Phil's photos

Crataegus, commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, May-tree, whitethorn or hawberry is a genus of several hundred species of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. The name "hawthorn" was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially the common hawthorn C. monogyna and the unmodified name is often so used in Britain and Ireland. The generic epithet "Crataegus" is derived from the Greek kratos "strength" because of the great strength of the wood and akis "sharp", referring to the thorns of some species. The name haw, originally an Old English term for hedge (from the Anglo-Saxon term haguthorn, "a fence with thorns") also applies to the fruit. (Wikipedia). Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED Software: Nikon Capture NX2

Horses grazing in the fields next to the Leeds-Liverpool canal near the town of Reedley in North-West England. Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED Software: Nikon Capture NX2

Male (right) and female (left) mallards taking a break from swimming on the banks of the Leeds-Liverpool canal near the town of Reedley in the North-West of England. Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED Software: Nikon Capture NX2.

Another shot of these horses taken during a light rain shower. Although the aperture was wide open at f2.8 it seems to have captured the falling rain as well as the horses. Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED Software: Nikon Capture NX2

Photographed in fields near the town of Brierfield in North-West England. Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED Software: Nikon Capture NX2

A female Mallard with her chicks on the Leeds-Liverpool canal near Brierfield in North-West England. Photographed with my new Nikon D500 and processed with Nikon Capture NX2 software. The lens used is a AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED.

This is either a Llama or an alpaca....I'm not sure which. A herd of them are kept in fields next to the Leeds-Liverpool canal just outside the town of Brierfield in North-West England. Photographed with a Nikon D500 camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2. The lens used was the AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

A group of "fashionably dressed" horses photographed near Brierfield in the North-West of England with my new camera, a Nikon D500. Lens: AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

Feral pigeons (Columba livia domestica), also called city doves, city pigeons, or street pigeons are pigeons that are derived from the domestic pigeons that have returned to the wild. The domestic pigeon was originally bred from the wild rock dove which naturally inhabits sea-cliffs and mountains. Rock (i.e., "wild"), domestic, and feral pigeons are all the same species and will readily interbreed. Feral pigeons find the ledges of buildings to be a substitute for sea cliffs, have become adapted to urban life and are abundant in towns and cities throughout much of the world. (Wikipedia). Camera: Nikon D300s Lens: AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

The carrion crow (Corvus corone) is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae and the genus Corvus which is native to western Europe and eastern Asia. The carrion crow was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work Systema Naturae, and it still bears its original name of Corvus corone. The binomial name is derived from the Latin Corvus, "Raven" and Greek korone/κορωνη, "crow". (Wikipedia). Camera: Nikon D300s Lens: AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II