Darren Flinders

darrenflinders

Dazzy

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Last Sunday the forecast promised a beautifully clear night, which instantly lifted my spirits. I hadn’t been out with my camera after dark for what felt like ages because of the constant cloud cover we’ve had recently. So, the thought of finally getting a chance to head out, set up my gear, and hopefully capture some night-sky shots had me really excited.

But if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that weather forecasts can be just as unreliable as politicians. They’ll tell you one thing with confidence, but when the time actually comes, reality paints a very different picture. Sure enough, instead of the crystal-clear skies I was promised, I ended up staring at a blanket of stubborn cloud. It was a bit frustrating, but I couldn’t help but laugh at how often this happens—it’s all part of the fun of chasing astro photos with the camera.

I wanted to head over to Surprise View but there was an issue with what time the carpark closed, we thought it was either 8 or 9 pm, but I've since learned it is now midnight, so I should still be able get the shot I've been planning (well, there is more than one lol). 
Due to the issue with the carpark we headed over to Higger Tor instead which isn't far from where I wanted to initially wanted to go to.

As you can see from the shots, I didn't get that promised crystal clear sky, but I couldn't just not take any pictures, I'd got a few things I wanted to test out properly, the first being my star tracker, this however stayed in the box as there was a little break in the clouds, but there was a massive blanket of cloud coming over, so by the time I would have set it up, polar aligned etc, the cloud would have been over me, so I gave that up as a bad job.

The other item I wanted to test was my light, I had it bought as a present for Christmas, but this is the first time I'd got out to use it, I really do love that light and can't wait to use it more in the future, especially now the darker nights are here.


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As you can see, I wanted to get some milkyway photography done, sadly (again!) it wasn't to be, too much cloud, which seems to be a trend over the UK at the moment, I'm hoping to get out more often over the next few months to get some of those epic shots I'm wanting.

Sorry only two shots on this post as I didn't take many, I think it was around 5 photos max, but I shall return. 

Anyways, I really do hope you have enjoyed this short post on my adventures, thanks for reading :-)

All the best :-)

Photography Lovers

Ignore what the weatherman says...

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I have to say autumn is one of my favourite times of year, I can't decide  if spring is my favourite time or if it is autumn, as I like to see the changes in the plants on both times, although this time of year really does make for some dramatic sunrises, and you don't have to get up too early to see them.

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I'm getting my new drone tomorrow so I thought that I'd take her up for one last flight, I'm getting the new Mini 5 Pro, although the mini 4 pro is an absolutely fantastic drone, I was in two minds whether to upgrade, the only reason I have is the new 1 inch sensor in the camera for (hopefully) even more stunning shots, I am sad to see her go.

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One thing I can say is that she saw me well and certainly delivered in the photography that I like to take, and these final pictures really prove that.

Just a short post from me today, but I really hope you like the shots.

Thanks for reading,

All the best :-)



The return of beautiful mornings...

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Around March time, I received an email saying that I had been shortlisted for 
the Astonomy Photographer Of The Year Awards 2025. I was over the  moon when I received the email as it was something that I thought would never happen.

After a few more emails, Royal Museums Greenwich asked if I could make a film with the museum, at first I wasn't going to do it, but around the same time one of my uncle's suddenly died, so this was my motivation in saying yes as I thought I may never have this chance in my life again and to do things I wouldn't normally do.

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I agreed and a great guy called Max came up to the house, we did some filming around the house and then we went to the windmill where I took my shot, did some more filming there, even though the film is only 90 seconds long, we were filming most of the day, after seeing the film, I have to say it's way better than whatever I could think of, Max has done a fantastic job on the film.

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So last week, we got invited to a private showing of the gallery, I couldn't say no to this, hence why I was in London, I have to say this was the best night of my life.

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It was very posh to say the least, but I met some fantastic photographers, and I even got a selfie with Paddy Rodgers, the man who runs Royal Museums Greenwich.

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I was in my element, we even had champagne and cocktails there, but most of all I couldn't believe how far I'd come along with my photography, I didn't even think I'd get short listed, but to have a film made and my picture on display in the National Maritime Museum is a dream come true.

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I have to admit, there are some absolutely fantastic shots in the gallery and I highly recommend anyone who has an interest in space going to have a look at the gallery, I'm hoping to go back down next year before the gallery ends in September 2026.

