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I took this image as a fast exposure for night photography at around a second. When I looked at the image it really looked like a green ghost an reminded me of the end of the Raiders of the Ark! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/elephant-rock-in-late-autumn-light/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/5K9A4709-Edit-Edit-28.jpg Elephant Rock in late Autumn Light Taken on a visit to North Wales during Autumn. I don't think I've ever seen Llyn Gwynant so still and in the late afternoon autumn light. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/alternative-view-of-the-wharfe/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R4692-Edit-27.jpg Alternative view of the Wharfe A view from the east bank of the river Wharfe just upstream from the Strid. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/river-wharfe-in-autumn-colours/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R3386-Edit-2-26.jpg River Wharfe in Autumn Colours Autumn is a fantastic for photography with the Autumn colours and the River Wharfe up from Bolton Abbey has to be one of the most picturesque spots. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/leaping-salmon-in-the-river-ribble/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R3245-25.jpg Leaping Salmon in the River Ribble Autumn is a great time to try and photograph salmon migrating to their spawning grounds. One of Yorkshires best sites is at Stainforth Force just north of Settle. This picture is taken from there. I’ve always found it quite a difficult thing to photograph trying to work out where the salmon will leap and then hoping you will get this fish in focus. I definitely recommend using a remote release so you can watch the water! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/bubbles-in-dinorwig/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R0077.jpg Bubbles In Dinorwig Back in 2014 (I think) I was asked by Dr Zigs to take some images showcasing their bubbles. They are a really innovative company that produce everything about bubbles! In this image the owner of the company made this huge bubble while we were high up in Dinorwig quarry with a view over Llanberis Pass. A really fun shoot. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/amazing-staircase-in-heals-store/miscellaneous-but-good https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/5K9A7459-Edit-23.jpg Amazing Staircase in Heal’s Store During a trip to London with Lizzie Shephard (we both had image in the BWPA) we visited the Heal’s department store to see and photograph the staircase designed by Cecil Brewer. It’s quite a wild structure! I decided to use a very wide angle lens and position myself so the that staircase became similar to a seashell. I stacked the image so that I had sharpness all of the way through the image. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/the-chapter-house/miscellaneous-but-good https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/IMGP0577-22.jpg The Chapter House If you haven't done any architectural photography in York Minster then you must! It is an amazing structure. One of my favourite views is this which is the ceiling of the old chapter house. The room was built around 1280 and is simply magnificent. This image is taken with a super wide lens and pointed straight up. Care taken to try and line the lens up as carefully as possible. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/local-juvenile-little-owls/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R4742-21.jpg Local Juvenile Little Owls This is one of those images that took the most amount of effort and fieldcraft! I'd just come back from a trip to Bulgaria and my dad told me 'I've got you a present' which was, he had found a little owl nest ,which was just a 20 min walk from my house! When I went to look for myself I realised that you had to lie behind an old gate and make no noise. If you waited long enough one or both chicks would come and look around. Once I got this shot of both chicks looking towards the gate I actually left the site alone. The following year the are had been fenced off so sheep could be put in the area so I've no idea if the nest was active again after that year. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/greater-spotted-woodpecker-feeding-young/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/woodpecker_feeding_young._1DX%2C_500mm_.-20_.jpg Greater Spotted Woodpecker Feeding Young Whilst out walking with my dad we heard a noise which i thought must have been young woodpeckers inside a tree. Sire enough while standing distant we saw one of the adults fly in with food. A few days later i went back with what i thought was the right equipment to photograph the feeding but quickly realised if I was anywhere near the nest the birds would not appear. Obviously i realised very quickly this was bad! So quickly backed off and decided on a different approach. The following day i went back with a long lens, a tripod and a remote release. This way I could set up and then retreat a further 50 meters and wait with binoculars. It's quite amazing how often these birds come in with beaks full of insects and caterpillars. IMHO one of the great wildlife events to photograph in the UK - if done respectfully! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/spider-hunting-wasp-predates-spider/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/5K9A9699-19.jpg Spider Hunting Wasp Predates Spider During a session at Skipwith Common looking for macro subjects I saw some movement on a brick wall (part of the bomb dumps) when I look down a bit closer I was amazed to see a spider hunting wasp dragging a spider up the wall. This was my first time observing a ‘spider hunting wasp’ actually predating a spider. This parasitic wasp hunts for spiders. When it finds a spider it paralyses the spider with a sting. Then it will transport the spider to a burrow and lay an egg inside the spider. The egg will hatch into a wasp larvae which will then eat the spider from the inside, while the spider is still alive. Eventually the larvae will metamorphose into the final wasp stage and hatch out of the spider. It was 2014 when I saw this and then again I saw the same behaviour in 2025 in exactly the same spot! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/otter-cuddle/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/2_baby_otters_on_the_isle_of_mull._1DX%2C_800mm_.-18_.jpg Otter Cuddle I took this image in 2014 while I was with my late dog on the Isle of Mull. There's actually 3 otter kits there but only tow in view. The otters got out of the water seeing that we were on the shore but they where completely relaxed. They played, cuddled and cleaned each other before falling asleep. After about an hour me and the dog had to sneak away! A beautiful experience! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/a-day-at-the-british-museum/miscellaneous-but-good https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R8758-Edit-Edit-17.jpg A Day at the British Museum Back in the day I used to really enjoy architecture photography so on a trip down to London would often look for some of the classic views. This definitely falls into that category with a view of one of the main halls in the British Museum. What a view it is! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/wind-power-vs-coal/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R7684-Edit-16.jpg Wind Power vs Coal… One night I was driving home from a friends and I saw Drax power station in the distance it was one of those cold windless nights and the steam from the power station was going straight up and high into the sky. I took a detour which got me this view! This image was featured in New Scientist some time around 2014 and I took the image while Drax was still a coal power station hence the title. I took this image before I knew anything about astrology photography and with hindsight I should have used a slower shutter speed as in this image I have star trails, but you learn as you go on! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/ferrybridge-power-station-and-the-m1/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Ponte_2014-214-15.jpg Ferrybridge Power Station and the M1 Another old image and one that is no longer possible! The power station has now been demolished and the area were you stood is no longer accessible as it’s a great big distribution warehouse! How things have changed over the year. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/the-goat-and-the-matterhorn/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/5K9A9077-Edit-2-14.jpg The Goat and the Matterhorn I was in Zermatt to photograph a wedding and I went a week early so that I could enjoy wandering around the mountains and doing some of my own photography. One day I'd headed up towards the Riffelhorn and as I was hiking down came across some goats. My instant thought was could I compose an image with a goat in the foreground and with the inconic Matterhorn in the background! Anyway this was the resulting image :) 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/ferrybridge-power-station-and-poppies/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R0645-13.jpg Ferrybridge Power Station and Poppies Although Ferrybridge Power Station was a big industrial eye sore it was also an iconic local landmark and a part of me was sad when it was finally demolished in 2022. It had been a focal point in my landscape photography a number of times. It was only in 2013 (that I saw) that there was a fantastic poppy field allowing for shots like this! It is only recently I’ve learned there’s ‘Ferrybridge Henge’ a Neolithic site site also in this field area! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/zebra-jumping-spider-predating-spiderling/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R6877-12.jpg Zebra Jumping Spider Predating Spiderling This day I'd found a ball of tiny Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus) spiderlings on a brick wall which is part of bomb dump at Skipwith Common. They are quite a fascinating thing to see and photograph on their own but as I was observing them I saw a male zebra jumping spider (Salticus scenicus) come into the scene. The much larger zebra spider then started to predate and eat the tiny spiderlings! A wild thing to see and I’ve been visiting this same site for since 2010 and not seen it since.   A note that as I took this image many years ago it was before I used stacking as a technique and I was using flash which you can see reflected in the jumping spiders eyes. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/when-mallard-flicks-rat/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R2012-11.jpg When Mallard Flicks Rat :) May not be the most aesthetically pleasing image in my gallery but a fairly unique one. This day I was at Leighton Moss photographing birds when i saw a mallard and a large rat getting quite close. Then whack the mallard hit the rat with its beak and flicked it up into the air! Not something you see every day! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/red-kite-catching-worms/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R9687-10.jpg Red Kite Catching Worms Although an old image it is one of my favourites as it shows the wing structure of the red kite so well. I was driving back home from Adel Dam and was close to Harewood when I saw about 15 red kites flying in the air. When I pulled the car over I saw that a farmer was plowing a field and the kites were feasting on freshly exposed worms. A really interesting behaviour to see! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/seagull-portrait/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R4462-9.jpg Seagull Portrait Just a simple portrait of a seagull I took other a decade ago somewhere on the east coast! But I liked it as an image.  2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/storm-at-seaham-lighthouse/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/5K9A1701-Edit-8.jpg Storm At Seaham Lighthouse In the winter of 2012 I traveled to Seaham to photograph a set of old iron wheels and axel that had been sat on the beach as remnant from local industry. Photographing it was interesting but on the way back to the car the weather had picked up and there were huge waves bashing against the sea wall near Seaham lighthouse. This was much more interesting to photograph! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/dob-park-bridge/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/5K9A1542-Edit-7.jpg Dob Park Bridge There is a beautiful packhorse bride of the river Washburn called Dob Park Bridge. Really worth checking out. This old bridge was built in 1767 and it feels very old when you are there. A visit here can be combined with some over good landscape views or taken as part of a longer circular walk which also encompasses some neolithic stones. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/a-yorkshire-of-view-of-pendle-hill/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/5K9A0533-Edit-6.jpg A Yorkshire of View of Pendle Hill I was out on a landscape morning in the Yorkshire Dales in fact I was up above Goredale Scar and I saw this distant view of Pendle Hill pushing up above the mist. I tried to compose the image using the complex system of drystone walls as the foreground. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/the-malham-ash-and-limestone-pavement/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/_74G0621-5.jpg The Malham Ash and Limestone Pavement A cliched image if you are a photographer based in Yorkshire! But who can’t be drawn in by those clients and grikes of a limestone pavement! What is a little sad about this image is that the ash tree no longer looks like this and now has been significantly impacted by ash tree die back. This image was in BBC wildlife magazine back in 2012. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/mating-robberflies/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/IMG_1427-4.jpg Mating Robberflies An image taken back in 2012 of two robberflies mating. I think this was the first time I had observed this happening. This was just before I was using the stacking technique in macro photography so is a single image. Another big difference with my current photography is the use of flash and therefor a darker background to my modern images. This image was highly commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards and therefore was exhibited in the Mall Galleries just down the road from Buckingham Palace. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/dog-walkers-at-bamburgh-castle/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/_74G3995-3.jpg Dog Walkers at Bamburgh Castle One of my favourite old images taken on a weekend trip to Northumberland which was primarily wildlife focused. I thought I'd take a walk on the beach before sunrise and it turned out to be a really wonderful sunrise. At this point I had a beautiful view of Bamburgh Castle and the dog walkers to the left of the image just compositionally completed the image. