Essex Mugs

Crouch Valley Emporium at Battlesbridge, Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz filters. Nikon D7100 with Tamron 18-55 zoom.

Infinite road. Tilty, Essex. UK. Nikon D40X with Sigma 10-20 Zoom.

Downton meets Essex

Given the times, a healthy scanning of your environment is a good idea. Could be one is looking for the right path. Could be one is looking to avoid certain individuals. Could be one is looking to avoid a virus. A little suspicion can be good thing.

From Celebrity Big Brother and TOWIE, one of many quotes from Gemma Collins - “I’m claustrophobic Darren”.

A pink farmhouse in the Essex countryside.

Winter field. Near Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, UK. Nikon D60 with Sigma 10-20 zoom. Click here to see this as a Christmas card design along with other ideas

The railway bridge in Coopersale, Epping, Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon 1 J2 with Nikkor 10-30 zoom.

Snow covered trees. Epping Forest, Essex. Click here to see this as a Christmas card design along with other ideas

An old telephone junction box in Old Harlow, Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon D40X with Nikkor 18-55 zoom.

Railings at the old Takeley school that look bent enough for a small child to escape through. Takeley, Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz filters. Nikon D7200 with Nikkor 18-55 zoom.

St Peter's Churchyard Fyfield, Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz filters. Nikon D7200 with Sigma 10-20 zoom.

A chimney that dominates the Harlow skyline. Essex, UK. Nikon D40X with Nikkor 18-55 zoom.

My daughter watching the sunset near Thaxted, Essex, UK. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. This image has had a liquefied effect added. Nikon D3100 with Sigma 10-20 zoom.

Batemans Tower at sunset on a March evening, reflected in the calm water of the tidal paddling pool. (Image size = 1998x1998 pixels).

Beach huts, Mersea Island

Finchingfield in Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon D7100 with Sigma 10-20 zoom.

Finchingfield in Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon D7100 with Sigma 10-20 zoom.

Finchingfield in Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon D7100 with Sigma 10-20 zoom.

The Axe and Compasses pub, Aythorpe Roding, Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon D7100 with Sigma 10-20 zoom.

Roman Temple ruins in River Way, Harlow, Essex. The site can be reached through the industrial estate on River Way. It is on a small hillock, with the River Stort a little way to the north. Information boards supply a history of the Temple, which is marked out with paving slabs showing the limits of the outer temple, a raised area showing the inner temple and a couple of blocks marking the altar stone. There is nothing left of the earlier temple or barrow, but these are marked on the maps on the information boards. Roman remains were excavated here in 1764 and again in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Large scale digs were organised in the 1960’s and 1980’s and finds can be seen in the Harlow Museum. The name Harlow comes from the Saxon sett...

Dinky Diner in an Essex lay-by. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon 1 J2 with Nikkor 10-30 zoom.

Spider monkey watercolour

A cottage in Hatfield Forest, Essex, UK. Three image HDR from the same RAW file. Nikon D60 with Sigma 10-20 zoom.

Looking along the beach huts near the pier on a cold and sunny January morning.

Roman Temple ruins in River Way, Harlow, Essex. The site can be reached through the industrial estate on River Way. It is on a small hillock, with the River Stort a little way to the north. Information boards supply a history of the Temple, which is marked out with paving slabs showing the limits of the outer temple, a raised area showing the inner temple and a couple of blocks marking the altar stone. There is nothing left of the earlier temple or barrow, but these are marked on the maps on the information boards. Roman remains were excavated here in 1764 and again in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Large scale digs were organised in the 1960’s and 1980’s and finds can be seen in the Harlow Museum. The name Harlow comes from the Saxon sett...

For the love of the United Kingdom

Leaves on a pavement in Maldon, Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon D7100 with Tamron 18-270 zoom.

A tractor ride can be taken around the island, starting from The Heritage Centre. Foulness Island, Essex, UK. HDR created from one RAW file processed as five DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz and Nik Filters. Nikon 1 J2 compact camera with a Nikkor 10-30 zoom. Foulness Island Foulness Island is the largest island in Essex and the fourth largest off the coast of England. It has vast stretches of isolated marshland and is separated from the mainland by tidal waterways. The River Crouch is to the north, the River Roach to the west and the North Sea to the East. There are two villages on the north side, Churchend and Courtsend, with a total population of around 200. The island’s name is der...

Finchingfield in Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon D7100 with Sigma 10-20 zoom.

Finchingfield in Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon D7100 with Sigma 10-20 zoom.

Bay windows in Stansted Abbots, Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon D7100 with Tamron 18-270 zoom.

A house boat moored at Maldon in Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon D7100 with Sigma 10-20 zoom.

Ripples in the Essex River reflecting the early light of the setting sun.

A house boat moored at Maldon in Essex. HDR created from one RAW file processed as three DNG files in Photomatix, adjustments in CS6 with some help from Topaz Filters. Nikon D7100 with Sigma 10-20 zoom.