - is featured prominently. It is surrounded by moss, browned oak leaves and water. The light is warm from the front and cold from behind (it is lit with LED panels). Another toadstool of the same species is out of focus in the foreground, to the front and right.
A view of the villages of the Derwent valley, taken from the Curbar Edge escarpent. Dramatic skies are present with "god rays" as sunlight breaks through gaps in the clouds to illuminate rays of precipitation, also illuminating the vivid green of the early autumn grass.
A group of four mushrooms growing on a decaying oak log with moss and acorns around them.
A large black slug (Arion ater) displaying orange markings and a mottled, scale-like appearance
A closeup of the abdomen of a European garden spider, clearly showing the crown-like markings. The image is predominantly a golden brown and lit from the left hand side.
A sheet weaver spider against a Brassica leaf. The underside of the spider is facing the camera.
A macro photograph of a metallic green flea beetle against a fibreglass backdrop
A macro photograph of a garden spider, orange-brown in colour, with a cross-shaped marking on its back. The spider is on a web, pointing downwards. Eyes are visible.
A macro photograph of a seven-spotted ladybird beetle sunning itself in the centre of a leaf. Green grasses and other plants surround the central beetle and leaf. The leaf is partially ragged on the right-hand side. Bright sunlight is clearly illuminating the shot from the right.
A red soldier beetle, Rhagonycha fulva, sitting on a grass ear. The beetle is long, with red colouration with black features too. The ear and the beetle are pointed east, right-to-left. It's a macro photograph lit with a camera flash.
A ladybird beetle larva against a green leaf
A ladybird beetle pupa under a blade of grass. The grass blade and another in the background form a sort of X-shape.
A 7-spot ladybird beetle, Coccinella septempunctata, sat on a leaf.
A bright, spotless, yellow-coloured ladybird on the left next to its own pupal casing on the right. The pupal casing is brown and wrinkly, and spotted. It's on a green leaf. Lit from above by a diffuse camera flash.
A horsefly on a wooden post.
A male scorpionfly on a branch. Bracken is visible in the background and somewhat in focus on the right of the image.
An eccentric motorised scooter covered in many lights and mirrors, wide angle, closeup. A sunny English town scene in the background.
A closeup, shallow depth of field photo of some late spring bluebells.
A warm sunsent scene showing a cattle grid and open farm gate, witrh a gravel road. The sunlight filters through heavy foliage in the midground.
A photgraph of the Lovell radio telescope, pointing to the right side of the shot. It's a bright sunny day and the sun is directly overhwad in a sky scattered with nimbus clouds. Small purple flowered plants are slightly out of focus in the foreground.
An image of a very thin "toenail moon". Some foreground cloud is causing a gentle blooming effect.
A man standing in the middle of a deep chasm, backlit from behind by the sun. The chasm is covered in green mosses. A prominent lens flare is visible from the bright sunlight.
A closeup of a magnolia bloom beginning to open on a sunny day
A picture of a partial solar eclipse
A warm wooded scene, with conifers and a stone stairs in the foreground. A man dressed warmly is ascending the stairs on the left of the image. Hills are visible in the background.
An astrophotography shot from 24th February 2025, pointing towards Orion. Some clouds are visible over a long exposure shot. Foreground trees and a road are at the bottom of the picture. A larger tree is visible in the upper right, silhouetted against the sky.
An astrophotography shot of the constellation of Orion. The larger stars, belt, and nebula are clearly visible along with a lot of background stars.
A lonely rock sits on a grassy hill in early morning. The sun is rising and the clouds to the right are illuminated by it. Some Welsh mountains are visible in the background.
A cavachon dog with a lead, looking at falling snow
Two gulls swimming in early morning sun, seen through a gap between two trees in the foreground.
A bluebell, a little past its prime, in a wooded glade with grass. The bluebell is strongly in focus and the background is out of focus.
A macro photograph of a ladybird beetle hiding under a thistle head. The beetlee is upside down, clinging on. Illuminated by a camera flash from the left-hand side.
A macro shot of a weaver ant sitting on an artificial leaf
Lud's Church in Staffordshire, England. A tall chasm with green moss and lichen growing on the cliff sides. Two people can be seen walking down the gap between the cliffs in this picture.
A great black-backed gull standing on a pier post
A telephoto shot of a black whippet or lurcher dog, running towards the camera with a big smile on his face. He's an older dog with lots of grey in his face. Green grass and raindrops.
A panoramic view over Cwmorthin slate quarry. A large lake dominates the centre and right of the image. Hills and slate heaps are on the left, right and foreground. A dip in the hills in the centre of the image shows an overcast, somewhat rainy sky.
Some green lichen growing on a fallen piece of pine branch. It is nested in darker decaying wood behind.
A stony scene on Dartmoor, Devon, UK. Two large upright stones among short grass dominate the foreground, with the larger nearer the camera on the right. In the background, two leafless trees sit among rocky debris. The sky is overcast and moody.
A juvenile blackbird stood on a fence post. A strongly out-of-focus background of brown and teal. It is raining slightly.