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/horned-adder-in-namibia/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/H74G6603-Edit-2.jpg Horned Adder in Namibia This was a snake I was very excited to see in Namibia. The horned adder (Bitis caudalis) not to confused with the adder we have in the UK. This snake is more venomous than our adder but still not that dangerous. Found in desert areas across a few different countries in Africa but often difficualt to find as it often hides in the sand. This one was found under a small shrub in the desert. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/dancing-white-lady-spider-in-namibia/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/H74G6283-1.jpg Dancing White Lady Spider in Namibia I took this image back in 2011 during a trip to Namibia. Part way through the tip I took a days desert safari from Swakopmund. It was a fascinating trip and during the tour the guide found numerous desert species including this Dancing White Lady Spider (Leucorchestris arenicola). this is a species of spider I'd always wanted to see after watching them on the BBC rolling down sand dunes to escape predators.  2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/roe-deer-in-oxeye-daisies/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/New-12.jpg Roe deer in oxeye daisies Whilst out for walk in June 2024 I saw a field at Fairburn Ings which had filled with oxeye daisies. I then remembered that you can see deer in that area if you go early morning so a plan formed and I managed to get a few portraits of roe deer among the daisies. This was my favourite as we have the eye contact and also the deer was about to eat the oxeye daisy. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/four-spotted-chaser-at-sunrise/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/New-9.jpg Four spotted chaser at sunrise A wide angle view of a 4 spotted chaser dragonfly at sunrise taken with the Canon 35mm macro lens. Photograhed at the site were the insect is found and early in the morning so the insect is torpid and covered in dew. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/damselfly-portrait-2-2025/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/New-10.jpg Damselfly Portrait 2 2025 A stacked portrait damselfly from May 2024 - these are all done at the site were the insect is found and early in the morning (hence the dew) so the insect is torpid 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/damselfly-portrait/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/New-6.jpg Damselfly Portrait 1 2025 A stacked portrait damselfly from May 2024 - these are all done at the site were the insect is found and early in the morning so the insect is torpid 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/female-bittern-in-flight/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/New-5.jpg Female Bittern in Flight A dream shot for me as I'd photographed bitterns before on land and in flight but I'd always wanted to photograph one taking off. During the breeding season for bitterns at St Aidans 2024 the birds where extremely active and presenting many flight opportunities and this was by far my favourite of the season. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/the-hidden-ptarmigan/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/New-4.jpg The Hidden Ptarmigan This image generally takes two glances. The female ptarmigan is easy to see walking away from the rock but can you see the male? Photographed high on Mount Nuolja in Abisko, N Sweden 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/ptarmigan-and-a-rock/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/New-3.jpg Ptarmigan and a Rock Another female Ptarmigan composed and photographed whilst approaching a rock on Mount Nuolja in Abisko, N Sweden 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/ptarmigan-hi-key/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/New-2.jpg Ptarmigan Hi-Key This female ptarmigan was photographed high on Mount Nuolja during a day of little light so I went for this hi-key approach with a snow background 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/geomagnetic-storm-on-the-3rd-of-march-2024/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/New.jpg Geomagnetic Storm on the 3rd of March 2024 I took this image in Abisko North sweden during a geomagnetic storm on the 3rd of March 2024. A friend of mine had come to visit from the USA and this was his 1st proper time seeing the aurora. So of course he asked is it always like this? Which of course it is not as this was one of the biggest geomagnetic events as we headed towards solar maximum. Taken with the Canon R5 and the Canon RF15-35mm L 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/portrait-of-a-snow-hare/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/230A1324_1.jpg Portrait of a Snow Hare This season in Abiso I arrived with a vision in my head to try and get a high key portrait of a snow hare in it's winter coat looking straight at me. Today I managed to get that shot so I've done the rare thing of actually uploading it straight onto my website! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/portrait-of-a-willow-grouse/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/230A5910-Edit.jpg Portrait of a Willow Grouse Thie is an image of a willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus) I took in Abisko during October 2023 The bird is transitioning from it's summer to winter plumage where it will be come white I deliberately over exposed the image so that the white feathers blend into the snow background 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/downy-jumping-spider/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/for_web_23-6.jpg Downy Jumping Spider Downy Jumping Spider (Attulus pubescens) are a small and very well camouflaged jumping spider. Here is one hidden in a crack in a wall and it really shows how well camouflaged they are. Handheld stacked shot in natural light. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/barn-owl-in-flight/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/for_web_23-5.jpg Barn Owl in Flight One of the sites I visit for water bird photography has a pair of resident bar owls and if you are lucky when walking in or out of the water site occasioanlly I will see one of the barn owls out hunting. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/top-down-view-of-a-green-tiger-beetle/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/for_web_23-4.jpg Top Down View of a Green Tiger Beetle Green tiger beetles (Cicindela campestris) are a stunning UK beetle. They rarely stay still though but occasionally you find one which will allow you to approach! So with this beetle I took multiple stacks to make the most of the situation! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/swan-and-mist-at-first-light/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/for_web_23-3.jpg Swan and mist at first light For me often the best light of the day is often at sunrise. This is especially so in the spring if it's been cool enough to generate mist on the water. Swans are not often a bird I would spend time photographing but here I think the mist and light transform the image 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/great-crested-grebe-courtship-dance/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/for_web_23-2.jpg Great Crested Grebe Courtship Dance In spring great crested grebes do a fantastic courtship dance where the male and female come together and do a fantastic head bobbing and swing display. Here I have photographed it at first light where the sun is back lighting the birds 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/bittern/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/for_web_23-1.jpg Bittern Bitterns are a wonderful bird who's numbers are thankfully increasing again after nearly being extinct in the UK. But still they are rarely seen and even though I spend a lot of time at places that I hear the male booming. I generally only get one or two sightings a year. So I was delighted when I managed to get a really good view of this bird. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/female-black-tailed-skimmer-wide-angled-macro/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/35mm_blog-3.jpg Female Black Tailed Skimmer (Wide Angled Macro) The was probably my favourite wide angled macro from 2022. I was actually driving to a different site to photograph birds but saw this sky and changed my mind. I had to use a bracketed exposure to get the full dynamic range required for both the dragonfly and the sky. Dragonfly is a female black tailed skimmer 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/camping-under-the-aurora-and-above-the-clouds/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/D09A8556_2.jpg Camping Under the Aurora and Above the Clouds This was a magical night near in Abisko at the head of the Kärkevagge valley back in September 2017. We had hiked up in mist and about -8C but then as we walked up the valley it got warmer then at about 800m we got above the mist and the veiw back down the valley was all the way to the mountains in Norway. As soon as it started to get dark the auroa was visable. One of those unforgetable magic nights! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/bumble-bee-robber-fly-mimic-version-2/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/230A9273-Edit.jpg Bumble Bee Robber Fly Mimic Version 2 Version 2 of the robber fly bumble bee mimic this time head on. There's a type of robber fly which mimics a bee and I was going to travel to Scotland this Summer to try and find and photograph it. I've been wanting to see one of these for years. On the 2nd morning in Bulgaria just at the end of the morning session I saw a smallish looking fly roosting on the seed head of a tall grass. When I got a bit closer I couldn't belive it when it was a robber fly bumble bee mimic! Amamzing how excited one can get on spotting a fly! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/bumblebee-mimic-robber-fly/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/230A9178-Edit.jpg Bumblebee mimic Robber fly There's a type of robber fly which mimics a bee and I was going to travel to Scotland this Summer to try and find and photograph it. I've been wanting to see one of these for years. On the 2nd morning in Bulgaria just at the end of the morning session I saw a smallish looking fly roosting on the seed head of a tall grass. When I got a bit closer I couldn't belive it when it was a robber fly bumble bee mimic! Amamzing how excited one can get on spotting a fly! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/long-horned-bee/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/230A8562-Edit.jpg Long Horned Bee On my second morning on my 2022 trip to Bulgaria I found this long horned bee roosting on a tall grass. Note how the bee is roosting with its jaws. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/horned-viper/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/230A2644-Edit.jpg Horned Viper I have made a number of trips to Bulgaria over the years and I have always spent some time on the trip looking out for horned viopers. Which europes most venomous snake. Finally this year 2022 I found a female who wasa very docial and allowed me to get close and get this portrait. I did stack these to get biger depth of feild. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/portrait-of-a-green-tiger-beetle/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Feb_blog-6.jpg Portrait Of A Green Tiger Beetle I love green tiger beetles (Cicindela campestris) , they are awesome insects and fearsome preadtors of ants. But the can be a real challange to photograph as they are incredibly skittish and generally will not let you get close. I more often see them as they are flying away from. But this one I found at Skipwith Common in late March which is early for a green tiger beetle and I'm making an assumption but I think it may have only just emerged as it was very reluctant to move allowing me to take several stacked images of it. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/puffins-at-sunset/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-30.jpg Puffins at Sunset I was invited by some friends to do an over night trip to the the Treshnish Isles and then to camp on Lunga. There's no commercial way of doing this so I jumped at the chance. Lunga has a big puffin colony so spent the evening photographing puffins against the setting sun. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/damselfly-on-horsetail/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-29.jpg Damselfly on Horsetail Sometimes when you find damselflies they will try to hide behind their perch and it can give this sort of peak a boo image! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/perched-robberfly/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-28.jpg Perched Robberfly I photographed many robberflies but this one was perched on the most photogenic grass stem I've ever found! Stacked image with the Canon 5div and Canon 100mm f/2.8 IS L macro lens. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/robin-in-the-snow/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/230A1528.jpg Robin in the Snow I've been updating my website from my old images but have now decided to update with both old and new images! So here's a robin I photographed last week whilst we had snow. A simple image but I like it!  2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/ice-fishing/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/KF_Blog-5.jpg Ice Fishing  A female kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) fishing via a hole in the ice near Leeds, Yorkshire during a cold weather period in January 2021 Taken at Mark Hughes kingfisher hide 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/close-up-portrait-of-a-robber-fly/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-27.jpg Close up Portrait of a Robber Fly This species of Robber Fly I find locally for about 1 month in June at a local field. They are very easy to photograph as they tend not to fly away. So it's easy to get these high magnification portraits with the Canon MP-E 65mm. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/natures-stained-glass-window/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-26.jpg Natures Stained Glass Window This is a close up (high magnification image) of a four-spotted chaser dragonfly covered in dew 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/four-spotted-chaser-covered-in-dew-against-a-dark-background/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website3-6.jpg Four-Spotted Chaser Covered in Dew Against a Dark Background One of my favourite images I've taken a four-spotted chaser covered in dew against a dark background one one of my signature images. No artificial lighting I just positioned myself so the background was trees in shade with low sunlight breaking through to backlight the dragonfly. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/four-spotted-chaser-covered-in-dew-side-view-higher-magnification/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website3-4.jpg Four-Spotted Chaser Covered in Dew - Side View - Higher Magnification A higher magnification version of a four-spotted chaser dragonfly 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/four-spotted-chaser-covered-in-dew-side-view/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website3-3.jpg Four-Spotted Chaser Covered in Dew - Side View Four-spotted chaser covered in dew but this time a sie view 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/four-spotted-chaser-covered-in-dew/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website3-2.jpg Four-Spotted Chaser Covered in Dew The four-spotted chaser is one of the first dragonflies to emerge in the UK and this one was covered in a heavy dew 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/damselfly-covered-in-dew/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website3.jpg Damselfly Covered in Dew A damselfly so covered in dew I can't even tell you what species it is! But looks like a living jewel! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/female-cuckoo-with-drinker-moth-caterpillar/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-19.jpg Female Cuckoo with Drinker Moth Caterpillar Here is a fairly rare shot of a female cuckoo who gave a very brief appearance I managed to get this shot. It was only afterwards I realised she had a drinker moth caterpillar in her beak! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/ptarmigan/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-18.jpg Ptarmigan I found this Ptarmigan whilst high into the mountains above Abisko. Here it is in it's mountain plumage. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/amazing-ice-formation/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-17.jpg Amazing Ice Formation I found this amazing delicate ice formation found in a cave on the shore of lake Torneträsk. No idea how this bend in the thin and brittle ice was formed! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/sami-hut-or-goahti/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-16.jpg Sami Hut or Goahti This Sami hut or Goahti I found on the other side of lake Torneträsk. It's in the middle of nowhere and you can only really get there in winter when you can cross the lake as it's frozen. In summertime, it would be around a week's hike to get to it and there are no trails! No idea how old it is but I'm guessing over a hundred years.  2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/aurora-in-a-storm/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-15.jpg Aurora in a Storm Was out guiding a group for Lights Over Lapland about 2 km out on the ice of lake Torneträsk. We had both storm winds hence the blowing snow and a geomagnetic storm!  2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/artic-sky-icicles-and-lapporten/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-14.jpg Artic Sky, Icicles and Lapporten This image was taken on New Years Eve. Which in Abisko is well into the polar night ie you don't see then sun. But you do often get these fantastic skies which look like a sunrise. Here I composed these icicles around Lapporten in the distance and tried to get the red colours refracting in the ice.  2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/the-ice-monster-and-the-aurora/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-13.jpg The Ice Monster and the Aurora I had to take the opportunity to get an image of the tree covered in ice with an aurora. Note Laporten and Orion star constellation in the background. This tree has since been destroyed (nature or human intervention I'm not sure) so a similar image is no longer possible :( 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/the-ice-monster-and-lapporten/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-12.jpg The Ice Monster and Lapporten After a huge storm at around -14C this tree was so covered in ice you could no longer tell it was a tree. Lent it's self to a composition with Lapporten in the background. This tree has since been destroyed (nature or human intervention I'm not sure) so a similar image is no longer possible :( 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/how-the-ice-cliffs-are-formed/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-11.jpg How the Ice Cliffs Are Formed The cliffs are lake Torneträsk often get covered in wonderful ice formations and this image shows how that occurs during the winter. Waves travel for up to 70km from the East and then smash into the cliffs during freezing temperatures. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/autumn-colours-temperature-inversion-and-lapporten/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-10.jpg Autumn Colours, Temperature Inversion and Lapporten A unique combination of temperature inversion the last of the autumn colours and Lapporten. Taken with a long focal length to compress the image. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/vadvetjakka-national-park-ii/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-9.jpg Vadvetjåkka National Park II This image was taken at Vadvetjåkka National Park in Northern Sweden on a camping trip in the Autumn. One of the most beautiful places I've ever been to. Swedens most northern and least visited National Parks a truly amazing and wild place. This image was taken whilst hiking in the park and I found this reflection in one of the rivers. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/vadvetjakka-national-park/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-8.jpg Vadvetjåkka National Park This image was taken at Vadvetjåkka National Park in Northern Sweden on a camping trip in the Autumn. One of the most beautiful places I've ever been to. Swedens most northern and least visited National Parks a truly amazing and wild place. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/caterpillar-covered-in-dew/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-7.jpg Caterpillar Covered in Dew One cold and dewy morning whilst out looking for landscape opportunities I found this caterpillar covered in dew luckily I had my macro lens on me! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/duckling-skooting-over-the-water/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R7567.jpg Duckling Skooting Over the Water Is skooting such a word I think not but it sounds like a good description of this baby duck that was running so fast it was almost running on the surface of the water! Was looking for water voles which I found but this was by far the strongest image of the day and got into the British Wildlife photography Awards 2014 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/wild-barn-owl-in-flight/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R2258.jpg Wild Barn Owl in Flight I spent a few weeks in 2014 watching and photographing this beautiful barn owl in Yorkshire  2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/landing-kestrel/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-6.jpg Landing Kestrel A wild kestrel coming into land on a fence post in Yorkshire. You have to be fast to get a shot like this. Kestrels come into land so fast! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/reindeer-by-lapporten/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-5.jpg Reindeer by Lapporten I went hiking with some friends towards Lapporten (Called Čuonjávággi in the Sami language), which is one of Sweden's most iconic mountain views. On the way a herd of reindeer walked into the view so I captured this image. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/close-up-of-an-ermine/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-3.jpg Close up of an Ermine Similar to the last image this was the visitor I got on my balcony during one winter season. At this point, I'm sure the ermine sensed me behind the front window and came right up to the glass allowing me to get this super close up of this amazing predator 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/ice-shark/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/websiteb-7.jpg Ice Shark I found this little spike of ice growing out of a little frozen water on the handrail of a bridge crossing the Abisko canyon. Quite a rare phenomenon that only happens in specific weather conditions. The theory is that it's formed by oxygen trying to escape the ice. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/ermine-in-the-snow/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/website-2_1.jpg Ermine in the Snow This beautiful Ermine used to visit my balcony for many months whilst living in a cabin near Abisko (I used to see the footprints in the snow so knew it was visiting). I only managed to photograph on the very last morning there though! An amazing predator even though it looks so cute! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/ice-flower/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/websiteb-6.jpg Ice Flower This is stacked photograph of an ice flower that I found at the side of lake Torneträsk near Abisko. They are only found in specific conditions when there has been enough moisture in the air followed by cold temperatures and no wind. Amazing things! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/icicle-sculptured-after-a-warm-spell/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/websiteb-5.jpg Icicle Sculptured After a Warm Spell I found this beautiful icicle near the Abisko canyon. We had a deep cold spell which did the usual winter freeze followed by a warm spell that you should not get 200km north of the Arctic Circle in December but sadly is becoming more common.  The warm spell had caused meltwater to gently sculpt this ice creating shaping this beautiful icicle. The air bubbles within the ice remind me almost of a spine. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/reindeer-with-sami-lavvu/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/websiteb-4.jpg Reindeer with Sami Lavvu Was visiting one of my Sami friends who lives in Rautas (in-between in Abisko and Kiruna). One of his reindeers was particularly friendly. So I laid down in the snow and let it approach. I was able to compose the image with his Lavvu in the background.   2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/yoga-above-the-clouds/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/websiteb-3.jpg Yoga Above the Clouds There was mist in the Abisko region so my friend and I decided to hike up Mount Nuolja to see if this was from a temperature inversion. It seems it was and we got above the clouds. Nivi decided to do some yoga so took the opportunity to get a photograph towards Lapporten. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/moon-rising-over-frozen-birch-trees/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/websiteb-2.jpg Moon Rising Over Frozen Birch Trees Had this beautiful time in Abisko with hoar frosted trees. Took a drive towards Kiruna and then saw this view with the moon rising near the Rautas river. Obviously have to pull over and photograph it! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/two-hikers-viewing-the-aurora/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/websiteb.jpg Two Hikers Viewing the Aurora This image was taken when I went for a night hike with some Swedish friends up into the Kärkevagge valley (The valley of Stones) which is a beautiful place. It was foggy as we got out of the car and as soon as we gained some height we got above the temperature inversion to this amazing view of the aurora. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/hoar-frosted-mountain-birch-and-the-puppy/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-36.jpg Hoar Frosted Mountain Birch and the Puppy I was walking with a friend and his new puppy and I saw this beautiful view amongst the trees whilst photographing that view the puppy just walked into the frame and really made the shot. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/reflections-in-trollsjoen/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-35.jpg Reflections in Trollsjön Trollsjön lake or Rissájávri is at the head of a valley called Kärkevagge in Northern Sweden. Last year it was voted the most beautiful place you could visit in Sweden by train. It's still a fair hike from the train but it is a very beautiful valley and lake. This was the first time I hiked up there and there were perfect reflections in the lake.  2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/autumn-sea-view-in-iceland/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-34.jpg Autumn Sea View in Iceland I was driving around in Northern Iceland and was taken in by this view both the dramatic colour of the autumn grasses and the water channels leading out to sea. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/brown-eyed-hawker-dragonfly-covered-in-dew-and-spiders-web/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-33.jpg Brown Eyed Hawker Dragonfly covered in Dew and Spiders Web I found this dragonfly in a swampy area in mid-Sweden a few years ago. I only had a short time to photograph it as it started to prep its self for take-off by vibrating its body so it could warm it's self up. This image ended up being a double page in BBC Wildlife magazine. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/thick-headed-fly/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-31.jpg Thick Headed Fly On an early morning dog walk, I found this fly on a seed head. I didn't recognise it but did see the photographic potential as it was a very unusual looking fly. I did a side profile and a head-on shot. This was the head-on version. The fly reminded me of an apache helicopter! When I got home a friend identified it as a Thick Headed Fly (Conopidae). These are parasitic flies that lay their eggs in bees (actually in flight). They actually fire a torpedo-like egg into the bee. The larvae then grow inside the bee eating it from the inside! Amazing insects! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/ferrybridge-power-station/miscellaneous-but-good https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/FJ8R8169.jpg Ferrybridge Power station There was a little spot I knew near Ferrybridge power station where you could get a complete reflection of the power station in the canal. One very still and cold November evening I went to the spot and because of the unusual conditions, the steam coming out of the cooling towers was acting rather odd and making this amazing reflection. I used a 30-second exposure to try and capture some of the movement of the steam. The cooling towers have been dismantled recently so this image is now gone! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/black-darter-covered-in-morning-dew/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/D09A9002-Edit.jpg Black Darter Covered in Morning Dew This a black darter dragonfly (Sympetrum danae) photographed at Skipwith Common in the summer of 2019. It was a perfect morning with a heavy dew covering the dragonfly. As there was no wind it was easy to stack the image with multiple images merged to increase the depth of field. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/the-battle/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/_74G9180-Edit.jpg The Battle I took this image in 2012 in Tortuguero Costa Rica. Somebody came running up to me through the hotel gardens shouting come with me bring your camera. I followed and he pointed out this snake hanging from the foliage with a frog in its mouth. I think it's a vine snake but not sure. One of the great things with doing a new website it is giving me a chance to got through my back catalog and look at this differently! Back in 2012 I never used to do stacking but when i looked back through the folder I found 3 frames that would work in a stack so here it is.  2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/wolf-spider-with-spiderlings/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-30.jpg Wolf Spider with Spiderlings One morning a friend of mine called and let me know that he had some female wolf spiders in his garden that spiderlings on their backs. You do see female spiders pushing their egg sacs around. After the egg hatches the baby spiders then jump on to her back and stay there for a few days. It was another thing I've always wanted to see so I went straight round. I wanted to stack the images to increase the depth of field and had to do that handheld as the spiders were so skittish. I had to move into position let the spider run away and then wait for it to come back into position slowly. Then I could grab the shots required for the stack! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/emerging-dragonfly/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-29.jpg Emerging Dragonfly This was the first time I found a Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) emerging out of its exuviae. I was walking the dog at my local pond when I spotted the nymph crawling up the reed. We had to wait for about 45 minutes for the emergence to start. It was an amazing spectacle to see!   2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/five-times-magnification-portrait-of-a-marbled-white-butterfly/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-28.jpg Five times magnification portrait of a marbled white butterfly When I first got into macro photography I was blown away by the high-level magnification shots I was seeing on the web. I was somewhat disappointed when I realized most of the photographs where taken in a studio on dead subjects. I set my self a goal to photograph the subjects alive and well in their own environment ie out where they live but to deliver similar type results.  I think this was the first time I properly managed it. This a marbled white butterfly photographed at Brockadale Nature Reserve. It was taken at 5 times magnification is about 50 images stacked using the Canon 5DS camera. So it was a huge file by the time I had finished. Hopefully, you can see a lot of the detail on this version! The water on the eye is either a dewdrop or rain but the insects I photograph are never sprayed. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/yoga-damselfly/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-27.jpg Yoga Damselfly This is a stacked image taken at my local pond early whilst walking my dog.  I found this Azure damselfly (Coenagrion puella) perched on a piece of horsetail around the edge of the pond. I thought it looked like a yoga pose and had to photograph it. As I wanted to get the horsetail, dewdrops and the damselfly in focus I had to take multiple macro images and then stack them together. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/the-aurora-factory/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-26.jpg The Aurora Factory One night whilst guiding for http://lightsoverlapland.com we had taken the guests via snowmobile to a lavvu (Sami name for teepee and the one in the photograph). It was a full moon hence it looking so bright. People are often under the misconception that you can't see the aurora in a full moon. You can, it does mean the aurora appears a little less bright, but it does mean you see the colours more clearly. Here my clients wondered what I was doing as I rushed about the frozen lake to line up the aurora with the top of the lavvu. Hence the name of the photograph! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/spiky-ice/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-25.jpg Spiky Ice I found this unique ice formation on the side of lake Torneträsk during a cold period in the month of February. This was following a warm period which had increased the humidity of the air then, because of the cold temperatures that followed that water had to freeze on this icicle inside a small ice cave creating this spiky ice! Never seen anything else quite like it. I tried to compose the image so that very little of the ice spikes overlapped the rest of the image. This was a single shot with the Canon 5DS a 100mm macro lens and a Benro Mach 3 tripod. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/arctic-foxes/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-24.jpg Arctic Foxes Disclaimer, although this is one of my favourite images that I've taken, this was not taken in the wild. It was taken in the Polar Park near Narvik in Norway. They used to have a pair of Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) there where you could go into the enclosure. As the foxes came to investigate and one fox hung back I had the idea for this photograph. I deliberately pushed the exposure of the image so the snow overexposed and the foxes sort melted a little into the background. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/orca-in-the-stormy-norwegian-sea/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-22.jpg Orca in the Stormy Norwegian Sea I photographed this orca or killer whale (Orcinus orca) from a rib boat in late January off the coast of Andenes. I remember it being so cold and rough it was a struggle to hold the camera at all let alone keep it steady. I managed to get this shot with a Canon 5DS which I was very happy with. I thought the Norwegian mountains and the stormy sky really made the image with lone orca fin cruising out of the water. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/frozen-landscape/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-21.jpg Frozen Landscape One of the lessons I have learnt doing photography in the Abisko region during winter is that if you find something interesting you need to get everything you need at that point. This image is a good example as I found this amazing view at the side of lake Torneträsk with this amazing rime ice from a storm over the rocks. I managed to get this shot using the Canon TSE 24mm ii which I was very happy with. I went back the next day and it was covered in about 20 cm of snow! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/the-sea-of-ice/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-20.jpg The Sea of Ice One of the things I love about the region around Abisko is the uniqueness of the images which can be found. 200km above the arctic circle the weather and conditions mean that every day can be different. In this unique image lake Torneträsk had previously frozen and then a big storm had smashed all of the lake ice into small glass-like fragments. The storm had created a bank of the ice fragments nearly 2m high and other ice fragments in the waves. I used a long exposure to create movement in the waves but not too long of an exposure. The classic view of Lapporten (Čuonjávággi) is in the background. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/ice-tree-pastel-skies-and-lapporten-chuonjavaggi/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-19.jpg Ice Tree, Pastel Skies and Lapporten (Čuonjávággi) This image was taken whilst I was running a landscape 121 for http://lightsoverlapland.com one of the perks of the job! The image was taken during the winter from a little bay area called Torneham. I tried to compose the tree covered in ice from lake Torneträsk with the pastel skies and the iconic mountain view of Lapporten (Čuonjávággi) in the background. