bear martin photography

Hiorne’s tower construction started in 1789 by Francis Hiorne and that’s all I really know about it. Other than it makes a great halo subject.

If you know of any other follies, Im always on the look out for subjects to photograph.

I love this windmill. Its has been lovingly restored over the last few years looks amazing in any photos you take of it.

The forecast for this evening was for clear skies but it couldn’t have been more wrong, typical. In the end I like the cloudless sky and the windmill lite up in the darkness.

I only had one attempt at this halo. I had planned to a photo of each side of the crane but half way through taking the first shot I could here a noise and I could work out what it was for a minute or two until I worked out that it was a goose sitting on a nest on the barge making the occasional honk.

I very quickly packed up and got out of there so as not to disturb the bird any longer, and also for my safety. An angry goose can be very dangerous.

The Shard is Londons tallest building at 309.6 meters tall.

I can recommend a trip to the observation floor if you haven’t been. the views are incredible.

I can also recommend viewing it from any spot along the Thames because you can’t really miss it.

This is a double halo. That is all.

Cobham Wood Mausoleum.

When I scoped out this location It looked really easy to access. If I had known I would’ve had to fight my way through thick bush and climb a few old fences I would have done a bit more research.

But one I found it, it was really nice to be sitting in the woods enjoying the night sky and staring at tomb.

This old excavator sits in an abandoned quarry

This is one of my favourite halo images. I love the tree growing under the arm. Knowing that the tree is going to engulf that machine in a few years is a real reminder that nature is going to take everything back once we’re all gone.

Glastonbury Tor.

This image was taken early morning where I drove through the night to capture a few images across the country.

My first shot was at Stonehenge trying to capture the comet Neowise. I managed to get a shot but I was rushing as this was the shot I was looking for. I thought I had arrived to late to get a good halo as the sun was coming up and the walk up the hill was steeper than I thought.

I took a few shots and wasn’t overly happy with then in camera so didn’t look at them when I uploaded them.

It wasn’t until two months later when I was looking for another image that I came across this one and had a quick attempt at editing it and I really like how it came out.

The dew pond. Another location and the attempt to get a completely different shot than the one I ended up with here.

The great thing about having a drone is that it gives me options to create something from nothing if the conditions aren’t in my favour.

This is Martello tower 66. It guards the entrance to Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne. 74 towers where built along the Sussex and Kent coast between 1805 and 1809 but none of them where used during the Napoleonic war.

Only 9 remain in original condition.

This was my first attempt at a halo.

I had seen a few on the internet and really wanted to give it a go so one night on my way home from work in the middle of the night I stopped a few miles from home and set up a few extra lights in the old building, put the drone in the air and this was the result.

I’m pretty happy with this as first attempt.

This is just using the drone landing and navigation lights. No extra lights.