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Even though I didn't win any prizes, it did feel like I'd won, I can't thank Royal Museums Greenwich enough for this wonderful opportunity, my picture along with winners and some other shortlisted entries are also printed in this years book too.

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Now, I've got some shots planned to enter next years competition, just need clear skies and to get over my chest infection.

Thanks for reading,

All the best :-)

I can finally tell the world my news....

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As I type this blog, I am suffering from a chest infection and have been issued antibiotics to help myself, it will be nice to be able to breath correctly when it finally clears. It's hard to think that only a week ago I was doing the tourist thing in London.
This time, we went to the Tower Of London, what a fantastic but busy place this is, it's full of history of the royals, with exception architecture and stories from the past, I always find it strange to visit somewhere that you learned about in school, I'm in my 50's now and it's the first time I've ever been to the tower.

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If you think it looks empty, when seeing the above shot, it wasn't lol, I tested out the "remove people" option in lightroom and I'm pretty impressed with it, the images sometimes do need a little touch up, but it looks great, but I did find it doesn't work on all imaged.

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I love this shot, with the centuries old buildings and the shard poking up over the wall, the shard is also much bigger than it looks on the photographs as I was using the wide angle lens on the iphone.

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I'd really love to walk around here as it's getting dark, with the street lights on and lights on the buildings, I bet it looks beautiful, most of all, no people there either, I wonder if it is possible to do this?

As we walked up the road, there was one of the world famous ravens that was sat on a cannon, they make the most beautiful sounds, I expected it to sound like a crow, but far from it, I've never heard a sound like it, but I wish I'd recorded it so I could have played it back. I'm not sure if it was doing an impression of a phone or something, but it was the softest sound, almost sounded computerized.

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See video below, this is the sound that the raven was making when I was there, it reminds me of a robot from a disney film, thanks to the person that posted it.
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This part is where the Beefeaters live, they have some beautiful houses, I bet they can't wait for the peace of night once all the tourists have gone home.

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There's also squirrels that live there, this one was running around the crowds looking for treats.

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This beefeater was telling stories of the tower, it was very interesting, and if memory serves me right, I think he's stood where Anne Boleyn was executed, please leave me a comment if I am wrong.

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There are models of animals everywhere, this is because the tower of London was once used a zoo way back when.

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I loved the chapel, especially the music they were playing in it, it was really atmospheric.

if you'd like to see a video of our visit, the please have a look here:

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Here's a few more of my favourite shots from the day:
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I'd just like to thank you for reading this far, I really hope that you have enjoyed this post, all shots taken using an iPhone 14 Pro.

I'm gonna get to be now as I feel terrible with my chest infection.

All the best :-)

The Tower Of London Adventure....


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I recently had the chance to attend a special event at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, so I made the most of it and spent a couple of days exploring both Greenwich and London. I have to say, I had an amazing time—even if doing all the touristy things did end up being a little on the pricey side!

These shots were taken the day I got there, I will be posting more through the week especially the one as to why I am in Greenwich, so please keep a look out for that one.

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Greenwich has always been on my list to visit, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. The stunning architecture alone makes it worth the trip. You might even recognize it from the final battle scene in Thor: The Dark World, which was filmed right here.


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The above shot is of the National Maritime Museum and Canary Wharf, I love the look of the old and new buildings, the light on the sky scrapers was magnificent. I shot this on my iphone 14, I shot 3 seperate shots in Raw, then merged them in lightroom, it gave me so much more flexibility doing it this way than using the phones built in panorama mode.

The views are stunning from the Royal Observatory.

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I was wonderful walking around, and it wasn't too busy, thankfully as I'm not one for crowds.


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I really do love it here, the next time I visit I'm hoping to have a small mirrorless camera so I can get even better shots, all shots in thie post were done using an iPhone 14 Pro. I'm still pretty impressed with the quality of the shots, even though they were done with just a phone.


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The world famous cutty sark.

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I really like the light on this shot, the domed building leads down to a tunnel under the river Thames, again, another idea for a shot the next time I'm in Greenwhich.


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And finally looking back over Royal Greenwich Park with the Queens house in the foreground and Flamsteed House that was designed by Sir Christopher Wren who was also the architect of St Pauls Cathedral.

I hope you've enjoyed this post, and if you've made it this far, thanks for reading :-)



A wonderful visit to London for a special invitation.