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/damselfly-waking-up-at-dawn/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-18.jpg Damselfly Waking Up at Dawn I photographed this Azure damselfly, Coenagrion puella, at my local pond early in the morning whilst walking the dog. This damselfly was just starting to get active as the sun was warming it up hence the more upright position. This is a stacked image to create a larger depth of field. Camera Canon 5DS on a Benro Mach 3 tripod using the Canon 100mm IS f/2.8 IS lens with extension tubes. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/kingfisher-portait/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-17.jpg Kingfisher Portait Ever since I got into photography I've had a fascination with kingfishers. Once I had bought a Canon 5DS I had an idea of creating a unique style kingfisher portrait. So I went to my friends Mark Hughes kingfisher hide with my Canon 5DS, Canon 500mm f/4.0, and an extension tube and created a sort of giant macro rig.  Quite a tricky photograph to take as any movement on the equipment caused a loss of sharpness so a remote release was essential for this shot. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/puppies-in-the-snow/miscellaneous-but-good https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-16.jpg Puppies in the Snow One year in Abisko a friend of mine asked I would be interested in photographing his 8 week old Malamute puppies. So we took them to a safe spot in the mountain birch forest next to Absiko National Park. It is quite difficult to photograph puppies as they never stop still but at this moment all three came running towards me snow crashing about everywhere. I think this is still one of the cutest photographs I've ever taken! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/dog-sledding-in-abisko/miscellaneous-but-good https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-15.jpg Dog Sledding in Abisko As a photographer, I can get asked to do many interesting and fun jobs. One of the most fun has been asked to photograph the http://www.abisko.net dog sledding teams! Here is the owner Tomas Haverskog with his team dogs sledding through Abisko National park! 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/the-ice-cave-the-photographer-the-aurora-and-the-troll/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-14.jpg The Ice cave, the photographer, the aurora and the troll In my first season working in Abisko later in the season, I found this a set of ice caves on the edge of lake Torneträsk. I had this idea of photographing the aurora from behind the ice cave. So I headed down there one very cold night with a friend and I climbed into the ice cave and where my friend was stood I saw this composition I instantly loved. I had to get them to stay very still as I took a number of photographs so that I could have both the ice, the photographer and the aurora in focus. It wasn't till I got home that I noticed the troll face in the right hand wall!  2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/the-strid/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-11.jpg The Strid The Strid is a famous narrow stretch of water on the river Wharfe at Bolton Abbey in the Yorkshire Dales. It is notoriously dangerous and there have been a number of fatalities at this site. On this day I visited the area with friend and fellow photographer Lizzie Shephard and I thought I saw a different view which may work. Using a longer focal length than would be normally used I photographed The Strid from a low angle.  Because of the long focal length this gave an extremely shallow depth of field so this actually the combination of three photographs which I have stacked together to increase the depth of field. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/upper-kidson-force/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-9.jpg Upper Kidson Force Upper Kidson Force is a beautiful waterfall close to Keld in the Yorkshire Dales. Here I photographed it at the beginning of autumn. I used a long exposure trying to get a good swirl effect in the water. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/young-tawny-owl-branching-out/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-7.jpg Young Tawny Owl Branching Out Young owlets get moved of their nest by a parent bird and get moved to a branch relatively close to the nest. This process is called branching out and thats exactly what had happened here. I photographed this owlet in the Yorkshire Dales early one Spring morning whilst no one was around. I photographed the owlet with my 800mm lens so get a safe distance away from the bird to minimise any enviromental impact. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/three-young-otters-swimming/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-6.jpg Three Young Otters Swimming This was another experience with a family group of three young otters (Lutrinae)I photographed many times during a great ten days on the Isle of Mull. Here the three otters spent a few hours playing in the rocks and rock pools. Totally oblivious to me. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/three-young-otters/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-5.jpg Three Young Otters This was a fantastic wildlife experience. I had been on the Isle of Mull in Scotland looking for otters (Lutrinae). I found this family of otters on the first day on the island and photographed them many times over the ten days I was there. I think what helped was that I never scared them so they became quite relaxed as long as I stayed away from them.  This was one of my favourite moments when the otters apppeared in front of me as they ahd jumped out of the sea. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/twistleton-scar-erratic/landscape https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-4.jpg Twistleton Scar Erratic This image of Twistleton Scar Erratic, in the Yorkshire Dales, was taken using a very long exposure to create cloud movement. The area is very beautiful and well worth exploring. Whernside (one of the Yorkshire 3 peaks is in the background). 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/two-little-owl-chicks-on-a-tombstone/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-2.jpg Two Little Owl Fledglings on a Tombstone This is an older image but still absolutely one of my favourites. A friend had tipped me off about a family of little owls living in a graveyard in South Yorkshire. So I headed to the area. My firend had advised me that as long as I sat in the car the owls where quite active. I first spotted the fledgling owls at the bottom of the graveyard and they slowley worked there way towards the car. All of a sudden both owls landed together on a tombstone and I just had a few seconds to get this photography. It wasn't untill I got home that I saw the little owls had landed on a young childs tombstone. I still get goose bumps when i think about that recollection!   2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/black-headed-gull/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/Website-1.jpg Black Headed Gull Black Headed Gull Splash Landing creating a mirror reflection 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/backlit-common-blue/macro https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/D09A2153.jpg Backlit Common Blue Common Blue butterfly photographed in Poland in 2019. The sun was rising behind the butterly giving it this painterly feel to the image. 2026-04-03 daily 1.0 https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/portfolio/view/european-tree-frog/wildlife https://www.oliverwrightphotography.com/images/uploads/portfolio/_large/D09A0281-Edit.jpg European tree frog I tyook a trip to Poland in 2019 with the aim of photographing a number of different wildlife species. 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