https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog daily 1.0 2026-01-12 https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/safe-and-effective-e6ywp monthly 0.5 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1758215119994-PPQYUDSKA5UUZTFJBZNI/unsplash-image-lt1FyVuU7h8.jpg Blog - Should any government attempt to define morality for its citizens? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/safe-and-effective monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1684513509087-3TPACBYPJ1DVLDIVQQ8Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safe and effective - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/a-letter-of-gratitude monthly 0.5 2023-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610618123839-PSZ2Z0U02WPL8CW20O59/_A7R0456_DxO.jpg Blog - A letter of gratitude - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/the-journey-forwards monthly 0.5 2022-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/101fe0c1-b76b-4175-83d8-b5f0260f1dad/_A7R7856_DxO.jpg Blog - The journey forwards - Make it stand out A Somerset sunset https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/louis-pasteur-versus-antoine-bechamp monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/960f3f6b-d7fc-4333-b740-a4d66d2239ee/_A7R5333_DxO.jpg Blog - Louis Pasteur versus Antoine Béchamp - Make it stand out Our garden song thrush, singing away beautifully . . . https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/vibration-frequency-and-energy-levels monthly 0.5 2022-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/dbe161dc-50af-467c-9a28-3f4b2bde377d/_A7R7234_DxO.jpg Blog - Vibration, frequency and energy levels - Make it stand out Our garden song thrush, singing away beautifully . . . https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/a-long-winter- monthly 0.5 2022-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/8a21c862-bce5-42c3-98e7-34c79dd233bc/_A7R6750_DxO.jpg Blog - A long winter. . . - Make it stand out Our first snowdrops of 2022 https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/making-sense-of-it-all monthly 0.5 2022-04-02 https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/strength-in-unity- monthly 0.5 2022-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1637318679972-Q2F1Y8QAQXBQOW6UTD52/unsplash-image-Evo4wmtRaPI.jpg Blog - Strength in Unity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1637318603755-XU418GCFRK2GXJIEXKZ4/unsplash-image-Cecb0_8Hx-o.jpg Blog - Strength in Unity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/it-is-your-choice monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1633286309179-IH03R61SGI3BMEQ7HI9U/_A7R6300_DxO.jpg Blog - It is your choice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/freedom-of-thought- monthly 0.5 2022-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1632675569336-21RWR2ZKLLBXOBFZGN3W/_A7R6453_DxO.jpg Blog - Freedom of thought - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/the-greater-good- monthly 0.5 2021-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1630336578181-LIOZWTSDS1KZ52GN61EB/_A7R3775_DxO.jpg Blog - The greater good. . . - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/the-definition-of-insanity-is-repeating-the-same-mistakes-and-expecting-different-results monthly 0.5 2021-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1629980465237-8SLAX003MFLJI3UUKULO/_A7R6207_DxO.jpg Blog - The definition of insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/feeling-is-believing monthly 0.5 2021-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1626089104658-4FR4OGMNQZK7Y715DS1O/unsplash-image-ZCAiJPiO_98.jpg Blog - Feeling is believing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/losing-faith monthly 0.5 2021-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1621097618912-ZKOZAVQ1UR25H3O7HLAE/unsplash-image-QDrB90QAZWQ.jpg Blog - Losing faith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/the-modern-cuckoo-pushing-diversity-out-of-the-nest monthly 0.5 2021-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1617704561034-3VESBZ6SI70KQWM2GHO3/unsplash-image-wbjtXaOH1ac.jpg Blog - The modern cuckoo, pushing diversity out of the nest - As many of you will know from my previous posts, I am a fan of our more enlightened past, which in many ways we are still catching up with - and I don’t just mean the spiritual aspects of the ancient lifestyle. At some point it will become apparent that our ancient relatives were as technologically capable, if not more so, than we are currently - many of you will want to stop reading round about now, because the concept is so ridiculous when everything we have been taught has been to the contrary. So, let’s get a few examples out of the way to have something of a more level playing field. Many of you will have come across the Antikythera mechanism, which was discovered in 1901 and is a device that has been dated back to 200-100BC. It consisted of a set of bronze and other metals used to make a system of gears whose purpose was imagined but impossible to determine with any sense of certainty at the time it was discovered. Using modern techniques, we now know this device was used to track and predict the