
Late evening light striking the yellow flower. But more interestingly are the leaves catching the light.
Fuji X100vi.

Late evening light striking the yellow flower. But more interestingly are the leaves catching the light.
Fuji X100vi.
Below are a set of images I took this morning using the Fuji X100vi. Mainly in and around the City of London
there are a couple taken on the fringes of the West End. Nothing to special, some colour, some high contrast black and white.

The Guildhall.
If your willing to pop out early on a Sunday morning the place is devoid of humans.

Modern buildings…They are ok up to a point but compared to architecture of yesteryear…Quite frankly uninspiring
lumps of glass and steel.

A high contrast black and white scene.

Tall, colourful glass and steel looming over the old terraced buildings below.

Old Italian cafe rubbing shoulders with the the new Thai next door.

The “10” reminded me of computer ones and zeros..binary.

Another high contrast scene.

Barbican Tunnel…Beech Street.

Long Lane looking towards Smithfield Meat Market.

Apart from the red triangle created by the footpath closed sign and the 2x red traffic cones. London is constantly being maintained and upgraded. The yellow signs indicate parking restrictions..Sadly London like most places have homeless people sleeping rough in doorways and alleyways. Here we can see a blue sleeping bag and a cushion.

London and most of the UK has been really wet and grey for days on end. This morning I took the Fuji X100vi out anyway just to see if I could find – something – I tried a few shots and they were so, so…I took a shortcut via a grubby alley and then turned around..Hmm ??….Wet footway and square windows on the top right that looked very white almost matching the sky.

The Millennium Wheel, Parliament in the distance and a pleasure boat conveying passengers down stream.
Nikon Z8 14-24mm.

I have walked past this barber shop on numerous occasions…But this morning the sunlight was directly illuminating
the three red chairs…With the red canopy, red chairs and then the woman in the distance wearing red coat it had to be taken. Fuji X100vi.

It looks like the deer is fenced in…But they had got into an area fenced off to protect the vegetation.
Nikon Z8 & 180/600mm lens.
Harsh bright February sunlight. Nikon Z5ii, 24-70, Deep Tone Monochrome.
Followed by a few post processing tweaks.

Littlehampton Coast Guard Tower.

Littlehampton beach front. Public seating with rows of Victorian housing behind their facades catching the light.

Littlehampton. As always there are beach huts to be found on the English coast.

Littlehampton.

Littlehampton. Gas tower.
Next up is Goring-By-Sea….More beach huts.

These ones caught my attention first just after I parked the car..

Same as above but a different angle.

I think, I prefer this shot over the other two because of the cloud in the top right corner gives a better balance.

No landscape photos to be had today (plenty of mud)…But we came across a group of horses and ponies.
Nikon Z5ii & 100/400mm lens.

Beach Huts, Herbrand Walk, Coden, East Sussex.
January 26th, 2026 the air is still and cold….The sky is leaden grey and seems endless…Stones are piled up towards
the huts pushed by the sea as it surges forwards and backwards.

Bexhill beach…Tide is out two people are fishing the English Channel.

Groynes stand like small soldiers protecting the beach from the onslaught of the sea.

De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill.

Lifeguard hut. Bexhill.

Bexhill On Sea.

Chairs and table waiting for winter custom….But everyone was huddled in the cafe. Finishing off in colour.

Fuji X100vi
A spur of the moment discussion over the phone and the decision made…Lets hit the Lake District for a couple of
nights. The weather forecast was for cold and clear. Setting off in the wee hours, after a 6hrs drive we arrived in Keswick. Below you can see a few photos of that trip.
I used the Nikon Z5ii with the following 2x lenses 24/70 f2.8 & 100/400 f4.5 to 5.6. Principally because this set up
gives very versatile focal range. Plus my handy Fuji X100vi take anywhere camera.

You may think ? Well that’s not very pretty…Yep, sure enough it is a very practical location to rest, refuel, and do
the necessary things that humans do enroute on the M6 motorway…. I could not resist the high contrast lighting.

We caught some of the last light on Derwentwater when we arrived.
Catbells on the left and Causey Pike on the right. A quick grab shot with the Fuji X100vi.

Fitz Park football pitch, Keswick.
Fuji X100vi.

Same again, different angle this time.

The Langdale Pikes.
Nikon Z5ii & 100/400 lens.

Single track road leading to Wasdale Head, Wastwater.
Fuji X100vi.

Wastwater looking towards Wasdale Head and the Cumbrian mountains.
Yewbarrow Fell is centre left, Great Gable in the centre, Scafell Pike on the right.
Nikon Z5ii & 24/70 with a 6 stop filter to smooth the water out.

Rusty old hut on the Cumbrian coast (Drigg sand dunes and beach).
Nikon Z5ii & 24/70.

This time looking at the sea.
Fuji X100vi.

Back in Keswick for some last light over Derwentwater again.
Fuji X100vi using the built in ND filter to smooth the water.

St Johns in the Vale. White farmhouse illuminated by the sun coming into the valley.
Helvellyn at the top with a dusting of snow.
Nikon Z5ii & 100/400.

Abstract boat reflection on Ullswater.
Nikon Z5ii & 100/400.

Light and shadow revealing the different layers of the fells. Ullswater area.
Nikon Z5ii & 100/400.

Green tips of the trees. Ullswater.
Nikon Z5ii & 100/400.

Blencathra, the sun revealing Sharp Edge a very popular route to the summit.
If you follow the Edge towards the summit the dark line is the path. There is a small figure just visible.
Nikon Z5ii & 100/400.
Finishing off with another shot of Derwentwater in portrait mode.
Nikon Z5ii & 24/70.

04:00 Up, dress, coffee, grab my gear and defrost the car. Not enough petrol..Dam..Quick stop at the local BP
to fill up. 1hrs 50mins later I’m at the destination roughly 85 miles traveled. It’s pitch black when I arrive at the
carpark…I look up and the sky is clear as a bell and full of twinkling stars..But its is super cold! Coffee and then I wait for blue hour. Not quite dark and not quite sunrise…But the hint of a dawn glow.

This first shot shows a gap between the trees.
Nikon Z5ii & 24-70 f2.8 lens.

And when you follow that gap you see this view point.
Nikon Z5ii & Viltrox 14mm lens.

Frozen pond. At Mogshade Hill there is a large’ish shallow pond…The light today really didn’t make it pop.
Abstract of the frozen surface..Revealing the frozen water patterns.
Nikon Z5ii & 24-70 f2.8 lens.