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I am currently enjoying my annual holiday down in Norfolk, one of my favourite counties in the UK, and very unique.
As i type this the weather has taken a turn though and it’s absolutely banging it down with the rain.
I am however staying in a caravan and with the sound of the rain on the caravan roof, it's very relaxing indeed.

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I have to admit, I just love getting out on the beach, just listening to the sound of the sea and the wildlife, so peaceful.
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You don't know what you will see on the coastline of Norfolk, Massive double rainbows, and even seals bobbing in and out of the water, I so love it down here, I wish I could live here. I think it's a place I'd love to retire to.

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The colours of the sky are wonderful, I am back home now but I am missing my holiday, I did want to do some milky way photography but with the moon being so bright, this kind of put a stop to that, but I did get some gorgeous night photography too...

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It was great walking on the dunes at night, all the shots were lit with moonlight.

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I was so happy with the above shot, the moon was just rising, but as it was I managed to get the milkyway, although a bit faint, but there was also a thunderstom in which I caught the ligtning, as you can see one of the clouds are illuminated and there's fork lighting near the moon. The moon was an orange/red due to being very low on the horizon.


I really hope you've enjoyed these shots, I'm not too well today, hence not much writing, but thought I'd need to post something as I haven't posted anything in a while, this will be changing for the foreseeable future.

Shot using a Sony A7iii and a Apple iPhone 14 pro.

All the best :-)

Over the dunes in beautiful light.

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This year hasn’t been the most successful for my photography, at least from my perspective. Between work commitments and the weather, I’ve barely managed to get out with my camera. I even booked a week-long photography holiday at the start of June, but only ended up using my camera once or twice. The skies were moody, which was nice, but most days were mainly dominated by strong winds and heavy rain.

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So, last week I managed to get out to Surprise View in Derbyshire, only had a couple of hours there, but it was fantastic to be out in the middle of nowhere, from surprise view we walked down to Padly Gorge, the first time I'd been there but I so need to get back and have a good explore, although I am holding on for autumn for when the leaves turn red and brown.

So initially I went over to do some scouting for a milkyway shot that I have in mind, I've driven passed a rock fomation hundreds of times but never stopped to have a good snoop around them and work out some shots, so this time I did, as we were walking to the rock formation we saw what we thought was a lizard, but after a bit of research I am not thinking it was a great crested newt, although I still maybe wrong.

As we walked to Padley Gorge, there were loads of people there with their kids having a day out, it was a bit of a creche at the top of the hill, but it was great to see kids being kids, not stuck on their mobile phones or tablets and actually having adventures and exploring, it really did remind me of when my parents took me and my siblings out for summer days.

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I have to say that the gorge is very picturesque, I love this little bridge going over the water, as you go into the woodland down the gorge, the sound of the flowing water down the numerous little waterfalls and birds singing is absolutely lovely, one of my favourite sounds.

I didn't have my tripod or filters, so I didn't get the chance to do any long exposures, but I am still pretty pleased with the shots I got, even though I'm not really one for woodland photography.

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So only a few shots for todays post but I really do hope you like them.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend.

Finally got out with the camera...

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Due to bad weather, work or a combination of the two, I've not done much photography this year, at the moment we are experiencing thunderstorms but I managed to get the drone up this morning as it was a lovely foggy morning, and I can't resist getting the drone up above the fog.

I love foggy mornings, when you can see the cobwebs stand out due to the moisture, the freshness of the air, and the surreal feeling you get on a foggy morning.

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I love how you can see the smoke hanging in the air, it really is like flying the drone above the clouds, but legally, I was at 400 feet and the fog bank was just under that, thankfully.

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It was still rather cloudy, this one was looking into the sun, but I still love this shot, especially when you zoom in to see all details of the clouds on the horizon.

This is just a short post from me today, but it was so so good to do some photography for a change, I'm hoping the second half of the year will be a bit better for the photos I want to take, especially as I want to do some astrophotography too.

Thanks so much for reading, have a great week.

Up above the clouds so high....

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Wow, it’s amazing what you stumble upon when going through old hard drives. I just rediscovered a series of photos from Whitby. It might not seem like much, but these were taken 12 years ago on my old Canon EOS 1100D with the basic kit lens. Funny thing is, when I first looked at one of the shots, I assumed it was taken with a much more expensive camera. Thinking back, that little 1100D really did a great job — I’ve always loved the colours it produced.

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*Walking to the old town of Whitby.*

One thing these photos have really proven — at least to me — is that you don’t need the most high-end, expensive equipment to capture great images. It's easy to get caught up in chasing the latest gear, but sometimes, it’s more about how you see the world and work with what you have. The lighting and weather conditions certainly played in my favour that day, but it goes to show that with a bit of patience and the right moment, even a simple setup can produce something beautiful.

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Here’s an alternative take on the first shot — and honestly, I’m still undecided on which version I prefer. I recently reprocessed the images using Lightroom and Luminar Neo, and looking back at my original edits from 12 years ago… well, let’s just say my taste in photo editing has definitely evolved! I’m not quite sure what I was aiming for back then, but the old versions really didn’t do the images any justice. I’m so glad I revisited them with a fresh perspective — it’s amazing how much your eye for colour and detail can change over time.

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I know this one isn’t the strongest in terms of composition, but there’s just something about it that I really like. Maybe it’s the way the deep blue sky contrasts so nicely with the warm light hitting the abbey and the grass, or perhaps it’s just the overall atmosphere it captures. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but visually, it just works for me — sometimes a photo resonates for reasons you can’t fully explain.

Thank you ever so much for reading my blog, please feel free to follow me and keep up to date with my future adventures.

Thanks again....





Worldmappin

Old Gold....

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I've recently been to Norhumberland on a photography holiday, but sadly due to gale force winds, rain and bad weather, I only had the camera out once and the drone out for five minutes.
However, Northumberland has the most castles than any other county in the England, so when I got to Bamburgh, I just had to take a some shots of this magnificent castle.

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I managed to get the drone up for five minutes, although I was a bit restricted on where I could fly it as there had been amber zones put on the beach etc for sites of scientific interest, I think it's down to the time of the year with all the breeding birds etc. When I was there a couple of years ago there wasn't this restriction on, but it was a different time of the year.

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Bamburgh Castle has a rich history, originally a Celtic fort then became a castle and the royal household of Bernicia, the castle was raided by the vikings in 993AD.
It is such a spectacular place to visit, even as you drive into the village, and you see the castle towering over it, it's a wonderful site. People still live in the castle to this day too.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmbNoKvsahPx2hb4HmLsSpiZwpzW7xWvbUWb2T9h1Dr54c/northumberland_04096.jpg)
*(A shot taken using my Sony camera from the beach)*

As for the photography holiday that I was on, it was great to be away, but the photography part was rather lacking, I did get some pictures and will post on here in future posts, I hope to get back to Northumberland in the not too distant future as I was also wanting to do some milkyway photography because parts of this county are designated dark sky areas.

I really hope you've enjoyed this post, thanks for reading :-)

All the best :-)



Castles In The Sky

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As you probably know from my previous posts that I have been to Mallorca, an island I visited 32 years ago and always wanted to return, for some reason I never did, until now, I had such a fantastic holiday, I didn't want to come home, it was just what I needed, a nice peaceful relaxing holiday, with great food, drink, company and not forgetting the hotel, such a great place.

I decided not to take my camera but I did play with the camera on my phone, I usually shoot in raw, but for some I turned on the live photos, in which you can then make them into what looks like long exposure shots, I really do like this feature although the output is only in JPG rather than raw.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmRE5fFgpdPKoaVyjtcTMdzowQaWVV1gpikLzWubSK1TuU/img_4395.jpeg)

I am definitely taking my camera on my next visit to Mallorca, possibly hire a car to get some shots off the tourist tracks. However, it feels like I have fallen in love with the island again, just like the first time I visited, and it's only a couple of hours from the UK which is a bonus.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmcBriZxZY2rqdzSTJcGNJs25DmpFdAtYoMfmk3NyVBAFJ/img_4327.jpeg)

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We had great weather, although one of the days the sea was really stormy and cloudy, but it was still lovely and warm, not too hot in early April, just right.

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We'd had been on a boat trip the day before the stormy seas, so glad I wasn't on a boat with the sea like this.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmPUpnmDN4BubYaqxjvGsjXLgHqe2HzKKZtysJtMeff6pQ/img_4884.jpeg)

I think that's about it for all my holiday shots now, I do have some plans for some more shoots in the next few days, so hopefully will have more material to post on here, but for now, thanks ever so much for reading.

