Our son Zac doing his PADI Diving Course at Vobster Quay in the Mendips. Image taken on 18th August 2013. Settings were ISO 400, f8, 1/250th second.
Image of The Month
February 2016
Stingrays and schooling fish at the Stingray City dive site on the North Male Atoll in the Maldives. Image taken on the 29th December 2015. Settings ISO 200, f8, 1/125th second.
March 2016
Our son Zac peering into the small wreck on the Bandos House Reef on the North Male Atoll in the Maldives. Image taken on the 21st December 2015. Settings ISO 200, f8, 1/100th second.
April 2016
An “offset” image of the leaning tower of Pisa in Italy. Image taken during Easter 2016. Settings ISO 200, f16, 1/100th second.
May 2016
An image of my Malapascua dive guide “JN” taken after a dive at Gato Island in the Philippines. Image taken on the 19th September 2010. Settings ISO 100, f8, 1/350th second.
June 2016
A portrait of a Pipefish at Malapascua in the Philippines, taken on a night dive. One of the tiny shrimps that dart around in the lamp light is also in focus, something you can’t plan. Image taken on the 17th September 2010. Settings ISO 100, f22, 1/60th second.
July 2016
Face to face with a crab on a night dive off Malapascua in the Phillippines. Image taken on the 17th September 2010. Settings ISO 100, f22, 1/60th second.
August 2016
Preparing bait for Great White Sharks at Guadalupe off Mexico. Image taken in the summer of 2016. Settings ISO 400, f11, 1/640th second.
September 2016
A Great White Shark approaches the bait at Guadalupe off Mexico. Image taken in the summer of 2016. Settings ISO 400, f8, 1/160th second.
October 2016
A creative take on schooling fish, taken at Cape (Cabo) Marshall in the Galapagos. Image taken on the 14th June 2013. Settings ISO 100, f8, 1/15th second.
November 2016
Walking ashore at Alva Beach in Eastern Australia, after a day of diving the Wreck of the SS Yongala. Image taken on the 28th March 2007. Settings ISO 200, f16, 1/125th second.
December 2016
A Blue Shark in the offshore waters of Cornwall. Image taken on the 10th September 2016. Settings ISO 500, f6.3, 1/160th second.
January 2017
A creative view of the reefs of Grenada. Note the shrimp inside the sponge. Image taken on the 24th December 2016. Settings ISO 100, f8, 1/20th second.
February 2017
Our son Zac modelling for me in the underwater sculpture garden in Grenada. Image taken on the 28th December 2016. Settings ISO 160, f8, 1/60th second.
March 2017
A view of the Grenada’s underwater sculpture garden in the Caribbean. Image taken on the 29th December 2016. Settings ISO 125, f8, 1/160th second.
April 2017
A view of the ruined city of Plymouth on Montserrat in the Caribbean. Image taken in April 2017. Settings ISO 400, f16, 1/320th second.
May 2017
A view from the Rock of Gibraltar, with North Africa visible in the background. Image taken in May 2017. Settings ISO 400, f18, 1/200th second.
June 2017
The famous European Monkeys on the Rock of Gibraltar. Image taken in May 2017. Settings ISO 400, f18, 1/200th second.
July 2017
A rare Heath Fritillary at Blean Woods in Kent, near Canterbury. Image taken in June 2017. Settings ISO 400, f8, 1/60th second.
August 2017
A view from above of the runway and approach road at Gibraltar. Image taken in May 2017. Settings ISO 400, f16, 1/250th second.
September 2017
Beach huts on the coast North Kent, taken whilst parked on my motorcycle. Image taken in June 2017. Settings ISO 400, f16, 1/250th second.
October 2017
Time to get off the causeway at Lindisfarne on the North East coast. Image taken on the 8th September 2017. Settings ISO 1000, f16, 1/500th second.
November 2017
Snorkelling with Blue Sharks in the offshore waters of Cornwall. Image taken on the 2nd September 2017. Settings ISO 400, f4.5, 1/160th second.
December 2017
Parked up at Hadrian’s Wall in the England/Scotland borderlands. Image taken on the 9th September 2017. Settings ISO 640, f18, 1/250th second.
January 2018
A pair of resplendent Harlequin Shrimp photographed at Tulamben in Bali, Indonesia. Image taken on the 2nd August 2017. Settings ISO 400, f18, 1/100th second.
