All things natural in the British Isles
Featured Work
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I Need A Bath by Paul R. Dring
Close-up shot of a Grey Seal pup (Halichoerus grypus), taken at Donna Nook in the UK. These pups have to put on weight very fast, as their mothers desert them at about three weeks of age and need all the fat reserves they can get, so they don’t starve before they are ready to go into the sea. This particular pup is probably about one week old. As featured in – All Things Natural In The British Isles
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St Michael's Mount, Cornwall by Steve & Lesley
Please View Large Wikipedia © The chapel is extra-diocesan, and the castle is the official residence of Lord St Levan. Many relics, chiefly armour and antique furniture, are preserved in the castle. The chapel of St Michael, a fifteenth century building, has an embattled tower, in one angle of which is a small turret, which served for the guidance of ships. Chapel Rock, on the beach, marks the site of a shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary, where pilgrims paused to worship before ascending the Mount. A few houses are built on the hillside facing Marazion, and a spring supplies them with water. The harbour, widened in 1823 to allow vessels of 500 tons to enter, has a pier dating from the fifteenth century and subsequently enlarged and restored. / Some studies indicate that any rise in ocean waters as well as existing natural erosion would put some of the Cornwall coast at risk, including St. Michael’s Mount. St Michael’s Mount is still owned by the St Aubyn family, but visitor access is controlled by the National Trust. There is a row of eight houses at the back of the present village; they were built in 1885 and are known as Elizabeth Terrace. A spring supplies them with water. Some of the houses are occupied by staff working in the castle and elsewhere on the island. The island cemetery (currently no public access) contains the graves of former residents of the island and several drowned sailors. There are also buildings that were formerly the steward’s house, a changing-room for bathers, the stables, the laundry, a barge house, a sail loft (now a restaurant), and two former inns. A former bowling green adjoins one of the buildings. One of the most noteworthy points of interest on the island is the underground railway, which is still used to transport goods from the harbour up to the castle. It was built by tin miners around 1900, replacing the pack horses which had previously been used. Due to the steep gradient, it cannot be used for passengers. The National Trust currently does not permit public access or viewing of the railway. / The harbour, widened in 1823 to allow vessels of 500 tons to enter, has a pier dating from the fifteenth century which was subsequently enlarged and restored. Queen Victoria landed at the harbour from the royal yacht in 1846, and a brass inlay of her footstep can be seen at the top of the landing stage. King Edward VII’s footstep is also visible near the bowling-green. In 1967 the Queen Mother entered the harbour in a pinnace from the royal yacht Britannia. Featured in – Natural In The UK – 14th November 2009 / Featured in – Dimensions – 16th November 2009 Nikon D300 / Sigma 24-70mm
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'dartmoor robin' by DaveButt
this cheeky chirpy brightened up my day. i went out on to dartmoor for the afternoon to be met with a heavy rain storm. so i sat in my car at dartmeet to eat my lunch. this robin come along next to my car and was curious to see what i was eating. / he made me simle with his big puffy chest!
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Reflections In A Tarn by JamieGreen
Blea Tarn between the Great and Little Langdale Valleys in the Lake District National Park 11th November 2009 The Langdale Pikes reflected in the water…. / Sony Alpha 350 DSLR 18-70 lens single RAW tonemapped in Photomatix / Featured in All Things Natural in The British Isles November 2009 /
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Drips by John Thurgood
Swan dripping water from beak
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Beautiful Demoiselle female by Nigel Kendall
Perched on some scrub at Crockford Bridge, New Forest, England.
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Hoverfly Feeding by Sarah-fiona Helme
Canon 40D, 100mm macro
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hells mouth, cornwall by Janis Read-Walters
so pretty, thanks for viewing xx
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Flame: an impressionistic view by Aidan Semmens
Heat from the fire distorts the image of mature birch trees which escaped the woodsman’s axe (well, chainsaw actually). Taken while clearing scrub with a Suffolk Wildlife Trust working party maintaining habitat variety on the heathlands.
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Just A Glimpse......... by Brian Mellor
.....of the east tower of Derwent dam in the Derbyshire Peak District in England. This is the middle dam of three down the Derwent Valley….the other two being Howden and Ladybower. / Sony Alpha A350, 18-70 Lens. / 263 views so far.
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Kingfisher Juvenile - River Avon by Sarah-fiona Helme
Canon 40D, 100-400mm lens. I rose at 4am last summer in order to experience the magic electric blue flash of this bird. After an hour of watching the occasional blue flash, a juvenile (not knowing any better) perched on a log at the other side of the river – near enough for me to photograph him. It was the most magical and beautiful moment of last summer for me. I felt so blessed! All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Imber. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved.