All the best :-)



Fake Long Exposure - Cala Bona, Mallorca, Spain

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I used to love flying, but I had a bad flight to Turkey way back in 2007 and this made me a bit of a nervous flyer. One thing I do love to do in a flight is watch the clouds, as strange as it sounds I find it soothing and it takes my mind off things. Not only was I a nervous flyer, but a bit of extra anxiety on the flight to Mallorca was that I was flying on a Boeing 737-Max 8, now anyone who knows, these planes didn't have the best start, especially with the M-CAS system which caused a couple of crashes, the planes also got grounded for a while to sort out issues with them  (if memory serves me right), so in reality I think they could now be the safest plane to fly in now.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmPzx9iSyQHVXbBrrydKQcuU57P91yyQpS1D6mtTFYpBBe/img_4140.jpg)

After the flight back, I feel a much more confident flyer, after all as statistics go, flying is still the safest way to travel, and by the end of the flight, I'm starting to love it again, plus if I want to go to Mallorca again, I need to fly lol.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmddkK9SvWCj1yXw7GzHAqT3ajvGEvkUyra3LLSCrthtuw/img_4152.jpg)

There wasn't many clouds flying over to Mallorca until we got near the Pyranees mountain range in France, but was great to see the sun reflecting on water and the rivers meandering into the sea.

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I always love to see clouds from above, that's why I like flying my drone above fog as it looks like clouds lol, I also always imagine how it would be if you could actually jump on them like a giant trampoline, how cool would that be?

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmb5qirzAPUj3fJGHHiux6GMQufkNavaQDvDb6HJg6rhTQ/pyranees_orientales.jpg)

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As we approached the north coast of Mallorca, we were presented with this absoutely massive Cumulo Nimbus cloud, this cloud dwarfed everything, and even though we flying at 38000 feet this cloud toward above and below us, I thought to myself that I hope we aren't going to fly through that.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmbLc6FghcPeMJKzHiqneqiXZKkvLC4MBWG2ju9DDVg47Q/pollen_a.jpg)
*(Pollença in Mallorca)*

Gladly we altered course and flew across the island from the North East to land at Palma airport.

Apart from a bit of turbulence over the Pyranees the flight was quite pleasant, even nicer on the way home, I really think this has sorted my nervousness when flying, and can't wait until the next time I get the chance to get airside.

I really hope you've enjoyed this post.

Thanks for reading :-)

Above The Clouds...

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After our visit to Cuevas Del Drach, we had a bit of time and decided to have a walk into Porto Cristo, a place I had been to before, but was only a flying visit, so it was lovely to have a little explore around the town.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmc9R9Z3dLeFvTeLtTs8dxpn4mTFaQztXu1N8t1tAqMbKA/img_4426_1.jpg)
*(A building that has always intriqued me, even from the first time I saw it 32 years ago, this is on the harbour to Porto Cristo).*

As we walked from the caves we headed down some steps to the harbour, I didn't take too many photos around there due to fencing being in the way, but I have to say, there were millions of pounds worth of yachts there, and some of them were massive, I think these fell in the super yacht category, oh how the other half live!

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmccggYB87CQxhqUU4uQFVKJXMwZWLa9TcTP1mLMUYbjG3/img_4588.jpg)
*(Looking out of Porto Cristo's natural harbour).*

As we were walking along the main part of town, there were the usual shops and restaurants, but I had spied a cool church that I wanted to walk up to and have a look at it, I do love to see an old church.

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The hill up to the church made it look even more special....

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmPHWTimwsovbQkgN8KLA6TXxxZ2q91KQhQnBGZX2JGVnG/img_4591_edit.jpg)

I know it's not an award winning shot, but I did have to do a fair bit of photoshop work on this, as the hill had wires criss-crossing the street with street lights on it etc, it really did spoil the image, but I do like this one now, this is the sort of image I had in mind when I took the shot.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmZMcL4imyUH3r7gPUAcEij6DotZbeid2ia8Q53njz6Tmu/img_4594.jpg)