February 2018
A Blue Shark shot from above in the offshore waters of Cornwall. Image taken on the 2nd September 2017. Settings ISO 400, f8, 1/160th second.
March 2018
Schooling fish on the reefs of the North Male Atoll in the Maldives. Image taken on the 29th December 2017. Settings ISO 250, f8, 1/100th second.
April 2018
A turtle on the wall of Feydhoo Caves on the North Make Atoll of the Maldives. Image taken on the 26th December 2017. Settings ISO 250, f8, 1/80th second.
May 2018
A turtle encounter of the reefs of the North Male Atoll in the Maldives. Image taken on the 24th December 2017. Settings ISO 250, f8, 1/125th second.
June 2018
A Lapwing photographed from our hire car, on the island of Mull in Western Highlands of Scotland. Image taken on the 30th May 2018. Settings ISO 800, f8, 1/1600th second.
July 2018
A pleasing array of boats in the bay at Tobermory on the island of Mull in the Western Highlands of Scotland. Image taken on the 30th May 2018. Settings ISO 1000, f8, 1/200th second.
August 2018
A remote road on the South West of Ireland, taken on a motorcycle trip around the entire coastline. Image taken on the 10th . Settings ISO 250, f16, 1/250th second.
September 2018
Parked on the coast road along the Burren on the West Coast of Ireland. Image taken on the 11th July 2018. Settings ISO 400, f22, 1/100th second.
October 2018
The view from a café at Watlingford in the Chiltern Hills, taking shelter from a day of riding in torrential rain. Image taken on the 29th March 2018. Settings ISO 1000, f8, 1/60th second.
November 2018
The Lusitania image printed on a mesh, with the sea in the background on the South Coast of Ireland. Image taken on the 10th July 2018. Settings ISO 400, f16, 1/200th second.
December 2018
Celebration time after the Mexican Grand Prix in Mexico City. Lewis Hamiltton had just won his 5th World Championship. Image taken on the 29th October 2018. Settings ISO 800, f11, 1/160th second.
January 2019
Preparations for the Day of Dead Festival in Mexico City. Image taken on the 30th October 2018. Settings ISO 400, f11, 1/640th second.
February 2019
Riding in wintry conditions near the Sherwood Forest, en route back to Wiltshire from York. Image taken on the 2nd April 2018. Settings ISO 800, f14, 1/60th second.
March 2019
Angles on some metal framework, but I can’t remember where it was taken! Image taken on the 27th May 2014. Settings ISO 400, f16, 1/60th second.
April 2019
Modern photogenic architecture in Mexico City. Image taken on the 26th October 2018. Settings ISO 400, f22, 1/320th second.
May 2019
A crab in a photogenic spot underneath Swanage Pier in Dorset. Image taken on the 6th May 2018. Settings ISO 400, f8, 1/50th second.
June 2019
A colourful view through a window in central Rome, Italy. Image taken on the 13th April 2019. Settings ISO 400, f16, 1/160th second.
July 2019
A Honeycomb Moray Eel, with an open wound at the Stingray City site on the North Male Atoll of the Maldives. Image taken on the 29th December 2015. Settings ISO 200, f8, 1/125th second.
August 2019
A view of the town of St. Claude in France, once a centre of pipe making, taken on a motorcycle trip. Image taken on the 15th June 2019. Settings ISO 640, f16, 1/80th second.
September 2019
A tiny Bobtail Squid photographed beneath Bournemouth Pier. Image taken on the 23rd June 2018. Settings ISO 250, f22, 1/60th second.
October 2019
Up in the snow on the high passes in the French Alps. Image taken on the 17th June 2019. Settings ISO 500, f22, 1/200th second.
November 2019
A view through gauze of the Liverpool Docks area on Merseyside. Image taken on the 21st September 2019. Settings ISO 800, f5.6, 1/500th second.
December 2019
Our dive guide Fian after a dive in the Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi in Indonesia. Image taken on the 27th December 2018. Settings ISO 400, f16, 1/400th second.
January 2020
An image from Col D’Iseran on the Route Des Grande Alpes in the French Alps, taken from my motorcycle.Image taken on the 17th June 2019. Settings ISO 500, f16, 1/800th second.
February 2020
Strange reflections from the central harbour area of Marseille in the South of France. Image taken on the 21st June 2019. Settings ISO 1250, f14, 1/250th second.
March 2020
Backstreet image from central Havana in Cuba. Image taken on the 6th March 2020. Settings ISO 200, f8, 1/250th second.
