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Pixel Topics 📷 Fine art photography by David Maybury
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Born in Scotland
🌅 At home in Florida
🌿 Photographing the world the way the eye sees it

October 10, 2026.Needhams Point, Barbados.The most amazing light hitting the edge of the lifeguard hut just as the sun w...
17/10/2026

October 10, 2026.

Needhams Point, Barbados.

The most amazing light hitting the edge of the lifeguard hut just as the sun was setting. The perfect end to a fantastic day of photography on the island.

Leica Q3 28mm.

Some places feel like the edge of the world. Neist Point is one of them.This was meant to be an early morning shoot on t...
15/10/2026

Some places feel like the edge of the world. Neist Point is one of them.

This was meant to be an early morning shoot on the Isle of Skye, soft light on the cliffs, everything clean and clear. Instead I got rain, thick cloud, fog so dense at one point I could barely see the path in front of me. Skye has taught me, over several visits, that the weather here doesn't negotiate. You wait it out or you go home.

So I waited. Sat in the car for a while, walked the headland anyway, more out of stubbornness than hope. Around midday the fog started to lift, not all the way, just enough. The cliffs came back into view first, dark rock streaked with green, and then the lighthouse out at the end of that long stretch of coastline. Just enough time to set up and get the shot before it closed back in again, like it had never lifted at all.

The full story's on the blog, and the print's in the store. I've dropped both links in the comments.

Not every sunset needs fireworks to stick with you.I've spent a lot of time around the lakes of central Florida over the...
11/10/2026

Not every sunset needs fireworks to stick with you.

I've spent a lot of time around the lakes of central Florida over the years, long enough to know they rarely do anything flashy. What they do is quieter, the kind of light that builds slowly and catches you off guard before you've noticed it's even happening.

This one came together on the eastern side of Lake Monroe, one winter afternoon, looking west toward Sanford. The sky had that mix of cloud and open air you learn to read as promising if you've stood through enough sunsets. Low clouds like that don't block the light, they hold onto it and spread it out in directions a clear sky never would.

As the sun dropped, the clouds lit up from the inside, orange and purple sitting right next to each other, and the light ran out across the water in one long shimmering line. The reeds and lily pads up front just sat there quietly, giving the whole scene somewhere to rest without competing with what the sky was doing.

Nothing about it asked for attention. It's the kind of evening I find I remember more clearly than the dramatic ones. For some reason, the quiet version of a thing tends to sit deeper.

The full story's on the blog, and the print's in the store. I've dropped both links in the comments.

October 10, 2026.Charles Fort, Barbados.Built in the 17th century, Charles Fort stands proudly overlooking Carlisle Bay ...
10/10/2026

October 10, 2026.

Charles Fort, Barbados.

Built in the 17th century, Charles Fort stands proudly overlooking Carlisle Bay in Barbados, once protecting the island’s busy harbour from enemy ships. This immaculately kept landmark provided a fantastic backdrop as the sun went down for this shot.

Leica Q3 28mm.

October 9, 2026.Drill Hall Beach, Barbados.Surfer getting ready for action just as the sun was setting.Leica Q3 28mm.
10/10/2026

October 9, 2026.

Drill Hall Beach, Barbados.

Surfer getting ready for action just as the sun was setting.

Leica Q3 28mm.

October 8, 2026.Needhams Point, Barbados.I grabbed this shot about 10 minutes after the sun had set. Everyone still enjo...
09/10/2026

October 8, 2026.

Needhams Point, Barbados.

I grabbed this shot about 10 minutes after the sun had set. Everyone still enjoying the last of the daylight after watching the sunset really helped give it some depth.

Leica Q3 28mm.

October 7, 2026.Needhams Point, Barbados.The weather held out for the day and gave us this fantastic sunset. Leica Q3 28...
08/10/2026

October 7, 2026.

Needhams Point, Barbados.

The weather held out for the day and gave us this fantastic sunset.

Leica Q3 28mm.

Skye gets a reputation for being dramatic, all jagged peaks and layered cliffs. This spot isn't that.I was north of Slig...
07/10/2026

Skye gets a reputation for being dramatic, all jagged peaks and layered cliffs. This spot isn't that.

I was north of Sligachan one overcast evening, and for a while the sky just sat there, flat and grey, nothing happening. I stayed anyway. That's mostly what this kind of photography is, watching the clouds and waiting to see if anything's going to change.

Late in the evening it did. The light broke through in patches and lit up the moorland, while everything else around it stayed in shadow. There's a small white cottage tucked into the middle of the valley too, easy to miss at first glance, but once you spot it, it puts the whole scale of the place into perspective.

The full story is on the blog, and the print is in the store.

🔗 Link in bio.

October 7, 2026.Needhams Point, Barbados.I’ve been in Barbados for nearly a week and today was the first shot I was able...
07/10/2026

October 7, 2026.

Needhams Point, Barbados.

I’ve been in Barbados for nearly a week and today was the first shot I was able to get. The weather has been quite overcast since I arrived, right through sunset on most days. But today, some quite spectacular skies are quite literally on the horizon.

Leica Q3 28mm.

Some evenings don't ask for much. This one was just still.I was on a dock on Lake Dora in Mount Dora one evening in Janu...
30/09/2026

Some evenings don't ask for much. This one was just still.

I was on a dock on Lake Dora in Mount Dora one evening in January, no wind, nothing moving except the sun going down. Most of my shots lean on something up front to anchor the frame. This one doesn't really have that, just open water and a dock sitting quietly in the distance, and somehow that's exactly why it works.

Mount Dora built its whole identity around this lake. People come down to the docks most evenings just to stand there and watch the light change, in no hurry to be anywhere else. That's really all this image is. Standing still for a few minutes, watching the day end.

The full story is on the blog, and the print is in the store.

🔗 Link in bio

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