When we got to the church, we sat on a bench on the grounds, it was lovely and peaceful, we got out phones out to try and work out where to get the bus to where we were staying, we followed a map and it basically took us down some narrow roads, I said "I doubt that the bus will come down here" as the roads were way too narrow, I said "we'd be best heading back to where we got off", so we did just that and thankfully there was a bus waiting.
I've since learned that the bus doesn't run into the centre now, so a wise decision made there.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQma4Hra8EZ6M5qaHwCebCJBYt7ePkuhxfTRypqrwcWy4Nz/img_4599_edit.jpg)
*(Església de la Mare de Déu del Carme de Portocristo).*


![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmWyzEzmP7Qme387FRAH8BNmpNnbFTtUozpqvvmTGTZaiM/img_4529_1.jpg)

The bus drivers in Mallorca are very skilled, I used to drive busses myself and I wouldn't have liked to have gone through the streets that these guys do, especially the way people park their cars, they do make it awkward for large vehicles, but these are great drivers.

I really hope you have enjoyed this post and if you've made it this far, thanks for reading.

I also hope you have liked my shots, all done using an iPhone 14 pro, processed in lightroom, photoshop and some also processed in Luminar Neo.

All the best :-)


A Unexpected Explore...

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If you check out my previous posts, you will see that I had a little tour of the beautiful island of Mallorca, from our trip to Sa Calobra, we got on a boat that took us through to Port De Soller and then a tram up to the town of Soller.

The boat was massive that we got on, and it must have held over 200 people, there was at least 3-4 coach trips on there including ours. I didn't take any pictures on there due to the amount of people, when we got to Port De Soller, the chaos started.

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We had to find our rep as we got off the boat by looking for her umbrella, which was no mean feat with the amount of people there, we looked around and saw her, walked over, when the entire coach of 55 people found her, we had to go and get the tram, this was a nightmare, it was busier than Palma airport and everyone trying to get on the tram for a seat, some people did have to stand.

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We managed to get a seat, and I was in my element, I don't know what it is, but I love trams, especially old ones, I do love to see the old light fittings etc, sorry I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to trams lol.

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I couldn't take many pictures on the tram as I didn't get a window seat, but it was beautiful to travel on it, even though it was rammed, looking up the old streets as we passed by on our journey up to and through Soller was brilliant, it was how you imagine spain, the tram runs close to shop fronts too, so you can see inside the shops and people within touching distance having coffee's etc outside enjoying the weather, it certainly is a unique place that really does deserve more exploration, another reason to go back to Mallorca.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmR5g1fU2A1uETCqwFGSd6WP6z9Te9MRwF592hdb3VvEfw/img_4748.jpg)

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When we stopped in Soller, we only had 30 mins before our train to Palma, I so wish we had more time as I wanted to walk down to the centre to check out the church as well as some shops, it was a beautiful but busy place, I'm not sure if I'd like to visit there in the heights of summer, but I really do need to get back there.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmf7NPSwB4TPwrXMj8FKsyRTMFZKVKbu62RB4YrgHhvEE8/img_4777_edit.jpg)

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On the way on the train we again entered the mountains, the train circled the town quite a few times leaving beautiful views of Soller, and yes, you can see the church from the mountains and train station too.

Overall, I really loved the day out, but wish we had more time in certain places, I'd love to visit these places again, but I think I will hire a car on my next visit to do these things at my own pace.

I hope you've enjoyed this post, and if you've made it this far, thanks ever so much for reading.

All the best :-)


Organised Chaos!

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While in Mallorca I had a little tour of the island, it was an all day tour where the coach picked us up at 8am and we didn't get back until after 6pm, the tour consisted of the first visit to Lluc Monastery, this was a beautiful place where I tried a couple of local pies and cakes.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmNSpR3EpY1hptwv4UBeViZisFTShHz4Znq2szKKwfxYk6/img_4654.jpg)

I didn't take too many shots as there was quite a few people around, but I do like this one from the Basilica, a beautiful building, we only had an hour there but would have loved to have had a bit longer to explore.

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We then headed over to Port De Sa Calobra, we had to go over the mountain pass, the guide told us that this had been widened a few years ago and the road was still narrow. I felt like I was in the film "The Italian Job", the Michael Cain classic from the 60's, gladly it didn't end the same as the film and we reached our destination.

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I knew that there was a beach here that I'd heard of and wanted to visit as it was a very unusual place where there is a break in the cliffs where you can access the sea. So we followed the signposts and walked down, you had to walk through some tunnels, and we were warned to keep a look out for pick pockets who pretend to be tourists, thankfully our pockets weren't picked.