April 2020
Incredible Shark action from the Gardens of the Queen off Southern Cuba. Image taken on the 13th March 2020. Settings ISO 250, f8, 1/200th second.
May 2020
An Eagle Ray in the blue waters of the North Male Atoll in the Maldives. Image taken on the 26th December 2019. Settings ISO 250, f8, 1/80th second.
June 2020
A view of the coast path a few miles South and West of Calais, taken on a motorcycle trip of the Normandy and Brittany coast of France. Image taken on the 9th August 2019. Settings ISO 800, f16, 1/320th second.
July 2020
A Bee Hummingbird, the world’s smallest bird, and an endemic to Cuba, photographed in a garden in the Bat of Pigs. Image taken on the 18th March 2020. Settings ISO 400, f8, 1/320th second.
August 2020
A mural photographed on our travels. Image taken on the 22nd October 2017. Settings ISO 1600, f9, 1/30th second.
September 2020
Close up detail of the unique tiny church on Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Image taken on the 20th August 2019. Settings ISO 500, f16, 1/320th second.
October 2020
A rare High Brown Fritillary photographed at Aish Tor on the Southern side of Dartmoor in Devon. Image taken on the 31st May 2020. Settings ISO 1250, f18, 1/500th second.
November 2020
A tribute to the singer Kathleen Ferrier on the wall of a café at Silloth on the Cumbria coast. Image taken on the 25th September 2019. Settings ISO 640, f7.1, 1/50th second.
December 2020
A Caribbean Octopus photographed on a night dive in Cuba’s Gardens of the Queen. Image taken on the 9th March 2020. Settings ISO 250, f22, 1/60th second.
January 2021
A view of the Sinai Mountains near Dahab in Egypt. Image taken on the 31st March 2013. Settings ISO 320, f11, 1/750th second.
February 2021
A view of a secluded bay on Ustica, off Northern Sicily. Image taken on the 9th August 2018. Settings ISO 400, f22, 1/200th second.
March 2021
A crocodile next to the dive boat in Cuba’s Gardens of the Queen. Image taken on the 13th March 2020. Settings ISO 100, f16, 1/40th second.
April 2021
A Large Tortoiseshell photographed at Church Ope Cove, Portland, Dorset. Image taken on the 2nd April 2021. Settings ISO 2200, f22, 1/1500th second.
May 2021
A mating pair of Duke of Burgundy Fritillaries at Battlesbury Hill near Warminster in Wiltshire. Image taken on the 7th May 2021. Settings ISO 200, f22, 1/250th second.
June 2021
A mating pair of Green Veined Whites photographed at the Lydford Old Railway Butterfly Reserve in Devon. Image taken on the 30th May 2021. Settings ISO 800, f22, 1/125th second.
July 2021
My first ever Purple Emperor photographed at the Knepp Wildlands in the South Downs. Image taken on the 2nd July 2021. Settings ISO 4500, f22, 1/1250th second.
August 2021
An amusing image of Fuzz, Matthew Oates and myself taken by a Knepp volunteer whilst we watched the first Purple Emperor of the season in the Oaks above. Image taken on the 2nd July 2021. Settings ISO 1400, f22, 1/60th second.
September 2021
A Small Blue, the UK’s smallest butterfly, photographed at Battlesbury Hill near Warminster in Wiltshire. Image taken on the 28th May 2021. Settings ISO 800, f22, 1/100th second.
October 2021
A pristine Swallowtail photograph at Hickling Broad on the Norfolk Broads. Image taken on the 13th June 2021. Settings ISO 720, f22, 1/320th second.
November 2021
A mating pair of Glanville Fritillaries photographed at Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight. Image taken on the 31st May 2021. Settings ISO 400, f22, 1/160th second.
December 2021
A freshly emerged Pearl Bordered Fritillary photographed at Aish Tor on the Southern flank of Dartmoor in Devon. Image taken on the 18th April 2021. Settings ISO 800, f20, 1/80th second.
January 2022
The colourful dwellings of Menton in the South of France. Image taken on the 20th June 2019. Settings ISO 500, f16, 1/500th second.
February 2022
Iguanas on a cay in the Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Image taken on the 11th March 2020. Settings ISO 400, f14, 1/640th second.
March 2022
A Caribbean Reef Shark underneath the boat in Cuba’s Gardens of The Queen. Image taken on the 11th March 2020. Settings ISO 200, f8, 1/125th second.
