Category Archives: South West

South West England Landscape Photography

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Google Maps Photos 2 Million Views

Recently clocked over two million views on google maps photos. What follows is a compilation of the ten most popular photos on Google maps and the story behind them.

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Best Month Landscape Photography 2019

2019 was another active year walking and landscape photography across the south east, south west and then moving to the east of England.  What follows is a compilation of my best landscape photos for each month during 2019.
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Hengistbury Head Moon Sun Rise Set

It was that time of the month again, when the sun sets in the west the moon rises in the east and when the  sun rises in the east and the moon sets in the west.  I wanted to attempt to capture this spectacle from Hengistbury head near Bournemouth in Dorset.
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Sandbanks Poole Harbour Dorset

I would be leaving Dorset once again in a few weeks, starting a new work contract in Hertfordshire.  In the meantime, my car needed servicing, and during the wait I would head down to Sandbanks in Poole with my compact camera.
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Wareham Forest Dorset

I was scratching for new places to visit around Purbeck in Dorset.  After my trip to Wareham I noticed on the map Wareham Forest nearby that looked interesting and worth exploring with my camera.
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Swanage Jurassic Coast Dorset

Driving from Bournemouth to Swanage early in the morning and I nearly turn around due to stormy weather.  But then remembered this is when the light can be at its best for landscape photography so continued.
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Kimmeridge to Swyre Head Purbeck

Another part of the Jurassic coast on the Isle of Purbeck I had not covered was the Kimmeridge Ledges.   The plan was to park up in Kimmeridge and make my way back via Swyre Head, hopefully catching a setting moon over the bay.
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River Frome Wareham Dorset

Another return to the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, this time a morning walk around the river Frome near Wareham.
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Dancing Ledge Purbeck Dorset

There were lots of gaps along the Jurassic coast on the Isle of Purbeck I had not covered.  Studying the National trust Dorset Landmarks, Spyway leading down to Dancing Ledge looked like a good place for some seascape photography and a coastal walk.
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West Hill Purbeck Corfe Castle Dorset

Since scouting the east hill of Corfe castle I was keen to return to Purbeck and shoot some landscape photos of the castle ruins from the West Hill.  Then walk the west side of the Purbeck Hills towards Povington Hill.
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Swyre Head Purbeck Dorset

First landscape photography walk of 2019 was going to be from Swyre Head the highest point on the Purbeck Hills to Houns Tout Cliff on the Jurassic coast.  On a cold and frosty January morning.
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White Nothe Ringstead Bay Dorset

Looking for new places to explore and photograph in Dorset I used National trust Dorset guide to get some ideas.   Ringstead bay looked promising part of the Jurassic coast with White Nothe having great views.
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