Shenstone photography

Waves crashing with rays of the sun coming through the clouds above

Waves approaching a rocky shore

The late sun shines on an inlet on a rocky beach

People seemed to like some of my B&W stuff the other day so I thought I would share a little more

These were all taken on Porthcawl beach in South Wales UK

#OMsystem #Olympus #Landscape #Landscapephotography #B&W #BlackandWhite #Sea #Waves

The islands of Flatholm and SteepHolm on a grey day with sea in the foreground and a moody sky above. Rendered in Black and White

Penarth Seafront with building on the left and the sea on the right. Rendered in Black and White

Penarth Pier Rendered in Black and White

It's grey and moody outside so here are a few pictures that match the mood from South Wales

#OMsystem #Olympus #B&W #BlackandWhite #Landscape #Landscapephotography #Seaviews

Portrait of Mary Anning wearing a green cloak and straw bonnet, holding a hammer and with a basket over her arm.

Extract from a newspaper: 'Mary Anning, a female in humble lite, residing at Lyme Regis having by great industry and perseverance attained considerable proficiency in the science of Geology, was lately, by the sudden death of a gentleman to whom she had entrusted, without receiving any acknowedgement, a small property of about £200, the fruits of her savings, to invest for her in the most advantageous manner reduced to straitened circumstances, while her health was impaired from the hardship to which she had exposed herself, and the distress of mind consequent on her loss. A number of the most distinguished members of the Geological Society, Messrs. Lyell, Murchison, Drs. Buckland and Bostock, Colonel Sykes &c., interested themselves very much for this meritorious individual, and represented her case to Lord Melbourne with a view to obtain a small pension for her. His Lordship found, on inspecting the pension list, that it was full; and considering that Mary Anning is one of those individuals on whom it was intended that the public bounty should be bestowed, he ordered £300 to be granted to Trustees to be disposed of in the manner which they might conceive best adapted for securing to her some provision for her declining years'

February 1836: newspapers across the country report that #MaryAnning, defrauded of her savings, had been awarded £300 from the government after her friends at the Geological Society lobbied the Prime Minister. With a further £200 they had collected in Dublin in 1835, this gave her an annuity of £25.

Portrait of Mary Anning in a green cloak and a straw bonnet tied with a red ribbon. She holds a hammer and has a basket over her arm.

Great to learn today that a new mineral has been named after #MaryAnning. Anningite-Ce (Ca0.5Ce4+0.5)(VO4) was identified, appropriately, in a coprolite from the Cretaceous Gara Samani Formation in Algeria.
www.mindat.org/min-471626.h...

This should be of interest to anyone involved with #birdingWales #ukwildlife #naturephotography #ukbirding definitely something to take a look at when it's too wet and snowy to be diing it yourself!

Wooden sculpture of a red kite in a nature reserve in south Wales

Carved words on a rock outcrop in south Wales which translate in English as "God Loves You"

Some interesting stuff spotted on a long walk today

Aren't people inventive

Limestone and mudstone cliff at the beach in south Wales

View out from a sea cave

Enjoying a walk on the Llantwit Major beach and exploring the sea caves today

Incredible scenery and interesting geology

#landscapephotorgraphy #coast #caves #jurassic

Especially as you have a history of coming off horses 🤣🤣

A relevant article on the Cardiff Naturalists Society website

www.cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/htmfiles/150...

Old Olymmpus camera sign in Valetta, Malta

Old Olymmpus camera sign in Valetta, Malta #OMsystem #Olympus #Photography

Looks good, but just make sure you need all that there's nothing worse than overloading for giving you trouble

Well of course feathers are just complex shaped scales #aviandinosaurs 😁😁

MY Grandad's collections are there now.

Sadly not geology, but gardening (AKA Archaeology). We visited a couple of years ago to donate some extra stuff to the collection that I had passed on from an uncle that made more sense to be with the collection than my loft 🤣🤣

Multi coloured wooden beach huts

It's filthy weather outside and forecast for even more tomorrow so here's some nice colours taken in #scarborough #yorkshire on a nice sunny day

#beachhuts #Olympus #OMsystem

Not sure that you meant this... But I went caving once. Still doing it nearly 50 years later 🤣🤣

You call it spelunking, we call it caving. Coniston copper mines UK.

Great to see this impressive waterfall!

It's a long time since I visited iceland and all my pictures are on slides which I must scan. Now I have an easy to use system that screws onto my OM cameras it's a lot easier... maybe this winters project :)

Coastal sunset with reflection of the last of the sun on the sea

Coastal sunset with reflection of the last of the sun on the sea

Coastal sunset with reflection of the last of the sun on the sea

Sometimes you just have to sit and wait for the sun to do its thing and enjoy every minute.

#Gnerja #Malta #Sunset #Coast #OMsystem #Olympus #landscape #seascape #fourthirds

Back in the mists of time Back in the mists of time we had an idea to help the National Museum of Wales by cleaning / conserving / scanning and digitising the Morrey ...

Quick update on some of the final numbers from the Salmon project

cardiffnaturalists.blogspot.com/2025/10/back...

#birdphotography #nationalmuseumofwales #amgueddfacymru

Colonel Morrey Salmon with glass plate camera taken in the 1980s

Colonel Morrey Salmons' first birding and photography diary covering 1903-1908 is now online at cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/htmfiles/Sal...

#birds #photography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #earlyphotography #Cardiff #CardiffHistory #wales #WelshHistory

Tritons’ Fountain/ Il-Funtana tat-Tritoni, Valletta, Malta

Hand held at 1/15th using available light whilst on holiday. I love the image stabilization on this camera

#omsystem #olympus #OM1 #landscape #travel #culture

It wasn't the first time he'd claimed something that wasn't the case. His "first wireless transmission over water" was beaten by Sir John Gavey www.cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/htmfiles/150...

I have that book, never expected to meet it for real, but here's a couple from when I put the actual specimen together back in 1986. A real first for the National museum of Wales #dinosaursfromchina

The first of the Salmon and Ingram transcribed documents are now online

A lot of hard work, more to come when time allows

cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/htmfiles/Sal...

#birdphotography #wildlife #Cardiff

Extract of the BGS Seabed Geology 10k: Bristol Channel (v.2) digital map. Showing the three layers of the dataset (Seabed Substrate, Geomorphology and Structural Geology) draped over the hillshade derived from MB data acquired by the CHP. Note that the legend only shows the features visible in the map extract.

Extended seabed geology map of the Bristol Channel published 🗺️ 🌊

Renewable energy infrastructure, whether on- or offshore, requires an in-depth understanding and accurate characterisation of the underlying geology. 🧵

Wildlife watching at home.

Phone photo through the patio doors of a frog in a flower pot

#amphibian #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wales #nature

You want me to respect the Earth..

Well I do, obviously a lot more than the person who spray painted on this bit of local geology

#omsystem #olympus #geology #landscapephotography #Triassic #Wales #BarryIsland

They are Peruvian lily, scientific name Alstroemeria

They are called Peruvian lily, scientific name is Alstroemeria

We have them in our garden in the UK

Yes the one in Cardiff was the original fossilized bone with some reconstuctions where needed. Weighed a ton!

Mamenchisaurus Dinosaur exhibit

Mamenchisaurus Dinosaur exhibit

Here's a couple of the cast in Nottingham in 2017. I could not get far enough for a decent angle in the photograph. They kindly provided a mirror as an alternative view which worked quite well