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We finally made it to the beach, it was very busy, as there were more than one coach load there, it was in a great location with a gorge and river running through behind it, but was a pebble beach, not my favourite stuff to walk on.

The place was great although I couldn't see what the hype was, especially when you see videos on youtube, although it is a unique place and certainly is worth a good explore, especially up the gorge.

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(I did a sky replacement on this to make it more dramatic).

 
We headed back up to the port as we needed to catch a boat to our next location, Soller
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If you've seen my previous posts, you will know that I didn't take my camera on this holiday, but the next time I go, I wll be taking it lol. All shots done on an iPhone 14pro, and processed in lightroom and Luminar Neo.

I realy hope you like the shots,

Thanks for reading,

All the best :-)

It was like being on the coach at the end of the Italian Job...

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While I was away, I decided to visit the Cuevas Del Drach, but rather than use the rep to go on the trip, I decided to try public transport in another country for the first time, I do fine it a bit daunting, anyhow it took a while to find the bus stop, once we found it, we waited for bus 424, stood around 20 minutes and our bus turned up and drove straight passed, I'm thinking to myself "what the hell happened there?", the I realised, I'd not stuck my hand out to tell the driver I wanted to that bus, so we decided to go the following day as if we had got the later bus, the caves would have been well and truly busy.

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If you visit, order book your tickets online as it does work out cheaper, also pay with card on the bus as it's 40% cheaper than paying cash, but for some reason my card wasn't accepted so had to pay cash instead, but it was still cheap enough.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmWeqvkXYSZwD2HrhmNY1DvUCtt1cKwa1UyLdpqhKR4UZP/img_4552.jpg)
*(A panorama from a viewing platform)*

The caves are really magical, the stalactite and stalagmites in the caves are beautiful, there must be thousands of them of all different sizes, and taking millions of years to form, it's breath taking just thinking about it.

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The caves are around 1,200 metres long, and lead down around 25 metres, as you go down before the exit, there is a big lake where an orchestra comes out on a boat while you are seated in a natural ampitheatre, the size of the caves are quite impressive.

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After the orchestra has finished, you get the choice of going onto the boats to go down the lake, the queues for this are massive, so I decided to walk instead, I think I got the boats the last time I was there, although that was 32 years ago, so I'm not 100 percent certain.

If you are Mallorca, this place is a must visit, you can get more information about the caves by [Clicking on this link to the official website.](https://www.cuevasdeldrach.com/en/)

All shots done using an iPhone 14 Pro.

Thanks for reading,

All the best :-)

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The Magical Caves Of The Dragon...

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So, I'm back home after a week in Mallorca, and it was well earned, I'd not been abroad since 2015 when I visited Rome for my 40th birthday, this time abroad was for my 50th, I feel like I am getting old now, I can't believe I am 50 lol.

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*(Sunrise up at the infinity pool on the hotel roof)*

Initially my plan for my 50th was to go back to Canada, but sadly funds are lacking, so I decided to go to the place where I first ever went abroad. I am so glad we did, it was so chilled as a holiday, a full recharge, a lot of the resort hadn't opened as we were there early in the season, so walking through some of the streets felt like when lockdown was on, without the mask wearing etc.

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A couple more shots from Cala Bona harbour. Again at sunrise.

I really wished I'd taken my camera, but I wanted to travel light, on this occasion. I know I will return again, with my camera in hand lol.

When we got there, we walked to the shops for some bottled water, it had started to rain, then all over a sudden, we had a massive thunderstorm, with hail as well, I was thinking to myself "I hope this isn't going to be like this for the week", in which I am happy to report it wasn't, we had some great warm weather, the hotel I stayed in was brilliant, the staff excellent, they felt like friends by the time we left, if you are considering going to Mallorca, I do highly recommend the Protur Alicia Hotel.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYPhYWEJvvjmfMYidNu7vYBGJLSC2paswwvG11w66beSq/img_4286.jpg)

I had a really good explore around the area, including visiting the Cuevas De Drach, and going over a mountain pass on a coach which felt like I was in the film the Italian Job, a future post will come regarding the other visits, but for now, I thought I would post some of my favourite shots from my holiday.

I really can't wait to go back to Mallorca, I love it there.

