Keith Burton's photos

This is one of our regular visitors to the bird feeder........sitting on the fence right outside our living room window. This was his second time round and you can see some of the pieces of mealworms stuck in his feathers! Taken through the window with a double glazing filter on the lens ;-)

Another piece of skull-themed street art, which I found painted on a door panel of a closed up shop in Portsmouth. It's obviously been there for some time. This one seems to be a cross between a snail and a skull. A "Snull" perhaps, or maybe a "skail" ? I think it looks better large, the artist is very talented.

Spotted this behind some shops in Portsmouth yesterday.

The seed heads (from a neighbours garden) are Poppy and Nigella. Taken indoors. The background is a piece of brown card, to which I added a texture and a vignette for a grungy look, to match the seed heads. Natural light helped by a small white LED panel. The vase, wood and stones are from my props box ;-) Better viewed large, I think. Thanks for looking!

Couldn't find much inspiration for a photo yesterday, but I eventually found this small feather (about 60cm long) in my garden. Black and white seemed the way to go! Best viewed large. Thanks for looking ;-)

Growing by the tow path of the Chichester Ship Canal, West Sussex.

Taken on the Mill Pond at Langstone Harbour, Havant, back in April.

I spotted this piece of street art in a car park behind some shops in Chichester, West Sussex. Unfortunately I couldn't establish who the artist is.

I've gone for a minimalist look here. I think it works quite well, but I guess you'll be the judge of that :-)))

A sea urchin shell, and some rather pretty sea shells. View large for the best detail. Thanks for looking!

Taken in Chichester, West Sussex, yesterday afternoon. Another shot in the PiP if you have time to look!

Growing in my lawn........taken back in May!

I heard on the TV the other day that these extended heatwave conditions are causing some trees to enter an "early autumn" phase as it was so dry. Checking in the garden I saw evidence of this on the lawn under my sycamore tree.........lots of seed heads and leaves losing their colour and falling. I brought some indoors to photograph them. The same is true of some of the other trees nearby. On the plus side, the seed pods and leaves are very photogenic. There is a shot of one of the leaves in the PiP.

Much prettier than yesterdays spider ;-) Spotted this one in a neighbours garden and manage to get a couple of shots before it scuttled away. If you look closely you can just see a pair of wings near its mouthpart, which I think means it's was just finishing off an aphid lunch. There's a shot from a slightly different perspective in the PiP. Thanks for looking! Edit 4pm: Just realised I forgot to add the PiP. Sorry..!!

Taken indoors. It was climbing up a wall but I've flipped the photo 90 degrees for a better composition and added a grunge-type texture for effect. After I took the photo it was collected in a spider-catcher suction device and released into the garden.

Taken during a walk in a nearby park back in April.

We were clearing out a kitchen cabinet a while ago when we found some left over, and out of date marshmallows. Rather than throw them away immediately, I decided to use them in a photo with a couple of other props.

Taken in my back garden through the double glazing. It's actually sitting on a fence stealing the dried meal worms we put out for the birds. There is another image in the PiP. Thanks for looking!