movements of the sun, moon, planets and even eclipses using a complicated set of gears, now described as the worlds first computer. The Baghdad battery was discovered in 1930 and consists of a clay jar, a copper cylinder and an iron rod. If the copper cylinder is filled with a weak acid like vinegar or grape juice it generates a weak voltage. Whilst it is impressive that ancient cultures might be able to design and build modest batteries, more worrying is that we have no idea why they would have needed batteries around 250BC. Possible examples include metal plating for jewellery, however, this would imply a level of understanding in physics and chemistry that we don’t associate with ancient peoples. The carvings at Abydos and the Saqqara bird are both remnants from ancient Egyptian culture that do more than simply hint at the concept of aircraft and powered travel, going back as far as 2,000BC. Whilst I cannot deny the possibility that they could illustrate something similar but unrelated, a helicopter, a speed boat and a submarine are a little too coincidental and most likely would not have been understood as representations of such until the 1900s. A great example of ancient information not understood at the time of discovery. The amazing engineering capabilities of the Romans is highlighted by the durability and resilience of their concrete, which may sound like an unusual source for praise but hear me out. Roman concrete is so good, modern organizations/municipalities are looking to replicate it due to it being environmentally more sound and having a much longer lifespan - Roman concrete exposed to marine conditions has been found with practically no wear after 2,000 years.. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/enlightenment monthly 0.5 2021-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1616150823435-E0PDVXOIYSC8PKM5H7Z0/unsplash-image-KBddzD_rWAE.jpg Blog - Enlightenment - Outside of my everyday life and hobbies, one area that has always fascinated me has been ancient cultures, because when you read the translations and motivations of ancient peoples, it highlights how similar we are and how little we as human beings have changed over the last few thousand years and maybe even further than that. We continue to struggle with certain aspects of what it is to be human, where did we come from and where will we go to. Why don’t we know about our past and how do we prepare for what comes after? I am not going to discuss religions here, what I will say is that it is the drive for someone to tell us that leads and keeps many people under different religious doctrines. Once you’ve read enough about these cultures, one area that tends to appear more often than not is the concept of enlightenment and it does so across all areas of life. So what is it? Well, there are actually several different aspects of this much used and poorly understood concept. In its simplest form, to enlighten means to bring light; or to give information to inform or instruct; to give spiritual or intellectual insight; to free from ignorance, false beliefs or prejudices. You could become enlightened about pretty much anything from a position of not knowing much about it. So is enlightenment the new found state of being after these changes? I am not so sure. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/look-to-the-fringes monthly 0.5 2021-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1611911134231-I20HC5ZEW7WTSCA1VM1N/The+fertile+crescent.JPG Blog - Look at the fringes….. - The dogma of modern disciplines illustrates that not only “history is written by the victors”. There were so many starting points for this weeks blog that I wasn’t really sure how to begin, so I’ll start with where my own personal journey started with my fascination of all things ancient Egyptian. As a much younger man I was intrigued by the highly colourful and hugely detailed artefacts that were associated with the great Egyptian Pharoahs, from the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun to the detailed drawing and depictions on the walls I once believed to have been in the pyramids. It was many years later that I realized that no Pharoah had been buried inside a pyramid and no pyramid had wall art associated with it. They were all buried under ground, in locations such as the valley of the kings. Most of the wall art you see are either associated with these burial centres or with the ancient temples that have survived. So if no one was buried in them and they weren’t decorated to indicate any kind of ceremonial use, what on earth were the pyramids built for? This started a rather long search for many answers about the ancient world, after all, as modern human beings we believe the ancients to be somewhat backwards in comparison - and this is the road down which so many of my early assumptions happily travelled, many of them not surviving the journey. If I couldn’t find the answers in Egypt, I thought I’d go even further back to understand where these ancient peoples were coming from. My next journey stop through the history books was Mesopotamia and the birth of documented human history. The Sumerians and Akkadians dominated this part of the ancient world, now described as the “fertile crescent” around 4,000BC - an even earlier primitive civilization. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/careers-and-jobs-which-one-are-you-looking-for monthly 0.5 2022-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1611051310665-X7YUH223WJTF6CVHU5X1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Careers and jobs, which one are you looking for? - A career is not simply having a job - why aren’t we taught the difference? At some point, maybe by your second or even third proper job, you have to start asking yourself, is this really the job for me? And it is a really good question! The problem is, its actually quite hard to tell. By the time you start working in a “proper” job, and I mean a full time, standard hours/shift type job, a few things start to hit home. The education you had isn’t exactly tailored to a specific job, most of the skill sets you’ll need will have to be learned and that most work places have their own culture, something very different to what you’ve encountered previously. So how do you know if it is the right job? You’ll need to do a little research about your role, other people’s roles in the same company and about yourself. Every work environment needs different things from its employees - the basics are hard work and dedication, a willingness to learn, the ability to receive and act on feedback (especially the uncomfortable kind), being able to prioritise what your team needs, sometimes ahead of what you want. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/times-of-change monthly 0.5 2021-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610819321687-C4NHF72UN8N2Q7A3AFS2/_A7R0492_DxO.jpg Blog - Times of change - What on earth is going on? The news at the moment is so chaotic, another Covid-19 lockdown (v3.0), the challenges of Brexit, businesses closing and only a minority of others succeeding through the stressful times we live in. There doesn’t seem to be a great deal of good news anywhere. Having grown up in the 70s and 80s, we had a rough mix of stock market crashes, fears over nuclear war between the USSR and the USA, little tolerance of self expression, not to mention the peak of the AIDS pandemic. Even after all that, everyone looks back nostalgically at how culturally rich the 80s were, especially if you like big hair, dungarees, long coats and heavy make-up! I can’t remember a time when fear was so actively propagated by the media and broadcast so consistently across the globe. Fear has gone viral, literally. The current reason for this is clear, to drive people to follow restrictions the government deems necessary to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The problem with this approach is that fear and stress have their own negative impact on health. From an evolutionary perspective, activating these systems was a response designed to minimize the energy put into maintenance of our body and our immunity, to ensure the energy could be redirected to help us evade an immediate threat. This role for fear and stress as a survival reaction is not as relevant today and I don’t imagine many of us are spending our time trying not to be caught and eaten! Living in an environment of fear and stress has the same impact on us, releases the same stress hormones and downregulates those same systems that we need for long term health, a robust immune system and maintenance of our body. This is why people with very stressful jobs are more likely to have poor health if that stress is not managed properly. This makes it hugely important that we all find ways to manage the stress inducing messaging we are receiving from the media. I don’t just hold governments responsible for this, our religious institutions need to take a long hard look at themselves too. As human beings we are not designed to live under high, continual stress - at the moment our leaders are not taking responsibility for the messaging being delivered and so we have to. Fear should never be the force that drives us to action, it belittles the spirit, stifles the journey of self discovery and limits our view of the endless, amazing possibilities that life holds. We all have more time on our hands than we are used to, take that time to invest in yourself in whatever shape that may be. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/category/Travel monthly 0.5 https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/blog/tag/Travel monthly 0.5 https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/landscape-gallery daily 0.75 2023-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610804621390-WKZ61R8Q19HIBD3M2F55/_A7R0456_DxO.jpg Gallery Take a seat. . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610892988590-G3EVF8A7DOT5RBQ6GFCE/_A7R0244_DxO.jpg Gallery The village of Minard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610814202627-6PBJT1ODDDQMNK2T5E0W/_A7R0691_DxO.jpg Gallery The long drive home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1611511869814-1GBWWM6YV3TBCVX4U5PW/DSC03779_DxO.jpg Gallery The Rocky mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1a3f030e-e2ac-45d7-a645-9a3d0598fdd1/_A7R6717_DxO.jpg Gallery Autumn in Lincolnshire, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/9e5729a5-76c6-4753-aa39-9e58dea256d8/_A7R6697_DxO.jpg Gallery Autumn in Lincolnshire, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1a339f3c-b25a-4d90-bfab-9adcbe8a1f5b/_A7R6686_DxO.jpg Gallery Autumn in Lincolnshire, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/0ca90d9d-6c86-49ff-861f-d1053a362fe6/_A7R7409_DxO.jpg Gallery North Somerset, view of the Bristol Channel, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/07e3374b-afe0-4b3e-a608-472606fde77e/_A7R7414_DxO.jpg Gallery North Somerset, view of the Bristol Channel, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/b6aebce1-fc26-4f65-aced-d0ec02250ea8/_A7R7412_DxO.jpg Gallery North Somerset, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/df3edabe-6274-40d3-9030-af61a82e764a/_A7R7856_DxO.jpg Gallery North Somerset, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/b9afbce8-3cb9-450c-95d8-4520ccfd35b6/_A7R8185_DxO.jpg Gallery North Somerset, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/33abf6aa-5102-481f-bc87-668d8bf76494/_A7R9270_DxO.jpg Gallery North Somerset, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/b17f1f71-0741-4076-8bf6-18fa2e78142c/_A7R9152_DxO.jpg Gallery North Somerset, UK https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/about daily 0.75 2021-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610625949742-LQ7HVEJP93RAUK5AK3EE/Image+2.JPG About - Currently I live in England and have had the opportunity to photograph many of the places I have visited and loved. Some of these places are local and others from much further afield, each has come with its own experience and memories. By profession I am a business manager and scientist, by hobby a photographer, golfer, cook and enjoyer of life. https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/wildlife-gallery daily 0.75 2023-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610893955959-717VJDI2VMHG8JE904PS/DSC02506.JPG Wildlife gallery Sophie, the world's greatest dog. Sony A350 - Sigma 70-300 F4-5.6 APO DG Macro 150mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610896147301-E152UWPKA7IBZYBNL83O/_A7R2722_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery A laid back squirrel, West Wickham, UK. Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS 600mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1611174104962-7ELD5Y5EI9I0TA4RTJF6/_A7R2144_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery A garden hoverfly, West Wickham, UK. Sony A7R3 - Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VXD 171mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1611174740465-8FINI48L8A8CVUGI7CEY/_A7R1741.jpg Wildlife gallery A young robin in our garden, UK. Sony A7R3 - Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VXD 180mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1613910673719-501TMGQ334GA2D469RNR/_A7R3573_DxO-1.jpg Wildlife gallery A red Kite, West Wickham, UK. Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS 600mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/a712712d-a163-4933-aae6-1985ea408b25/_A7R4016_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Buff-tailed bumble bee, West Wickham, UK. Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/d4867153-2cdf-48bf-955f-126c797779ee/_A7R4978_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery An incredible afternoon watching red kites stealing a meal of bread from a garden in West Wickham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/93c84676-be58-408b-bada-d5805175b37c/_A7R5057_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Amazingly a jackdaw attempted to retrieve the bread mid flight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/57b5fa9d-0c52-4a93-9843-8c586baec71c/_A7R5139_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/a157bc3f-75b8-4ac6-90c8-5249714b5434/_A7R5531_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/07285c66-14fa-40ce-b336-147dc0026ff2/_A7R5838_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Comma butterfly, Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/b37506f9-d682-42cf-bf67-f99dc2ff0c2b/_A7R6636_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Autumn in Lincolnshire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1a434fe0-db1a-41cc-a383-54e93cc08a80/_A7R6889_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery It is March and that can only mean one thing in the countryside - lambing time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/896dc5b8-e39f-44be-b8cf-0b140df25888/_A7R7001_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Even our local ducks are getting themselves spruced up for spring! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/8984d0fe-a480-4b86-9e81-70b2ba2218e1/_A7R7234_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Our garden local song thrush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/812c614d-ae57-4d4b-9189-5c11a139f722/_A7R9814_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Insects of Summer in Somerset 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610893977057-HBVTGOCNOA8GUFJV69GF/DSC02585.JPG Wildlife gallery Its a small world. Sony A350 - Sigma 70-300 F4-5.6 APO DG Macro 135mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610893983110-CJFK81KND08D9WML47VX/DSC00610.JPG Wildlife gallery A garden snail. Sony A350 - Sigma 24-70 F2.8 IF EX DG HSM 50mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610896166781-8IQU2RVUGV6IYJT180RX/DSC03726.JPG Wildlife gallery Chipmunk in Colorado, USA. Sony A350 - Sony DT 50mm F1.8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1611174239733-CFYYOFI6S0X8UBQ67MQT/_A7R2046_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery An English bumblebee, West Wickham, UK. Sony A7R3 - Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VXD 180mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610896381482-E0ULHNJOMVZ0XV3Z6A4K/_A7R2701_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery A red kite near West Wickham, UK. Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS 600mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/d05cc7e0-89c4-4e86-8c82-e032a3eacfc6/_A7R4023_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Honey bee, West Wickham, UK. Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/c0423b8d-9258-4479-95ee-102f5da660ab/_A7R4949_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Eating whilst flying is a very neat trick . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/76ca38d1-0d9c-47c5-a82a-57ac49776d42/_A7R5062_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/60665730-7427-49ce-85b1-f34b5a53d3a8/_A7R5169_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/d5bdc5be-a83b-432f-ac01-16c6be8d515f/_A7R3696_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Adult robin, garden UK. Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS 600mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/35081912-03f3-417f-a9f4-ccc9603578f5/_A7R4273_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Local military base Apache helicopter, a nice close fly by, West Wickham, UK. Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS 600mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/d5cfba6f-7ba3-4b93-bcd8-1346a2339c37/_A7R5818_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Hover fly Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/e41a48bd-386f-48d9-a3f9-9ddbf273fe26/_A7R5985_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Small white butterfly, Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/b4a05090-31ee-47c4-9c8b-ec54edf4fabe/_A7R6837_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/de210d4a-b8f8-41a3-8bb3-95945e6064e4/_A7R7007_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/8c432bf9-09f0-4d28-b25d-fa31c92003a0/_A7R7237_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/46b2b863-681b-4c75-8924-9d7510da7bd4/_A7R8110_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery A young pheasant in Somerset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/77bd7321-5c5d-4d05-b1dc-4189a5052702/_A7R9858_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/9a259626-91a2-4abb-be62-1a2519b547b5/_A7R4032_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Red tailed bumble bee, West Wickham, UK. Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/47ed795a-0e21-41c1-ab08-b446db824317/_A7R4996_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery . . . although not without risks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/4d6b5bed-3144-467b-b9db-96a95061670c/_A7R5082_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/87495506-0b78-48f2-b120-abed25365e79/_A7R3702_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery A young UK Blue Tit, garden UK. Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS 600mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/9829b584-863b-4c18-89f0-ac09f21cabc8/_A7R5735_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Hoverfly, mid flight! Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/8eca3910-8d18-4cb8-b5e0-4da34c80e578/_A7R5938_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Peacock butterfly, Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/f5669e69-ca26-47ac-b289-c6aa9df5ff8e/_A7R6841_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/7e327648-9b85-46f1-a826-9f724db080b3/_A7R7042_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/346f828e-9882-41d8-8d0a-c5ae395a1d8c/_A7R7245_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/909bf9c4-8968-4361-960b-633b710a2a24/_A7R9872_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/53b9a657-1164-41dd-a41f-bf6d3150e0b6/_A7R5084_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/d2540b16-bb9b-4044-b9c5-930cb6a99f4f/_A7R4882_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery A British wren enjoying garden life, West Wickham, UK. Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS 600mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/cc30534c-12e8-4333-948a-e70a6fe19757/_A7R6827_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/334ec818-4818-4ace-a2f8-5cb1a9986d6e/_A7R7026_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1610896018502-KZC1MP6MJZ22CY5K45JM/_A7R2576_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery Our local buzzard, West Wickham, UK. Sony A7R3 - Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS 353mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/cd1b7afd-c194-425a-ad40-f12bc5158385/_A7R5090_DxO.jpg Wildlife gallery https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/astrophotography daily 0.75 2021-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1632303529887-C4K7EKLF71MOP2AWZJ2J/_A7R6453_DxO.jpg Astrophotography - Make it stand out Sony A7R3, with Sony 14mm F1.8GM at F2.0, ISO 1600, 20s on a tripod https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1632303262115-YTB5EGCE5YLP50MQLQGJ/_A7R6443_DxO.jpg Astrophotography - Make it stand out Milky way over Lincolnshire. Sony A7R3 with Sony 14mm F1.8GM, at F2.0 ISO 2000, 20s on a tripod https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/architecture daily 0.75 2022-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1632770989231-85BU5NV8M4APV9CFKMMG/_A7R6552_DxO.jpg Architecture - Make it stand out Lincoln Cathedral, September 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1632771209704-WF4KWC6JQAZKQKZWUN1S/_A7R6530_DxO.jpg Architecture - Make it stand out Lincoln Cathedral, September 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/1632770768759-SCK9JYDXMWTE2IMUBT9H/_A7R6558_DxO.jpg Architecture - Make it stand out Lincoln Cathedral, September 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/54a50053-a421-4e43-be55-5dd39f49ad20/_A7R7449_DxO.jpg Architecture - Make it stand out A dreary day on Clevedon Pier, May 2022 https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/paranormal-images daily 0.75 2023-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/6e8511f0-ca3e-4583-a025-ebe378b2e2df/_A7R5647_DxO.jpg Paranormal images An unusual object that moved between photos, a standard A7R3 with a flash. It moved to the left between photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/016a569d-017f-4f4d-929c-daae07ce968e/_A7R5642_DxO.jpg Paranormal images A less obvious object, moves from between the branches to the right, took me a while to notice this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/b3d85c80-dbe4-4efa-9484-c1d973055723/_A7R5648_DxO.jpg Paranormal images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/be6af42d-9e45-435f-bc1a-ebb017845a03/_A7R5643_DxO.jpg Paranormal images https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/coasts-1 daily 0.75 2023-09-25 https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/coasts-1/fishguard-wales-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/3483d063-badf-4a39-bc12-8a1b1a6e32b8/_A7R0150_DxO.jpg Coasts - Fishguard, Wales, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/d63d395b-1b2b-46c4-952b-54ba66c53932/_A7R0154_DxO.jpg Coasts - Fishguard, Wales, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/758a2fa6-1fb9-4a64-872e-08af8823dc20/_A7R0156_DxO.jpg Coasts - Fishguard, Wales, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/9a6f5d7d-3b68-4074-838f-73025c8af6ab/_A7R0168_DxO.jpg Coasts - Fishguard, Wales, 2023 https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/coasts-1/pendine-sands-wales-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/bb1352ac-6085-408b-8904-3c712b00d86e/_A7R0088_DxO.jpg Coasts - Pendine sands, Wales, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/5eb6efd1-adf5-49a4-bc6f-7757e62fc42c/_A7R0091_DxO.jpg Coasts - Pendine sands, Wales, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/6edf8093-84ea-46c9-9dde-153452e7fdf0/_A7R0092_DxO.jpg Coasts - Pendine sands, Wales, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/a775e798-0fa2-4177-9726-cec29d28387a/_A7R0100_DxO.jpg Coasts - Pendine sands, Wales, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/8b802fea-2ff6-4d35-b958-28fe466fbd34/_A7R0121_DxO.jpg Coasts - Pendine sands, Wales, 2023 https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/coasts-1/tenby-wales-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/e4fdb815-5cd7-4610-95cd-060bb1ff4e54/_A7R0001_DxO.jpg Coasts - Tenby, Wales, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/e34fcd9b-5078-443b-a331-ce9afe502fc5/_A7R0012_DxO.jpg Coasts - Tenby, Wales, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/2194c63d-c8ff-42df-af59-d02670ceb5d7/_A7R0038_DxO.jpg Coasts - Tenby, Wales, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/f601313b-24fa-4669-80bc-f538ab1b9766/_A7R0059_DxO.jpg Coasts - Tenby, Wales, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/c53d4f94-274b-4c4c-98ea-25a090aa7e76/_A7R0071_DxO.jpg Coasts - Tenby, Wales, 2023 https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/coasts-1/saundersfoot-wales-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/8e885f83-bb30-4738-ac9d-67ac5090512e/_A7R0186_DxO.jpg Coasts - Saundersfoot, Wales, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/20421ebf-5103-4481-b90c-95906f3abe5b/_A7R0202_DxO.jpg Coasts - Saundersfoot, Wales, 2023 https://www.ownyourinspiration.org/coasts-1/bideford-coast-dorset-uk-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/69612517-823e-4778-bfdb-fb6ea46d2ec5/_A7R9896_DxO.jpg Coasts - Bideford coast, Dorset, UK, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/20a742c6-a4a6-49c5-9b22-c9c183bcaf5b/_A7R9954_DxO.jpg Coasts - Bideford coast, Dorset, UK, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffe062aeba14e4fee0deb6e/6d59d130-a474-4d73-8de1-aae097f3e74c/_A7R9976_DxO.jpg Coasts - Bideford coast, Dorset, UK, 2023