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David Forster Photography & Film
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Award-winning photographer and videographer based in Teesdale, Co Durham who produces imagery for TV, national news, magazine and book publishers. Also photography workshops. https://www.david-forster.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/davidbspro/videos
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Now is the perfect time for photographing the woodland floor. One of my favourite leaves are those of the Holly. They are very variable in colour raging from almost black, though browns, gold and turquoise. Next time you pass the evergreen Holly have a look at the fallen leaves underneath. #macro
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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The first snows of winter in Teesdale, County Durham, UK this morning.
#winter #snow #landscapephotography
A remote farmhouse sits in a snow covered landscape under a blue sky
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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The River Tees at High Force this morning after last nights heavy rain. There is some floodwater coming over the middle of High Force, but it had dropped considerably by the time I got there.

#highforcewaterfall #highforce #rivertees #teesdale #weather #countydurham
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The rain stopped just in time to allow some good views of Northern Lights in the early hours of this morning. #northernlights #aurora #nightsky
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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This morning started off with thick fog which looked like it would thin and clear by late morning. This was just downstream of Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, UK as it began to burn off.

#autumn #fall #teesdale #countydurham #rivertees #landscapephotography #barnardcastle
Shafts of light create sun rays which are illuminating the golden autumnal colours on a tree beside a river.
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Autumn falls, Teesdale, County Durham, UK

#autumn #fall #autumnvibes #teesdale #northpennines #countydurham #landscapephotography #countydurhamphotography #durhamdales #waterfallphotography
This is a waterfall in a dark gorge with fallen autumnal leaves adding colour to the ground, while above the falls the colourful trees are illuminated by sunlight.
November 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Gentle autumn vibes in Teesdale, UK yesterday.

#landscapephotography #autumn #fall #teesdale #northpennines #countydurham
November 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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This time last year I watched Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) and the Milky Way arch overhead while listening to the waves break on the beach.
#milkyway #Comet #CometC/2023A3Tsuchinshan-ATLAS #Nightsky #photography #nightsky #astrophotography
A person stands on a beach with breaking waves at night shining a torch into the sky. Above, and to the left, the Milky Way arches overhead and to the right a comet streaks across the sky.
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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A Fallow deer portrait from last week while filming the rut at Raby Castle, County Durham, UK.

#rabycastle #fallowdeer #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #teesdale #autumn #fall #wildteesdale #nature #countydurham
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Autumn is the time of the Rut and the sound of roaring stags echoing around the woods and fields surrounding Raby Castle, Teesdale, UK really is something special.

#rabycastle #reddeer #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #teesdale #autumn #fall #wildteesdale #nature
A red deer stag roars with its head back and mouth wide open. In the background a tree has just a hint of yellow autumn colour.
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Mill falls sunrise earlier this week, Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK

#landscapephotography #teesdale #barnardcastle #sunrise #autumn #fall #countydurham #rivertees
October 17, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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A misty autumnal woodland in Teesdale, northern England this morning.

#teesdale #autumn #fall #landscapephotography #countydurham #northpennines
October 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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A couple of shots captured while out filming this morning. One of a Grey Heron in natural looking surroundings and one in front of some waste water and storm overflow pipes above the river. #greyheron #birdphotography #rivertees #teesdale #countydurham #photography
October 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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We have some ideal conditions for fungi at the moment in the UK. Not sure of the ID, but possibly one of the Galerina species.

#fungi #macrophotography #autumn #fall
A small mushroom grows out of a bed of green moss. Either side are some out of focus mushrooms.
October 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Autumn in Teesdale, UK. What a lovely season it is for photographing fungi.

#fungi #fungiphotography #macrophotography #autumn #fall #teesdale #countydurham #northpennines #mushroomphotography
October 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Blackling Hole autumn colours, Hamsterley Forest, County Durham, UK

#HamsterleyForest #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #Fall #CountyDurham #Woodland
The autumnal colours of a beech tree contrast with a dark and brooding pool into which a waterfall plunges.
October 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Lots of fungi about at the moment. This small black and white fungus looks like the wick of a snuffed out candle, hence the name, Candle Snuff Fungus.

#fungi #autumn #macrophotography #woodland #fungiphotography
This small black and white fungus looks like the wick of a snuffed out candle, hence the name Candle Snuff Fungus.
October 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Yesterday we had a rather atmospheric frosty morning in Teesdale with a gentle mist moving through the trees.

#autumn #teesdale #countydurham #landscapephotography #durhamdales #woodlandphotography
A colourful lone birch tree set among pines is illuminated by early morning light while a soft mist moving among the trees.
September 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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The low river levels due to the dry summer has allowed me to get a bit of a different view of the Castle here without getting my wet feet. Location Barnard Castle, Teesdale County Durham, England, UK.

#BarnardCastle #rivertees #Teesdale #CountyDurham #Landscapephotography #EnglishHeritage
A Castle lit by late summer evening light is framed by a bridge with a tree lined river flowing under it.
September 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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I love to sit and listen to the calls of Grouse, which seem to start around dawn. Photography wise there doesn't seem to be great numbers on the north Pennines moors this year.

#teesdale #grouse #northpennines #birdphotography #countydurham #wildlifephotography
August 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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A lot of the becks in Teesdale and the wider Pennines are beautifully clear at the moment as there is no peat sediment being washed into them due to the lack of rain. #Teesdale #LandscapePhotography #CountyDurham #NorthPennines
Clear white water runs over green moss covered rocks into a beautiful green pool in a woodland.
August 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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The Long Man cairn and stone boundary marker with the view towards Weardale from its border with Teesdale, North Pennines, County Durham, UK #LandscapePhotography #Teesdale #Weardale #CountyDurham #Dawn #DurhamDales
A cairn and stone boundary post stands among purple flowering heather. Above a colouful dawn sky illuminates the scene.
August 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Wood ants both scavenge and take down wasps and other invertebrates to feed young. I saw a wasp land on an ants nest and they killed it in seconds. Some pinned it down while others started to dissect it. Can't share much of the vid as its for a documentary, they are incredible predators up close.
August 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Sunrise this morning over the North Pennines on the Teesdale/Weardale border, County Durham, UK. #teesdale #weardale #northpennines #sunrise #landscapephotography #countydurham #heather
A colourful sunrise over a large boulder surrounded by purple flowering heather. with a backdrop of open moorland beyond.
August 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I found this old millstone in a Hamsterley forest recently. It looks as though it was near to completion before the crack was discovered. These were created with hand tools and given how much work went into it, it must have been devastating to have done all that work for nothing. #Teesdale
A Millstone carved out of solid rock lies abandoned in a forest. It has a crack running from the left side right up to the centre hole, which would have been devastating for the workers given they were carved with hand tools and the workers were often only paid for finished stones . Such stones were carved from Roman right times up to the early 1900's.
August 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM