STEVE RAZZETTI MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY AND JOURNALISM

British Isles

"If England was what England seems

And not the England of our dreams

If she were putty, brass and paint

'Ow quick we'd drop her...but she ain't"

Rudyard Kipling

A panorama from the summit of this northern Lakeland fell6 images, Nikon D300
   
A panorama looking south to Blencathra, Skiddaw and the Northern Fells, from Carrock Fell, January 2010.8 images, Nikon D300
   
A panorama from Latrigg during the Commonweath IAU event, September 20098 images, Nikon D300
     
  
A panorama showing this North Cumbrian town and the surrounding fells, from Thirlmere at left, to Skiddaw at right. Februaray 2009.9 images, Nikon D300
   
View south-east over the Storr Sanctuary on the Trotternish penninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland.Nikon F5, 17mm, Fuji Provia 400
   
Trotternish, Isle of Ske, ScotlandNikon F5, 17mm, Fuji Provia 400
     
  
East from Halstead's Fort on a freezing winter's dawn.Nikon F5, 17mm, Fuji Provia 400
   
A dawn view east from above Halstead's FortNikon F5, 17mm, Fuji Provia 400
   
Bannest Hill, Mungrizedale, seen from up on Caldbeck Commons near Calebreck.Nikon F5, 17mm, Fuji Provia 400
     
  
   
The setting sun dips behind the low hills of the Kintyre Penninsula. From Machrie Moor on the Isle of ArranNikon F5, 17-35mm, Fuji Provia 400
   
Nikon F5, 180mm, Fuji Provia 400
     
  
Dorset, January 2005Nikon F5, 17-35mm, Fuji Provia 400
   
Bronze age stone circleNikon F5, 17-35mm, Fuji Provia 400
   
Bronze Age stone circleNikon F5, 17-35mm, Fuji Provia 400
     
  
The view to Eigg and Rhum from InvercaimbeNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
Telephoto from Invercaimbe showing the evening silhouette of An SgurrNikon D300, 180mm
   
Evening light from the beach at Invercaimbe, just north of ArisaigNikon D300, 17-35mm
     
  
View to the Islands of Am Fraoch Nikon D300, 17-35mm
   
A view from the beach at Invercaimbe to Rhum, Eigg etcNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
Telephoto from Invercaimbe at sunsetNikon D300, 180mm
     
  
The boat from Arisaig to Rhum on a beautiful calm day in SeptemberNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
Seen from the boat from Arisaig to Rhum, with the peaks of Rhum in the cloud beyondNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
From Invercaimbe, ArisaigNikon D300, 17-35mm
     
  
From Invercaimbe, ArisaigNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
Early morning light over rock pools, with the Cuilin Ridge on the Isle of Ske beyondNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
The boat from Mallaig to Inverie on KnoydartNikon D300, 17-35mm
     
  
A view from the beach to Eigg & RhumNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
From Invercaimbe, ArisaigNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
From Invercaimbe, ArisaigNikon D300, 17-35mm
     
  
The Isle of Arran from Skipness on the Kintyre PenninsulaNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
A spring carpet of Ramsons or Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) on the floor of an ancient beechwood coppice in CumbriaNikon F5, 17mm, Fuji NPS 160
   
From the ferry jetty at Keswick, after duskBronica ETRSi, 50mm, Fuji RDP
     
  
A view north across Derwentwater to Keswick and Skiddaw, from ManestyBronica ETRSi, 50mm, Fuji RDP
   
The view from Lord's Seat in Whinlatter Forest ParkBronica ETRSi, 50mm, Kodachrome Professional
   
The view out to sea from this stunning vantage point in Whinlatter Forest ParkBronica ETRSi, 50mm, Kodachrome Professional
     
  
A panorama view of Keswick and Derwentwater from Whinlatter Forest Park. The skyline, from left to right, consists of Great Mell Fell, the Dodds and HelvellynBronica ETRSi, 50mm, Kodachrome Professional
   
SunsetNikon D300, 173-5mm
   
Nikon D300, 17-35mm
     
  
   
After sunsetNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
Heather in the gardensNikon D300, 17-35mm
     
  
Bulb Manis! - tulipsNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
Bulb Manis! - tulipsNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
Bulb Mania! - tulipsNikon D300, 17-35mm
     
  
Nikon D300, 17-35mm
   
In the Tropical Rainforest biomeNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
In the Tropical Rainforest biomeNikon D300, 17-35mm
     
  
In the Tropical Rainforest biomeNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
In the Tropical Rainforest biomeNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
White Sands Beach at sunsetNikon D300, 17-35mm
     
  
Huge pebbles on the "Dinosaur Egg Beach"Nikon D300, 17-35mm
   
Carn KeysNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
Carn KeysNikon D300, 17-35mm
     
  
On White Sands BeachNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
Whitesand Bay and Aire PointNikon D300, 17-35mm
   
Surfing at duskNikon D300, 180mm
     
  
   
The essence of Back o' Skiddaw!Nikon F5, 24mm, Ilford Pan F
   
Bronica ETRS, 50mm lens, Ilford Pan-F
     
  
Ancient plough-lines thrown into relief by late evening sunshine.Nikon F5, 180mm, Ilford FP4
   
A Carlisle news-vendor on the day the first Gulf War ended.Bronica ETRS, 75mm, Kodak Tri-X
   
Newspaper seller on Shaftesbury Avenue, London.Bronica ETRS, 75mm, Kodak Tri-X
     
  
A news vendor in his kiosk in London's West End.Bronica ETRS, 75mm, Ilford HP5
   
Bronica ETRS, 75mm, Ilford HP5
   
This quartet of pictures were taken outside the old Sheffield Forgemasters rolling mill in 1991. It's hard to believe that the devastation brought to British manufacturing by Tory monetarsm is still so recent.
     
  
By 1991 the Tories had all but kicked the life out of Trade Unionism in the UK. Here, a half-hearted picket is all that remains of opposition to the closure of this steel mill.Bronica ETRS, 75mm, Ilford HP5
   
Placard outside Sheffiel Forgemasters, 1991Bronica ETRS, 75mm, Ilford HP5
   
The old recuiting office at Sheffield ForgemastersBronica ETRS, 75mm, Ilford HP5
     
  
Bronica ETRS, 50mm, Fuji NP400
   
Bronica ETRS, 50mm, Fuji NP400
   
     
  
Bronica ETRS, 50mm, Fuji NP400
   
A sequence of photographs commissioned by Tom Reynolds architects to document the construction of this awrd winning buildingBronica ETRS, 50mm, Ilford HP5
   
Workers spray-painting the steel superstructureBronica ETRS, 50mm, Ilford HP5
     
  
Interior site viewBronica ETRS, 50mm, Ilford HP5