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Master Mike
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Lover of photography, nature, dogs, movies & games. Senior community manager for Slug Disco - developers of Empires of the Undergrowth & publishers of nature games. Views very much my own.
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Out with the new superzoom for the first time - it's perfect for 90% of my photography.

Despite always having gone for fast lenses, whenever I do landscape I always stop down to f/8 or more anyway.

Just makes so much sense to carry one light lens that does it all.

#photography #landscape
New lens day! As I gravitate more to landscape, this super sharp (but relatively slow) superzoom makes so much sense for a daily carry lens.

#sigmalens #sonyalpha #photography #gear #lenses #landscapephotography
Hey let's just take the dog for a quick stroll.... er, maybe later
Let's not keep normalising that for them.
All the time. I only ever get to play one-shots with friends and family, and I incorporate stuff I like from the books into those.
Thumbs up if you have a humiliation fetish
A classic view over Matlock Bath from the Heights of Abraham, Derbyshire.

Sony A7IV, Sigma 28-105 @ 28, 1/640s, f/8, ISO 100

#landscape #photography #nature #autumnvibes #onlybeautifulthings #peakdistrict #derbyshire #sonyalpha #sigmalens
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Same mushroom photographed yesterday and today. Lets see what it looks like tomorrow. #mushroom #fungi #mycology #nature
An unusually pretty god ray in the view from The Roaches on the borders of the Peak District, Staffordshire yesterday. I was expecting boring overcast lighting - just get out there!

#photography #landscape #onlybeautifulthings #nature #godrays #staffordshire #moorlands #peakdistrict
Cybertruck owners should be bullied
This certainly captures the mood of Ramshaw Rocks when I visited last weekend! It was definitely worth getting up there in spite of the weather - I don't think I could have hoped for moodier pics.

#sonyalpha #sigmalens #rocks #autumn #landscape #peakdistrict #staffordshire
A gentle waterfall in Longshaw Estate, close to Padley Gorge and the home of some beautiful ancient oak woodland.

Sony A7IV, Sigma 28-105, f/10 1/5s, ISO 100

#landscape #waterfall #waterfallphotography #autumn #autumnvibes #rain #nature #landscapephotography #natureisbeautiful #peakdistrict
This is a remarkable photo!
if not food, why food coded
The view immediately out of the upper cavern tour at the Heights of Abraham, in Matlock Bath. This panorama is gigantic and I doubt Bluesky's compression will do it justice!

Sigma 28-105, f/10, 1/160s, ISO 100

#photography #landscape #panorama #autumn #sonyalpha #sigmalens
There is! Padley Gorge in the middle of England is tiny, but there's more of it on the west coast. It's rarer but present in mainland Europe.

Japan is covered by it.

Lots of it is very endangered - I feel very lucky to live close to it ❤️
A closeup of the best mushroom from the shot I took in Padley Gorge. Particularly happy with the lighting - LED panels helped in the gloom of Storm Amy.

Fun fact - Padley Gorge is the most inland example of a temperate rainforest in the UK!

#mycology #fungi #FungiFriends #mushrooms #forests
The dramatic skies created by #StormAmy more than made up for the dousing we got over the weekend on our photo trip! This view from Curbar Edge over the Derwent Valley made me glad to be alive, active and present.

#landscape #photgraphy #onlybeautifulthings #peakdistrict #skies #storm #sonyalpha
Enchanted mushrooms. Fun with a Tamron macro lens, a couple of LED panels and a soaking wet temperate rainforest! 🍄🍄🍄🍄

#natureisbeautiful #macrophotography #onlybeautifulthings #fungus #mushrooms #fungifriends #photography #fungi
Let's get a little love for one of the less traditionally endearing #inverts - the humble slug (Arion ater).

They may have a nibble of your lettuce, but they're a vital part of the ecosystem and very pretty in their own right.

#natureisbeautiful #macrophotography #onlybeautifulthings #photography
This garden spider (Araneus diadematus) shows off why they truly are known as the crowned spider in this macro closeup.

#BlueSkyArtShow #spiders #arachnids #photography #PhotographersofBluesky #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #thelittlethings #macro #macrophotography