WHOLE HOG

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Spend most of the day with the family celebrating and eating lots of food.  The holy grail was the pig slowly roasting in the background.  This is why I could never be a vegetarian.

Canon EOS 70D - EF50mm f1.4

50mm / ƒ3.5 / 1/500s / ISO 400

MARKET ROCKS

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Buffalo Huddleston absolutely nailed it again tonight.  They always bring so much energy to the stage and never dissapoint!  Alana even managed to get on stage with Daniel.  Cheers guys, you made my little girls day :)

Canon EOS 70D - EF70-200mm f2.8L

125mm / ƒ3.2 / 1/800s / ISO 800

BLUE DASHER

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5 hours.  That's how long I have spent in the last two weeks hunting down a resting dragonfly and finally one landed right next to me.  Not my best shot but certainly not my last attempt this year.

Canon EOS 70D - EFS55-250mm f/3.5-5.6 STM

215mm / ƒ/6.3 / 1/1600s / ISO 400

SUMMER SOLSTICE

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16 hours of sunshine and the hottest June day since 1976!  This is how to cool down Guernsey style. All or nothing!

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/8/ 1/40s / ISO 400

24 DEGREES WEST

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The sea was almost like a mirror this evening.  Hardly a breath of wind and still hitting 24 degrees. Lush!  A pretty simple image, I just wanted to show the giant waves lapping at the shore with the buoy for scale :) 

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/8/ 1/40s / ISO 400

PINE CONES

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Lunch break with a view in my favorite place.  Felt like the Mediterranean out there today. 

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/8/ 1/500s / ISO 100

FATHERS DAY

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Finished off the weekend with a lovely BBQ at the in-laws then a sneaky dip in the jacuzzi.  The kids made the day even better.  Love my little sprogs :)

Canon EOS 70D - EF50mm f1.4

50mm / ƒ4 / 1/100s / ISO 100

UPSIDETOWN

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Perfectly still morning over GY1 with the odd ripple in the water from the yachtsmen wandering around.

Composing for a mirrored image is not as easy as it seems.

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

55mm / ƒ/8/ 1/60s / ISO 100

DUNES

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Almost the longest day of the year and it feels like summer is only just getting started.  

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/8/ 1/100s / ISO 400

CHICKEN LITTLE

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Wandering through the lanes of St Saviour, a gang of chickens and thir chicks blocked my path demanding food. I had no choice but to shoot them..in RAW.

Canon EOS 70D - EFS55-250mm f/3.5-5.6 STM

210mm / ƒ/7.1 / 1/250s / ISO 500

SUP

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SUP (Stand Up Paddle) is a great was to expolore the coastine in the hot dummer months.

Canon EOS 70D - EFS55-250mm f/3.5-5.6 STM

220mm / ƒ/11 / 1/400s / ISO 100

GOLDFINCH

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Standing around, waiting for a dragonfly to do another flyby (which it didn't) and this Goldfinch landed metres away from me.  Problem was I took one step closer and it flew away!

Canon EOS 70D - EFS55-250mm f/3.5-5.6 STM

250mm / ƒ/8 / 1/200s / ISO 200

HARD LIGHT

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Bright, sunny days are great for shadows and this paint brush just caught my eye.  The mix of old and new paint, strong shadow and the slightly rusty textures sold it for me.

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/8 / 1/400s / ISO 200

OLIVER

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Massive congratulations again to Jonny and Lessi on the birth of Oliver last week.  Welcome to the world little dude.

Canon EOS 70D - EF50mm f1.4

50mm / ƒ2.8 / 1/400s / ISO 400

RAINBOWS

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Rainbows celebrated their 30th birthday with a celebration in Herm.  Couldn't have asked for better weather for the girls.  Bless their cotton socks :)

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/7.1/ 1/320s / ISO 100

CAVE MAN

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Friday adventures into the unknown.  Always a little excitement when you know you shouldn't really be there.

NB.  This was a very risky climb down and I would highly recommend speaking to Outdoor Guernsey if you want to see the cave.  I did not get permission to be down there and it could have easily gone very wrong.

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/8/ 1/6s / ISO 1250

LACEWING LUNCH

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I went searching for a lacewing and I found one being eaten by a tiny spider. 

Canon EOS 70D - EFS55-250mm f/3.5-5.6 STM + Extension Tube 

70mm / ƒ/8 / 1/160s / ISO 800

MARKET SQAURE

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The picturesque Market Square on a quiet Tuesday evening.

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/8/ 1/400s / ISO 400

AMSTERDAM

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Rain or shine, there are still things to find.  This grasshopper was playing a game of hide and seek behind the blades of grass, occasionally peeking around to have a look.  Tricky lighting this low down in the grass and lying in the wet ground wasn't the best idea.

Canon EOS 70D - EFS55-250mm f/3.5-5.6 STM + Extension Tube 

120mm / ƒ/8 / 1/125s / ISO 800