Wild Garlic

Nikkor 24-70/2.8 S @52mm, f2.8, (Photomatix 3 exp/2 EV range), Nikon Z 6 Midday spring; new growth emerges from the ground as the soil gets bioactive and the unmistakable scent fills the air. Surrey Hills (reserve)

Stump-tailed Macaque

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @300mm, f8, high ISO (5000), Nikon Z 6; Morning, nearly bottom of the jungle Assam

Egret

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @370mm, f8, Nikon Z 6; Late morning, intermediate egret, dragonfly; the tree trunk in the background is a branch of a large tree laying on the ground. Rajasthan wetlands

Grazing Lands

Sigma 100-400 OS C @135mm, f5.3; Nikon D600, Ecuador Semi-wild pastures breaking cloud forest at mid-elevation in a harmonious way (the forest extends down below and above them). They increase feeding opportunities, diversity and hold back erosion. This sort of clearings was done in nature for tens of thousands of years across the planet, and benefited us as hunters.

Beneath the Sorrow Tree

Nikkor 14-24G @14mm, f11; Nikon D600

Homestead

Sigma 100-400 OS C @240mm, f6.3, ISO 1400; Nikon D750 Autumn, early morning from Himalaya

Bread

Sigma 50/1.4 A @f7.1, built-in flash; Nikon D600 710 BC

Woodland

Nikkor 70-200/4 VR @130mm, f9, Nikon D600 spring; early evening; the magnificent broadleaf wood Strandzha

Past the Corner

Nikkor 24/1.8G @f1.8, twilight; Nikon D600 (mild) distortion uncorrected, vignetting partially Danube Delta

Hut

Sigma 50/1.4 A @f1.6; D600

Flowers For Mary Stanford

Nikkor 70-200/4 VR @125mm, f11; D600 lifeboat house, October

The Path Home ; Vetti

Nikkor 24-70G @27mm, f11; D600

Meadow Window

Sigma 50 A f9, flash, ISO 200, Wales; D600 A better status house built around 1508. With a fire in the middle of the floor the smoke went out through the roof; the window served as a vent to bring air into the smoke filled house.

Wild Beaches

Nikkor 70-200/4 @70mm, f5.6, West Coast NZ D600

Te Kahurangi ll

Nikkor 70-200/4 VR @175mm, f8, 1/13 with flash, ISO 400; D600 Precious gift ll (Maori), Forests in the north of the South Island

Looking In The Fire

Sigma 50/1.4 A @f4.5, Neanderthal; D600

Fern ; West Coast Forest

Nikkor 70-200/4 VR @110mm, f4; D600

Glimpses ; Afon Prysor

Sigma 50 A @f7.1, Gwynedd; D600

Status

Sigma 50/1.4 A @8; D600 Jadeite Axehead (the stone or the Axehead itself brought from the Alps), unusable as a tool cca 3500 BC, stone as material still predominant, London area. Despite the seeming we haven't change much since.

Never Gone

Nikkor 70-200/4 VR @110mm, f4; D600 1860s, Wharenui

Window

Sigma 50 A @f5.6, D600 English/Welsh border, Parish Church 12th c. f.

Levada

Nikkor 14-24 @15mm, f9, valley of Ribeira da Janela, Madeira; D600