Recent Work
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The Mountain of Solace Waiting. by Kenart
Cullins, Skye, Hebrides, Scotland. / / A ride through a old battlefield and foolish romantic history. / To see when no one else is around. To see is what happens. Understanding comes quickly when surrounded completely with the song. Remember me. The words and music are pathetic echoes that resonate from hillsides and bounce out from cliffs, deepening the tone and crying alone. Character paths differ to the same useless scenic destination. Clouds made in work form gentle gestalt’s from memory and experience. Ships with sails of grand insignificance capturing only now a second thought and not a vital and precious first consideration. This is the obvious difference between alone and lonely as written poorly in a child’s examination essay. Slips of rain washed granite and tannin cataract floods. Shelters for small mammals, sod sodden sad and shivering. Moss grown micro worlds with sudden climatic changes and the same gestalt cloud systems of their own. Electric green winter passions covering a cathedral nave of the dead white bone from a foolish sheep starved on a secret water ledge. The witch familiar carrion bird caws from under its hood of grey. In the mood of the day it hops and blank eye skull pecks from bone to green white bone. The high strings of water orchestrate the hillsides in wide dun damnedest storms. Each burn to its own falls away vastly. Blossoming and speaking white with tea brown from what can be seen and felt. No wonder the warrior poets hated. They said remember me and only the coward carrion buzzard did. Feeding young with the strings of clan bright songs. Let Autumn find her own safety through haunted stump bog. With mists that whisper of spectral trespass. A hag of dark sodden peat and tufted flags rotted from forgotten battles. Stones that state a death unequivocally. Here fought and died. Here was ended in bright lies. Here Cumberland in his foul stenched vastness slaughtered the youth of an old way with no thought for their future dreams. Here the rich swallowed the old and moved them across the sea. Here the victors wrote the history and the pampered pretender ran away to obscurity with the delusions of dreams. His sword bright with youth and lost lace lies. This is real beauty. This is the glen of easy to forget. This is a green place of crag and bitter rock that suffers no fool kindly or otherwise bent to oblivion upon its shattered summits. © 2009 Ken Simm.
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Say Goodbye To It All by Steve & Lesley
Please View Large Another image from Whiteleaf Woods in Oxfordshire, the colours are just amazing, and after the heavy winds of the last 24 hours we will not be seeing this for another 12 months. Say Goodbye To It All Featured in – Your Magic Place – 23rd November 2009 Nikon D300 (S) / Sigma 24-70mm
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Whiteleaf Woods, Oxfordshire by Steve & Lesley
Please View Large This was taken on our stop off point to Brighton whilst Lesley went and did some work locally in Oxfordshire. So I sped off into the local woods to capture the last showings of autumn. Featured in – Human Animal Nature – 23rd November 2009 Nikon D300 (S) / Sigma 24-70mm
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Chase the Rainbow by alienfunk
I spent my time today sitting but not waiting, I didn’t have to wait for that beautiful shot. As soon as I got out of the car autumn hit me with a big smack of reds, oranges, yellows, greens, bronzes, coppers, browns and that was just the trees. I walked for a while and eventually got to where I wanted to be, the top of Castle Ring, Staffordshire UK. This part is really something special, high up and over looking Cannock Chase, like being up in the canopy of an old oak or pine. What a treat it was too, a rainbow so big my jaw dropped, I couldn’t fit all of it in my sights but I never did look at the bigger picture. The treat wasn’t to end as the rainbows continued throughout the day and I came home feeling very happy and relaxed. Taken: 25/10/09
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Where's Spud? by alienfunk
Just one of them days, couldn’t be anymore perfect, a reminder of just how beautiful this country actually is and the moaning and taking for granted level drops slightly. Taken: 25/10/09 – From Castle Ring, over looking Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, UK
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WaterFlower by Charlotte Harold
Kew Gardens
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I want by Paul Adkin
Grey Seal cow with Pup at Donna Nook
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ON Guard by Paul Adkin
This picture was taken at Bradgate Park. The stag in this picture was watching over the herd from the top of this hill he looked proud to be there. This was one of those times when me and my friend tracked this herd for some time befor we found them but it was well worth it.
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Swaledale by Steve & Lesley
Please View Large The closest Dale to me apart from Teesdale is Swaledale. I simply love the way the light was hitting the hills here and the way the red door on the barn was well lit also. Nikon D300 (S) / Sigma 24-70mm
About This Group
This Group is for Photos taken in the The British Isle of natural Subjects. Anything goes providing its Natural ie Rocks, Hills, Mountains, all native insects, animals, and fish.People and buildings are permitted withing the shot providing they are not the main focus of the Art
Visiting Birds are accepted providing location is stated. Simple rule of thumb if its man made or created ( Like Roses ) Please don’t post as it will be deleted. thanks
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