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Author Archives: paulhd
Nikon: wildlife wanted – but dead or alive? PHD
A few days ago, I received a brief note from my daughter-in-law, Fran Yeoman to ask whether it was common knowledge in the nature photography world, that Nikon was linked directly with trophy hunting. It certainly was not to me … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Comment, Conservation, Uncategorized
Tagged commercialism, hypocrisy, Nikon, The Independent, trophy hunting
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A ‘Golden Oldie’ rides again. PHD
This year 2013 AD marks the 30th anniversary of publication the first book I wrote - Wild Orchids of Britain and Europe and also the 15th anniversary of a book that has been very good to me: The Complete Guide to Close-up and Macro Photography. … Continue reading
Naturalife Magazine Numero 3. PHD
Some time ago, editor Alessandro Guadenzi got in touch with me through a very good friend and superb photographer Leo Battista. The result is a feature “My Italy” in the latest edition. It is a lovely magazine – a labour … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Conservation, Italian Life, Meet Your Neighbours
Tagged Alessandro Guadenzi, garden, insects, Italy, myn, Naturalife Magazine, wildlife
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WildPhotos 2012 – a view from the inside. PHD
There is always a sense of temporal dislocation when I return to Britain for a while and then come back home–to Italy. As well as the usual round of family visits, our sojourn this time included WildPhotos 2012 where I … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Comment, Creativity, Insects and Spiders, inspiration, Meet Your Neighbours, Notes from the field, Talks
Tagged Chris Packham, exploitation, Laurie Campbell, mark carwardine, niche, Owen Hearn, Peter Cairns, presentations, publishers, Veolia WPOTY, Wild Orchids of Britain & Europe, WildPhotos 2012, wildscreen
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Revealed – hidden Colours in the earth beneath us. PHD
Light has always been a passion from its science to its art. As a child, I was given a small triangular glass prism that had belonged to an aged aunt and was intrigued by how light from a slit in … Continue reading
“I may not know much about art but I know what I like…”. PHD
Somewhere in Renaissance Italy a rather tense situation has developed … Michelangelo : I’ll tell you what you want, mate! You want a bloody photographer! Not a creative artist with some imagination. Pope: I’ll tell you what I want! I … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Comment, Creativity, inspiration
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Orchid Tales – The Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris) PHD
It was around half a century ago, when tramping through the Kenfig dune slacks to get to Sker beach on the S Wales coast that I first noticed the Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris). I was around 10 at the time and … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Italian Life, Notes from the field, Orchid Tales
Tagged childhood, dune slacks, epichile, Epipastic palustris, hypochile, Kenfig, marsh, Marsh Helleborine, myn, pollinator, Sker
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Memories are made of this…PHD
On his last post Clay asked about the connection of our readers with nature, well I, for one, cannot imagine my life without being metaphorically ‘plugged in’ to what is around me. Through times of blissful joy and even deep … Continue reading →