I hope you like the pictures, 

Thanks for reading,

All the best :-)

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That was so well earned...

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As I type this blog, I am sat on my balcony overlooking the swimming pool of the hotel, I have finally come back to Mallorca, I dont know why its taken me so lomg to return, it was only 32 years ago since I was last here, and I’ve fallen in love with the island all over again.

 
![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmXqw3EQpzAtgXqBorSkR6vCNn3n2s5pDBm4w2qRxJstMx/img_0042.jpg)


*My current view.*

I was only 17 the last time that I visited the island, and was about 3 months before I turned 18, I am here celebrating my 50th birthday, I have loved every second of being here, so far. I am only here for the week, sadly I only hace two full days before I fly home on Saturday.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmTQj4Wgg8FHChd3KuBuhWNcBeY8H7S9F9MrnFVn485EqR/img_0043.jpg)

We had a pleasant flight to Majorca, we had a tail wind and the pilot said that we had a ground speed of around 600mph, we got here in 1 hour and 50 minutes, which was rather quick, as we approached Mallorca, we had a bit of turbulence over the pyranese mountains, and as we got over the north east side of the island, there was an absolute massive storm cloud, thankfully we didnt have to go through it. 
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The weather had turned a bit by the time we got to our resort, so we had a thunderstorm with hail, we had the same 32 years ago too lol. we are here just before the main season, and at times the streets are empty and it has been lovely and peaceful.

Since the first day, the weatherhas been glorious, a bit too hot for me at times, I am so glad its not the middle of the summer season.


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We went on a boat trip yeaterday, the boat went into some sea caves, I just love the colours of the sea.

I have lots more to say and post, but Ive had a few cocktails tonight and now feelings bit tired, so I will leave it here for now, nothing more to say thsn I am in love with Majorca, just like the first time I visited.

Thanks for reading.

Buenos Noches

Me he enamorado de Nuevo (I’ve fallen in love again).

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Looking through some old hard drives, I found some shots of the Humber Bridge, when I was there, a fog came in giving a beautiful surreal glow with the lighting on the bridge, these shots were done 10 years ago using a Canon EOS M camera, my first mirrorless camera, in which I told my friends that these little cameras are the future, and dare I say, I wasn't wrong.

The above shot was taken from the Hessle side of the Humber Bridge, there's parking down there so easy if visiting by car, so you don't have far to walk.
My original edit looked nothing like this, I never changed the white balance, so it looked orange and brown, it was still a good shot, but after doing the white balance, and a couple of other tweaks, this image looks so much better, it's only taken me 10 years to get it right lol.

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The pictures really don't do the size of this bridge justice, it was once the longest bridge in the world stretching over 1.38 miles, now I think it's classed as the 6th longest in the world, I did fly my drone around the bridge (not too close though), and as you cannot legally fly over 400 feet, you can't even fly above the towers as they are even taller than that at 510 feet.

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I love this image, an old windmill, and you know how I love a windmill, anyhow, I like how this represents the old and the modern, I still think I preferred the old technology, working with nature rather than against it. This is Hessel Mill, which is a large windmill, I can only imagine how this looked when it had it's cap and sails.

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A slightly different take as the fog got a bit thicker, not long after this I decided to go home as it got quite cold as well, I really need to go back and do some more night photography of these marvels.

I really hope you've enjoyed these pictures, even as much as me rediscovering them, thanks for reading.

All the best :-)




Under The Bridge...

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I'd like to think over the past ten years my photography has improved, but finding an old hard drive with the raw images on there, I just had to re-process some of the shots that I likes.

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My memory isn't the best, but I seem to remember where I take shots even after all this time. The shots were taken at a place called Surprise View, which is just outside Hathersage in the Peak District in Derbyshire.

If I remember right, it was bloody freezing when I took these shots, it was on the 4th of January 2015, right in the middle of winter, but I loved the sky and got to surprise view just in time for the sunset.

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Looking at the original shots that I processed, I'm thinking to myself "what were you thinking?", hey are way way over cooked, like the worst HDR you could have ever seen lol.

So I've just done a few quick edits and I quite like the shots now, not portfolio pieces, but I like them and have fond memories of the day.

The shots were done using my old Canon 60D with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 and a Tamron 18-200mm (if I remember right), Lens.

Thanks for reading :-)



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