April 2022
A freshly emerged Wood White photographed on the coast path between Sidmouth and Branscombe in Devon. Image taken on the 19th April 2022. Settings ISO 560, f22, 1/320th second.
May 2022
Diving the sandy expanse near Maagiri Rock on the North Male Atoll in the Maldives. Image taken on the 27th December 2019. Settings ISO 160, f8, 1/320th second.
June 2022
A Mountain Ringlet at Irton Fell in Cumbria. Image taken on the 2nd June 2022. Settings ISO 1000, f22, 1/160th second.
July 2022
A pristine Purple Emperor photographed at Fermyn Wood in Northamptonshire. Image taken on the 24th June 2022. Settings ISO 1000, f22, 1/125th second.
August 2022
A Meadow Brown photographed at the Alners Gorse Butterfly Reserve in Dorset. Image taken on the 23rd July 2022. Settings ISO 1000, f22, 1/320th second.
September 2022
An Essex Skipper photographed on Salisbury Plain. Image taken on the 31st July 2022. Settings ISO 720, f22, 1/320th second.
October 2022
A Lulworth Skipper photographed at Tout Quarry on Portland in Dorset. Image taken on the 16th July 2022. Settings ISO 640, f22, 1/320th second.
November 2022
A Chequered Skipper photographed at Fineshade Wood in Northamptonshire. Image taken on the 22nd June 2022. Settings ISO 1000, f22, 1/320th second.
December 2022
A school of Shrimpfish taken on a night dive at Magic Pier, Buton Island, Indonesia. Image taken in the Autumn of 2022. Settings ISO 800, f22, 1/60th second.
January 2023
A male Brown Hairstreak photographed at the Alners Gorse Butterfly Reserve in Dorset. Image taken on the 23rd July 2022. Settings ISO 1600, f22, 1/160th second.
February 2023
A Tiger Shark at the Tiger Beach site off Grand Bahama. Image taken in February 2023. Settings ISO 1600, f8, 1/200th second.
March 2023
Shark action at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas including Tiger, Lemon, Caribbean Reef and Bull Shark. Image taken in February 2023. Settings ISO160, f8, 1/200th second.
April 2023
A huge Tiger Shark passes close at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas. Image taken in February 2023. Settings ISO 250, f8, 1/250th second.
May 2023
A Snake Eel photographed on the volcanic sands of the Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Image taken on the 24th December 2018. Settings ISO 250, f22, 1/60th second.
June 2023
A pristine turtle on the reefs of Wakatobi National Park, Indonesia. Image taken in Autumn 2022. Settings ISO 250, f8, 1/250th second.
July 2023
A pair of Cryptic Wood Whites on the same flower at Craigavon Lakes in Northern Ireland. Image taken on the 13th May 2022. Settings ISO 1000, f22 1/125th second.
August 2023
A Seahorse photographed on the volcanic sands of Buton Island, Indonesia. Image taken on the 29th December 2015. Settings ISO 800, f22, 1/60th second.
September 2023
A Silver Spotted Skipper, freshly emerged, photographed at Fontmell Down near Shaftesbury in Dorset. Image taken on the 3rd August 2020. Settings ISO 1000, f22, 1/320th second.
October 2023
A pristine Marsh Fritillary photographed at Battlesbury Hill, near Warminster in Wiltshire. Image taken on the 8th May 2022. Settings ISO 720, f22, 1/320th second.
November 2023
A Red Admiral photographed at the Whixall Moss National Nature Reserve in Shropshire. Image taken on the 22nd June 2022. Settings ISO 1000, f22, 1/250th second.
December 2023
Diving the Victory Wreck in the channel between Male and Hulehule International Airport in the Maldives. Image taken on the 2nd January 2020. Settings ISO 250, f8, 1/60th second.
January 2024
A male Blue Ringed Octopus photographed on Christmas Day in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Image taken on the 25th December 2018. Settings ISO 250, f25, 1/60th second.
January 2025
A Turtle rising up from the reef at a dive site near Bandos in the North Male Atoll in the Maldives. Image taken on the 30th December 2019. Settings ISO 250, f8, 1/125th second.
February 2024
A Mimic Octopus photographed at a dive site near Tulamben in Bali, Indonesia. Image taken on the 6th August 2017. Settings ISO 400, f18, 1/125th second.
March 2024
A female Holly Blue photographed at Branscombe on the South Devon Coast path. Image taken in 16th April 2022. Settings ISO 900, f22, 1/320th second.