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The Wild Warriors of Wales:

Little owls in Berkshire

Nature photography Rabbits in the United Kingdom: A Brief History

European Pied Flycatchers in the UK

Roe Deer brief facts

Roe deer in an Oxfordshire meadow, roe buck feeding amongst buttercups

Carl Mckie

Apr 72 min read

The Wild Warriors of Wales:

Exploring the Carneddau Ponies High in the rugged peaks of Snowdonia National Park, in the Carneddau mountain range, roam a band of hardy...

Carl Mckie

Jul 8, 20232 min read

Little owls in Berkshire

Introduction Little owls (Athene noctua) are small, stocky owls that are native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. They were introduced to the...

Carl Mckie

Jul 2, 20232 min read

Nature photography Rabbits in the United Kingdom: A Brief History

Rabbits-in-the-united-kingdom-a-brief-history, rabbits are not native to the United Kingdom

Carl Mckie

Jun 10, 20232 min read

European Pied Flycatchers in the UK

TheEuropean pied flycatcher is a small, black-and-white bird that is a summer visitor to the UK. They breed in mature woodlands, mainly...

Carl Mckie

Jun 3, 20232 min read

Roe Deer brief facts

The roe deer brief facts(Capreolus capreolus) is the smallest of the native European deer. It is found throughout the continent, from the...

Carl Mckie

May 20, 20231 min read

Roe deer in an Oxfordshire meadow, roe buck feeding amongst buttercups

I had been watching this meadow in Oxfordshire over a period of time, and periodicaly taking pictures. The roe deer are here most days in...

Very quick Lightroom adjustment brush tip

Carl Mckie

Feb 21, 20211 min read

Very quick Lightroom adjustment brush tip

When using the adjustment brush tool (red arrow no.1) in Lightroom, hold down the control(or Command) key at the same time and it will...

Carl Mckie

Jan 12, 20201 min read

Lightroom’s hidden arrows

A little known, and overlooked feature in Lightrooms metadata tab(Library module) are the small arrows in the check boxes at the right-hand

Batch Process for export in Lightroom 2020

Carl Mckie

Dec 8, 20192 min read

Batch Process for export in Lightroom 2020

Since the 2020 Adobe update for Lightroom it has been possible to export files for multiple uses at the same time using presets in the...

Carl Mckie

Aug 4, 20191 min read

Lightroom colour picker tool

The colour picker tool in Lightroom is often overlooked, probably because it appears as a rectangular box with a cross in it and pretty non-

Carl Mckie

May 25, 20191 min read

Super quick Lightroom tip

To bring a folder in the collections panel to the top of the list of collections, high light the collection then right click to bring up...

Using Photoshop actions with Lightroom via Droplets

Carl Mckie

May 12, 20192 min read

Using Photoshop actions with Lightroom via Droplets

A little known feature of Lightroom is the ability to use Photoshop actions, or actions that have been turned into “Droplets”, this...

Creating more “screen real estate in Photoshop cc”

Carl Mckie

Mar 10, 20191 min read

Creating more “screen real estate in Photoshop cc”

Tapping the Tab key once in Photoshop will hide the Toolbar and panels (fig 1. Screen space). Tapping it a second time brings s them...

Lightroom quick tip, how much space left on a drive, managed by Lightroom

Carl Mckie

Feb 24, 20191 min read

Lightroom quick tip, how much space left on a drive, managed by Lightroom

To find out what space you have left on hard drives that Lightroom manages; Disk Space, photo count, and on/off line status in the header...

Carl Mckie

Jan 26, 20191 min read

Hiding unused panels in Lightroom

To toggle the visibility of a panel, Control -click (Mac) | Right -click (Win) on the panel header and select/deselect them from the...

Carl Mckie

Nov 25, 20181 min read

Red Kites, Suffolk heath

A recent trip over to Suffolk to photograph Red kites, was rewarded with the juvenile in the images bellow, landing and feeding on...

Carl Mckie

Nov 18, 20183 min read

Lightroom Key wording, Part two

The key word dialogue box Key wording is a necessary evil, time consuming, tedious but never the less something that needs to be done, it...

Carl Mckie

Nov 3, 20183 min read

Key wording in Lightroom,part 1

Key wording is quite a large topic to cover in one small quick tip so I have split it into three separate parts, 1 The keyword list 2...

Carl Mckie

Oct 14, 20183 min read

Using Lightroom’s spray can

The spray can or painter tool in Lightroom is more useful than people realise. Available to keyword multiple images, star rate or assign...

Sharing with clients/friends through Lightroom

Carl Mckie

Sep 30, 20182 min read

Sharing with clients/friends through Lightroom

This is a nice easy way to share/show images to people through Lightroom. First you need to be synced with Lightroom mobile, this is done...

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