Nature
Nature photography often requires patience, skills and ingenuity to capture the living world. HPS members enjoy flora and fauna photography, both close to home and further afield.
Jennifer Allong - The Nutcracker - Grey Squirrel photographed at Golden Acres Park near Leeds - May 2026 - using Panasonic Lumix FZ82.
George Marczak - So Tyred - V&A (Victoria & Alfred) Harbour Cape Town Sth.Africa. A very tired fur seal. Pixel 9a phone 11m from subject, F/1.7, 1/1003 sec, ISO-26, 24mm focal length (35mm equivalent)
Duncan Snell - Sparrowhawk on the attack - Taken at a local nature reserve near Harrogate in 2025 usng a Nikon Z6iii with a Nikon 180-600mm zoom. Camera set at 1/2000 sec at f7 ISO 2500.
Mike Gosling - Puffin - An early season shot of a puffin preparing the burrow. Lunga Island. May 2026
Brian Atter - Lapwing disagreement - Nikon Z8, 600 f/6.3, 1/3200s, f/6.3, ISO 900 Nosterfield Reserve 7 May 2025
Ian Beck - Sea Otter - On a trip around the NC500, the Otter was busy hunting.
Ian Beck - Puffin, Farne Islands - A trip to the Farne Islands where Puffins were building nests.
Michelle Bray - We Three Puffins of Inner Farne - OM 1 Mk 2 ; Oympus 150-400 lens ss1/2500 F5 local length 150 ISO 800 The image was taken during a day trip to the Farne islands in May 2025
Brian Atter - Gannet fly-by - Nikon Z9, Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6, 1/1600s, f/5.6, ISO 140 Bempton Reserve, 23 May 2025
Steve Colbourne - The Ballerina - Studley Royal, Fountains Abbey November 2024 Sony A9, Sony FE 200-600mm 1/1000, F7.1,iso 100, 600mm
Steve Colbourne - Barn Owl - May 2026 Sony A1ii, Sony FE200-600,1/2500,F5.6,iso 8000, 257mm
Alistair How - Noisy neighbours - Taken on Icelandic cliffs where mating was in full swing, and lots of territorial squawking! Nikon Z8
Jennifer Allong - Four-spotted chaser - Dragonfly photographed at Adel Dam nature reserve - May 2026 using Panasonic Lumix FZ82
Mike Gosling - Bempton Gannet - Close up detail of a gannet from Bempton Cliffs.
Nigel Harcourt-Brown - Fighting for survival on the Pantanal - An epic tussle between a jaguar and cayman in the shallows
Mike Morley - Aurora at Vestrahorn in Iceland - After a long wait out in the cold, I stood in the shallows of the sea with boots full of icy water just to get this reflection. Taken with Nikon 14-24mm lens at f/2.8 with 6 seconds and ISO 3200
Michael Gough - Stags at Studley Royal - Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 second, ISO 8000
Michelle Bray - Watching you watching me - Olympus OM 1 and olympus 40-150 lens at 150mm, F2.8, ISO 5000 ss 1/1000 The image was taken at Snaizeholme red squirrel reserve in Widdale
Michael Gough - Barn Owl - Canon 7D, Sigma, 150-600mm, 1/125th second, f/6.3,ISO 12800
Fintan Healy - There be gold on that there rock - Taken from Trebarwith Srand, Cornwall. Hasselblad X2D 100C. 8 seconds at f/11 and ISO 60. ND Filter and Tripod.
Fintan Healy - God's Rays - Taken from Great Staple Tor, Dartmoor. Handheld using a Hasselblad X2D 100C - 1/90 second, at f/13 and ISO 100
Alistair How - Icelandic Horse - Known for their hardiness, these horses are able to withstand extreme cold. Nikon Z8
Mike Hudson - Young Woodmouse - National Trust Plas Yn Rhiw, Wales. Pentax K-5 ii, Pentax 55-300 zoom
George Marczak - Hopeful Ostriches - Family of wild Ostriches at the Cape of Good Hope Sth.Africa Feb 2026. Panasonic Lumix DC-S5, F/6.3, 1/160 sec, ISO-100, 60mm focal length
Jackie Martin - Grey Heron in Flight - OM1 mkii with M.Zuiko 150-400 TC1.25x f4.5 PRO - 490mm f5.6 1/2500 ISO 1250. Grey heron flying away from me over Loch na Keal Isle of Mull 23-03-2026
Brian Atter - It must be Love - Nikon Z8, 600mm f/6.3, 1/2500s, f/6.3, ISO 90 Marfield Wetlands
Jackie Martin - Grey Wagtail on the River Nidd - OM1 mkii with M.Zuiko 150-400 TC1.25x f4.5 PRO - 400mm f9.0 1/400 ISO 8000 Grey wagtail catching a fly on the River Nidd taken 17-03-2025
Mike Morley - The craziest tree in the forest - Taken with a 360 degree camera. Records everything around it in all directions and which can then be edited in any chosen direction so that it can be stretched around itself so that the other trees now become the branches of the nearest tree.
Mike Hudson - European Garden Spider - Back Garden. Pentax K-5 ii, Pentax 100 macro lens
Jackie Martin - Curlew in the Yorkshire Dales - OM1 mkii with M.Zuiko 150-400 TC1.25x f4.5 Pro - 445mm f5.6 1/2000 ISO 640. A curlew was flying around its nest protecting its chick from predators - 04.06.2025
George Marczak - Robben Island Penguins - Penguins on Robben Island with Cape Towns Table Mountain. Feb 2026 Lumix DC-S5, F/16, 1/4000 sec, ISO 3200, 90mm
Tim Needham - Elusive Jay - Nikon Z8 Tamron 50-400mm, F6.3, 1/800s, ISO4500
Tim Needham - Egret on the Wharfe - OM-1 Mk II, Olympus 100-400mm, F7.1, 1/160s, ISO 800
Mike Morley - Gannet delivering nest material for it's partner - Gannets at RSPB Bempton taken with a Nikon Z8 and 180-600mm lens
Tim Needham - Northern lights Norway - OM Systems OM-1 Mk II, OM System 8-25mm, F4 3.2s, ISO 3200
Steve Preston - Cormorants in the morning sun - By the Rio Sequa, Tavira, Portugal. Caught as I walked by the river. Had to be quick before they flew off. Canon EOS R7, RF-S 18-150mm, at 150mm, F7.1, 1/1000, ISO 640