England at its best is rather lovely. It needs an artistic eye to use a camera well. Any midrange camera can produce first class results. It is the user that makes them. Here are some examples.
Scottish scenery can be nice when it stops raining, when the midges stop biting, when it warms up....
Rather good, aren't they? They come from the Daily Mail A lot of them from foreign parts such as Scotland.
Mystical: The isolated Rodel Saltmarsh on the Isle of Harris, in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, is one of the images shortlisted for the exhibition. Would you actually want to be there in the cold, the wet?
Swan lake: Early morning mist hovering over the water lends a mysterious feel to this scene in London's Richmond Park. This means getting up early but at least it is in civilization.
The splendour of the changing seasons is shown in all its glory in Tarn Hows, Cumbria
Up close: Toadstools take shelter under larger specimens in this image taken in Cumbria using macro photographic technology.
Getting to the bottom of it: This captivating image of beech tree roots in Avebury, Wiltshire, show the complexity of the woodland base.
Crumbling creativity: These leaves bring a splash of colour to an autumnal Acer in Gloucestershire.
Lonely planet: Frost-dusted trees stand alone in a wintry field in Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Angelic: An image of spectators taking pictures of the Angel of the North is given an atmospheric feel in this black and white image. Gimmicks are part of the art industry. They get away with them too.
In the picture of Rocquaine Bay in Guernsey, the Channel Islands, it is difficult to delineate the foaming seas and wintry sky.
Wind in the sails: A lone boat near Hurst Castle in Hampshire appears to have got away from the rest of the competitors in the Round the Island Race.
Rolling landscape: In this image, taken in Tweedale in Scotland, the bright lime green of the fields is in stark contrast to the line of billowing cloud and the dark sky above.English Winter scenes
Standing in the heavens: As fog descends into the Ullswater valley, in the Lake District yesterday, the scene is reminiscent of a frozen glacier, surrounded by snow-capped fells and mountains
Ruffling feathers: These duck brave the icy weather to take a dip in Derwentwater, near Keswick in the Lake District in a beautiful winter scene
Misty mountains: Low-lying trees and farm buildings in Cumbria's Eden Valley are blanketed by an early evening fog, creating a breathtaking spectacle
The mist descends: Fog blankets the Ullswater valley in the Lake District
Whiteout: A fresh blanket of snow covers the land surrounding this farm in Northumberland creating a brilliant, bright white wintry landscape
Mist-ical: Foggy conditions give the Thames a magical feel as rowers take to the water in Henley in Oxfordshire to train
Treacherous: A car on the A689 near Kilhope County Durham, left, negotiates the freezing conditions
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096586/UK-weather-forecast-Freezing-low-13C-melting-snow-turns-ice.html
In the park: Deer stand in the snow at The Deer Park at Studley Royal Park near Ripon, North Yorkshire as freezing temperatures continued today
Quick march, lads! It's cold out here: Members of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery prepare to fire a 41 gun salute in Hyde Park to mark the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth today
Grey start: Cold early morning mist swirls around the Somerset countryside near Glastonbury Tor
White skies: A mob [ herd you twerp ] of deer stand in a snow covered field at Hornby Castle, on the edge of Wensleydale between Bedale and Leyburn,
I wish it was a bit otter: This pair frolicked over and under the ice at their home at the British Wildlife Centre in Lingfield, in Surrey
Eye to eye: Deer [ fallow bucks ] wrestle at a snow-bound Bushy Park in Hampton Court, West London - perhaps just trying to keep warm - the rut is over now
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2012/feb/12/cold-weather-skaters-frozen-fens-in-pictures
The sun rises over a frost-covered scene in in Earith, Cambridgeshire
A couple walk their dogs in Sutton, Lincolnshire
A man puts on his ice-skates as he prepares to skate on a frozen fen in Sutton
The sun rises over a frost-covered scene in Earith
An ice-skater on a frozen fen in Sutton
Enthusiasts skate on a frozen fen in Sutton
A man falls over while playing a game of ice hockey on a frozen fen in Sutton
A spider's web is covered in frost in sub-zero temperatures in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
A pair of swans fly out over a frozen fen in Sutton
People skate on a frozen fen in Sutton
