Yes, yes it should. 🥲

Gingko Biloba Leaf. Acrylic paint and ink on Clairefontaine Naturel paper. #ink #leaf #drawing

Good local fair for anyone within the vicinity of Carshalton, records, clothes, crafts etc Excellent bar, DJs etc etc

Gingko Biloba Leaf. Ink on paper. #draw #drawing #leaf

Black and White and Shades of Grey : Work in progress ahead of the next Art In The Sun. Tuesday 23rd Sept from 7.45pm. There are 3 spaces left for this session - would you like one? Tickets available via the link. See you there! www.tickettailor.com/events/consu... #bird #birds #woodpecker #drawing

A discussion elsewhere about post production in #photography - I mostly take pictures for documentary purposes, aside from cropping I generally leave as is. How about you? #bird #birds #robin

The fox dances across the garden, tossing a small rat around. How about that eh?! #nature #fox #photography

Nice bit of black white & grey 🖤🤍🩶

The Art of Crow. Something about the shadows and the sunlight on this one - I really like it. #bird #birds #photography

A trip to the London Wetland Centre, a chance opportunity to learn - and some nature photos. www.dougshawart.com/blog/curiosi... #nature #photography #birds #bird #insect #dragonfly

Common Darter on an oak tree branch - eating another insect. #nature #photography #dragonfly

Banksy's Ghost - photographed today at around 10.30am. #streetart #protest #photography

Formation flying at its best. House Sparrows on Telegraph Track 💚 #photography #bird #birds

House Sparrow in Flight On Telegraph Track. Lovely sunny afternoon now the rain has passed. #bird #birds #photography #nature

Southern Migrant Hawker 🤩 #insect #photography #dragonfly

Common Darter in flight - London Wetland Centre. #insect #nature #photography #dragonfly

A research visit to Tate Modern to explore and admire two very different ways of looking at and representing landscape. Superb thoughtful motivating work on show by Emily Kam Kngwarray and Richard Long. #landscape #art #blogging www.dougshawart.com/blog/traveli...

I love how the sunlight has backlit this Common Blue butterfly - illuminating the underwings as it prepares to depart the flower it is resting on. #photography #insect #butterfly

A Painted Lady butterfly drawing sustenance from a Ragwort plant in the summer of 2025. I spotted this beauty up on the farm tracks near where I live in the London Borough of Sutton. It's been a good year for butterflies but I've only seen 2 Painted Ladies #photography #nature #butterfly

Brown Argus butterfly on Knapweed - what a beauty 💚 #nature #photography #butterfly

Buzzard!! I heard the call - then seconds later the bird showed itself briefly, before quickly spiralling up and away on the hot afternoon air. Gone in just a few seconds. #birds #bird #photography #nature

'Get your feet out of my eyes willya!!' A pair of Robber Flies mating in Queen Mary's Park. They flew off immediately after I took this photo - in search of greater privacy. #insect #photography #nature

Small Copper in Queen Mary's Park. It's been a good year for these tiny beauties - I spotted five in the park a couple of days ago - never seen that many in one go before now. #insect #butterfly #photography

24 terrible photos of swifts! What a joy to spend time this afternoon in the company of these fine, incredibly speedy birds. Not even one half decent photo 🤣 #photography #bird #birds

Work in progress - pulling together a one off artists book using found materials to help illustrate the path from my studio in Oaks Park, to Morden Hall Park. #printmaker #bookbinder #nature #walking

Male and Female Common Darter, at rest, 'in tandem'. I've read about this behaviour but not witnessed it before. Google it - I'd ain't nature amazing! #nature #insects #photography #dragonfly

Which Way Should We Go? I took a long walk along The River Wandle yesterday, research for a one-off artists book I'm constructing. At the end of a tiring day, I broke a habit, and my choice led me to a spectacular encounter. #photography #bird #birds www.dougshawart.com/blog/which-way-should-we-go

Can’t wait to get home and edit today’s pics. Kingfisher on Wilderness Island 💙 #bird #birds #photography

Brown Argus on Bird’s Foot Trefoil. Wellfield Plantation, Carshalton. #nature #photography #insect #butterfly

The simple beauty of a sunlit Speckled Wood on Wilderness Island yesterday afternoon. 💚 #nature #photography #butterfly

Southern Hawker resting on Blackberry Bush - Queen Mary's Park, Carshalton. #nature #photography #insect #dragonfly

Let's Go!! Goldfinches taking flight from the lavender in our garden. #nature #photography #bird #birds

Let's Go Fly A Kite. Seen over the Thames near Wargrave. #bird #birds #photography

Red Kite over Hutchinson's Bank. Pretty much had the place to myself - hardly saw anyone. Peace in the valley 💚 #bird #birds #photography

Brown Argus butterfly about to perform a high dive from a blade of grass in Queen Mary's Park. 💚 #nature #photography #butterfly

Common Tern in Epping Forest - 18/7/2025 - I wasn't expecting to see this! #bird #birds #photography

The rather aptly named 'Beautiful Demoiselle', seen by the water's edge in South London yesterday. ❤ #nature #insect #damselfly #photography

Maybe one day...? I love to watch the swifts slicing the air in two with such grace and precision. I've taken loads of terrible photos of them this Summer, they're so fast. This is about the best I've got so far. More patience and a dollop of luck still required. #nature #bird #birds #photography

Hide and Seek. Beautiful Demoiselle shadow on a leaf - Wilderness Island, Carshalton

Get down to Sutton and say hi to the lovely Chris - you know you want to!

This is a good read. For me - having played and practiced with photography on old phones and cameras for years, now I have a better tool I find I'm able to use it to good effect. Ideas first, tools second <3

Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.

Two's company. A Comma and a Gatekeeper on bramble flowers. #nature #butterflies #photography

I was hoping to spot a kestrel today - and I saw four - three of which were kind enough to stop for photos!! #bird #birds #photography #kestrel

Sparrowhawk over Wellfield Plantation. I only saw the bird very briefly then it pitched out of the sky towards the ground in hot pursuit of something to eat. A magnificent predator. #bird #birds #photography

A gorgeous Peacock butterfly - one of only a handful which has stopped long enough for a photo in recent days. Isn't this beautiful?! #nature #butterfly #photography

Foxes taking it easy in the heat. Pic 1 is Queen Mary's Woodland, Pic 2 is a few doors down the road from me in Carshalton. #nature #fox #foxes #photography

Up with the lark!! Skylarks on Roundshaw Downs earlier today. #bird #birds #photography

Man hawks photograph of hawk. 🤣 Off to work to set up for this weekend’s open studios. My theme for 2025 is ‘Nature On Your Doorstep’. #nature #photography #bird #birds

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