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End frame: ‘Point 660 2’ by Olaf Otto Becker
Darren Ciolli Leach chooses one of his favourite images
Nature in the Netherlands
Home advantage
Anna Morgan
Featured Photographer
Bill Ferngren – Portrait of a Photographer
Complexity through simplicity in photography
Alpine Flora of Tasmania
Places of limitless beauty

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Tim Parkin

Last week, we had a pretty special event for those in the Northern or Southern latitudes. A coronal mass ejection (CME) flung charged particles out into space and right into the Earth. When it arrived, it was diverted by Earth’s magnetic field into the north and south poles. So far, that’s fairly common. However, the speed of the ejection (G5 rated) meant that the they overwhelmed the magnetic field and sent particles into the sky as far south as Southern England, Germany, Ireland and quite a lot of Australia and New Zealand (although in a turn up for the history books, Scotland had clear skies and it was overcast in parts of Australia!).

As I’m not particularly good with astrophotography, I only had a look out of the window, but one of my colleagues, Richard Fox, went out to some fields near Stirling and got the stunning photograph you see below. I’m sure you’ve seen more than a couple of aurora images in the last few days and I also hope you got your chance to see an aurora for the first time. As much as some photographers are a bit negative about it as a photographic subject, it has to be said that it is one of the wonders of the world and I can only imagine what our ancient ancestors would make of it! (you have to presume Bifrost, the shimmering path to Midgard, might have been the aurora).

Richard Fox | Looking South from Kippen, Stirling

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End frame: ‘Point 660 2’ by Olaf Otto Becker

One of the things that really struck me about this image was the almost theatrical juxtaposition of the figures somewhat inappropriately dressed, standing on the Glacier, almost oblivious to the environmental crisis it is facing. more

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Nature in the Netherlands

I am strongly considering giving nature in the Netherlands another chance and taking up a new book project here. But first, of course, I want to finish my project on European canyons. We really don't have those in the Netherlands! more

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Anna Morgan

I hope they show a reverence for the natural world that you experience every day. We are surrounded by nature everywhere, even among the high rises of the big cities - it may feel less pervasive in urban areas, but we are not separated from it. more

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Bill Ferngren – Portrait of a Photographer

Another aspect of Bill’s photography that is worth noting is the way in which he is able to showcase tranquility in his photography in such a consistent fashion. more

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Alpine Flora of Tasmania

Being able to observe Tasmania’s beauty through the ground glass of a large format camera is always a tranquil and moving experience, regardless of what I am photographing. more

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