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David Taylor Photography
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Landscape photographer (www.davidtaylorphotography.co.uk) who lives and works in Northumberland. Writes books. Runs photography workshops. And has far too many tripods.
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Female mallard with leucisism, a genetic disorder that causes a partial loss of pigmentation in the feathers, seen on Hexham Reservoir in Northumberland, England... #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #northumberland #unitedkingdom #mallard #duck #nature
Close-up of the head of a female mallard. The beak is orange and the feathers are pale and speckled.
February 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The remains of the ruined jetty on Holy Island, silhouetted against a stormy winter sky... #Northumberland #HolyIsland #Lindisfarne #longexposure #winter #seascape #unitedkingdom
A dark and blue image of jagged wooden posts sticking out of the North Sea, silhouetted against a stormy winter's sky.
February 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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On 9 February I'm on Holy Island, running the first 2025 Northumberland Landscape Photography Workshop with fellow landscape photographer Jason Friend. If you're interested in joining us on this or another workshop, please visit my website...

#NorthumberlandPhotography #LandscapePhotography
Orange light from late afternoon winter sun lighting the ruins of Holy Island Priory.
February 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Wintry twigs backlit against a sun-dappled Loch Assynt in the Scottish Highlands. Shot with a 45mm f/1.8 lens, set to f/2.5 for minimum depth of field for soft out-of-focus highlights...

#scottishhighlands #lochassynt #scotland #bokehballs #nature #sunlight
Twigs silhouetted against a lake, with bright out-of-focus highlights surrounding the twigs.
February 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Feeling blue... Rocks on Loch Broom near Rhue in Sutherland, Scotland, shot during the blue hour before dawn on a cold winter's morning...

#scottishhighlands #sutherland #bluehour #scotland #scottishlandscapes #landscapephotography #longexposure #ullapool
Foreground rocks jutting out into a calm blue loch with a mist-covered mountain in the far distance.
January 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Flats in Newcastle er... flattened visually through the use of a telephoto lens...

#newcastleupontyne #newcastle #olympus #omsystem
A jumble of flats and apartment buildings in Newcasle upon Tyne, England
January 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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A (waning) moon playing peek-a-boo in the clouds first thing this morning...

#moon #fullmoon #northumberland #hexham #landscapephotography #nightsky
A nearly full moon bright against a cloud purple-blue sky.
January 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Took the opportunity to head up to Hadrian's Wall before the temperature rises this week and the snow melts. I ended up shooting at the curiously named 'Limestone Corner' at Teppermore...

#hadrianswallcountry #northumberlandnationalpark #northumberland #limestonecorner #winter
Sunlit rocks on a winter's afternoon, with snow covering the surrounding landscape.
January 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I work in the loft space of my house. It's not freezing up here, but it is colder than the rest of the house. My dilemma is whether to move downstairs where it's less frigid. Which will be a faff. Or just wrap up well, work on photos that have fire in them and just pretend that I'm warm...
Five vertical matches in a row being lit by a sixth horizontal match against a black background.
January 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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I guess when you're fully waterproof (and have useful layer of insulating blubber), you don't have to worry about large waves right behind you...

#whitleybay #seals #northumberland #stmarysisland #unitedkingdom #marinemammals #landscapephotography
Seals basking on rocks with large waves crashing behind them.
January 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Here's to 2025 and a new year (not long now...). Hopefully next year you'll find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow...

#hexhamabbey #hexham #northumberland #tynevalley #tynedale #happynewyear2025
A rainbow shines over Hexham Abbey in the Tyne Valley, Northumberland, United Kingdom.
December 31, 2024 at 9:57 AM
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24/24 / And so, Merry Christmas. I hope you and yours have a marvellous few days! #christmascountdown #adventcalendar #hexham #northumberland
A urban scene with houses and a church covered in snow, with the words Merry Christmas! overlaid.
December 24, 2024 at 10:08 AM
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23/24 / Every winter the ICEHOTEL in Sweden is rebuilt from scratch using around 1,000 tonnes of ice, the equivalent of 700 million snowballs... #christmascountdown #adventcalendar #icehotel #sweden
The frozen interior of the ICEHOTEL in Sweden, with transparent ice pillars holding up an arched snowy roof.
December 23, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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22/24 / Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in 1882 by Edward H Johnson, a colleague of inventor Thomas Edison. Before then it was traditional to decorate trees with lit candles, which doesn't bear thinking about... #christmascountdown #adventcalendar #hexham #christmaslights
Vertical photograph of white Christmas tree lights in a street in the town of Hexham in Northumberland, England
December 22, 2024 at 11:35 AM
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21/24 / Today (21 December) is the winter solstice (shortest day/longest night) in the northern hemisphere and summer solstice (longest day/shortest night) in the southern... #christmascountdown #adventcalendar #wintersolstice #isleofskye #scottishhighlands #landscapephotography
December 21, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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20/24 / The black hellebore is also known as the Christmas rose as it flowers in midwinter. One legend associated with the plant is that it grew from the tears of a young girl, who cried as she had no gift for the Christ child in Bethlehem... #christmascountdown #adventcalendar #christmasrose
Close-up of a Black hellebore or Christmas rose flower.
December 20, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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19/24 / After the Queen's Speech, it was a tradition on Christmas Day for UK lighthouse keepers to serenade their neighbouring light with a carol. The songs were broadcast over radio using a special frequency... #landscapephotography #adventcalendar #stmarysisland #whitleybay #northumberland
St Mary's Lighthouse on a winter's morning. In the foreground are rocks lit by the rising sun.
December 19, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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18/24 / There is compelling geological evidence that some 600-700 million years ago or so our planet was entirely covered in ice, a time known to geologists as 'Snowball Earth'... #christmascountdown #adventcalendar #ice #northumberland #macrophotography #science
Close up photograph of ice crystals.
December 18, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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17/24 / The Vikings gave Britain the word 'Yule', which is derived from Jól - an old Norse term for the Vikings' twelve-day winter solstice festival... #christmascountdown #adventcalendar #seatonsluice #northumberland #tomnewstead #shantiart #landscapephotography #photography
A sculpture of a Viking warrior on his long boat, lit by flashlight on a cloudy pre-dawn morning.
December 17, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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16/24 / A surprising 64% of people don't know what to buy their photography-obsessed partners for Christmas. Probably. If you're stuck then help is at hand. Vouchers are available for my 2025 Northumberland workshops. Details on my website... #christmascountdown #adventcalendar #northumberland
A photographer silhouetted against a sunset sky on heather moorland in Northumberland.
December 16, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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15/24 / In the UK, it's considered to be a white Christmas if a Met Office observer (or automated weather station) sees at least one snowflake falling on the 25 December... #christmascountdown #adventcalendar #northumberland #hexham #whitechristmas
Abstract photograph if snow and ice covered branches of a deciduous tree.
December 15, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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14/24 / Modern huskies are descended from Chutlotka sled dogs, bred some 4,000 years ago by the Chukchi people of Siberia... #adventcalendar #christmascountdown #husky #sweden
A husky peering through a cage surrounded by snow and ice.
December 14, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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13/24 / In the UK (excluding upland areas), it's statistically more likely that you'll see snow at Easter than on Christmas Day BUT only when Easter is in March... #hexhamabbey #northumberland #adventcalendar #christmascountdown #northumberland #photography #unitedkingdom #winterweather
Hexham Abbey in Northumberland almost lost from view in a heavy snowstorm
December 13, 2024 at 10:44 AM
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12/24 / The UK toy market is worth £3.4 billion, with a roughly half of toy sales happening in the three month run-up to Christmas and a quarter of those sales in December... #adventcalendar #christmascountdown #beamishopenairmusuem #countydurham #nostalgia
An old tin toy in the form of a smiling driver with a moustache and wearing a top hat and checked blue suit.
December 12, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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11/24 / In the UK, Christmas Day is the only day of the year when electricity use peaks in the early afternoon and not at teatime. Demand drops off once the nation's Christmas lunches are cooked... #adventcalendar #christmascountdown #hexham #northumberland #architecturalphotography
A street in the market town of Hexham, Northumberland, lit by Christmas lights.
December 11, 2024 at 5:21 PM