Jonathan Tompson

Preening Heron

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This picture shows one of Chiswick Houses’s resident herons. In is not uncommon to see these birds around the area, standing dead still fas they await for a passing snack, but it’s unusual to see them looking imperfect. (Credit – Luca Wiseman)

  • Aperture: ƒ/6.3
  • Credit: Jamie Wiseman for The Daily Mail
  • Camera: NIKON Z 9
  • Taken: 29 July, 2023
  • Copyright: Jamie Wiseman for The Daily Mail
  • Focal length: 400mm
  • ISO: 200
  • Shutter speed: 1/200s

Location: Chiswick House and Gardens

Date Taken: 2023-07-29

Age Group: 10yrs_to_16yrs

Professional Photographer? no

Peacock Butterfly

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Peacock Butterfly ( Aglais io) apparently very common, but my first sighting in our garden, despite its clever camouflage. (Credit – Christine Sweeney)

  • Aperture: ƒ/2.8
  • Camera: iPhone 13 Pro
  • Taken: 20 July, 2023
  • Flash fired: no
  • Focal length: 9mm
  • ISO: 32
  • Shutter speed: 1/355s

Location: Duke Rd

Date Taken: 2023-07-20

Camera: iPhone 14

Age Group: over_16

Professional Photographer? no

BEE PARTY

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One of the joys volunteering at Chiswick House and Garden is being able to appreciate nature as the seasons change. Four bees enjoying the perfectly formed Allium flower head in summer was impossible to not capture. (Christine Sweeney).

  • Aperture: ƒ/1.5
  • Camera: iPhone 13 Pro
  • Taken: 11 July, 2023
  • Exposure bias: +1/256EV
  • Flash fired: no
  • Focal length: 5.7mm
  • ISO: 50
  • Shutter speed: 1/1553s

Location: Chiswick House & Garden - Kitchen Garden

Date Taken: 2023-07-11

Camera: iPhone 14

Age Group: over_16

Professional Photographer? no

Standing tall

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I love taking photos of wildlife and walking in nature, when I walked past the temple and saw this beautiful heron standing tall and magnificent I had to take the photo.

Location: Chiswick house and gardens

Date Taken: 2022-07-28

Camera: Samsung Galaxy phone

Age Group: over_16

Professional Photographer? no

My nosey neighbour

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I bumped into this visitor behind our garden shed.  The female fox and I were both taken aback and froze but I was captivated by her beautiful eyes and managed to reach my phone in my pocket and grabbed my chance.  She has become a regular visitor from the wild garden next door and I later discovered she had produced five cubs. (Credit: Margaret Collins)

Location: Wellesley Road

Date Taken: 2023-06-19

Camera: Samsung Galaxy S20

Age Group: over_16

Professional Photographer? no

An apple by A4

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Right by the busy traffic going into the centre of London, that apple was beautifully shining – outside of the metal fence expressing the power of strong nature.

Location: A4 (behind the William Hogarth School

Date Taken: 2023-05-02

Age Group: over_16

Professional Photographer? yes

White Swan and Reflection on Green Ripples.

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I’ve taken pleasure in the grace of the grace and elegance of swans since I was a boy. In this photo, the swan’s cloud-like feathers contrast with the dark green ripples of the pond. The bird’s reflection adds to its beauty, and the ripples seem to set it in a dream and hint of Monet (without the lilies).
I’ve been told this swan is one of two males that have paired for many seasons. I’d not previously this type of long-term relationship among swans.
I’ve lived in Ealing for many years but bizarrely only found Chiswick House and Gardens because I was searching for suitable photography locations in Chiswick. (Something else I learnt from this competition.)

The photos was shot on an iPhone 12. (I bricked my Nikon a few months ago.)

  • Aperture: ƒ/2
  • Camera: iPhone 12 Pro
  • Taken: 29 July, 2023
  • Flash fired: no
  • Focal length: 6mm
  • ISO: 50
  • Shutter speed: 1/99s

Location: Chiswick House and Gardens - north end of lake

Date Taken: 2023-07-29

Camera: 02089985728

Age Group: over_16

Professional Photographer? no