Ian Bonnell Photography

Ian Bonnell Photography I'm Ian Bonnell & spend an unhealthy amount of time (according to Mrs B) taking photos...

Here's the best of the rest of the total solar eclipse, 12th August 2026. All took with a Canon 90d & Tamron 18-400mm le...
30/08/2026

Here's the best of the rest of the total solar eclipse, 12th August 2026.
All took with a Canon 90d & Tamron 18-400mm lens set at 339mm, on a Jewsons mini tripod (£2 boot sale find!) on top of a service cabinet on the Sky Deck 19 of the P&O Ventura, somewhere off the coast of north-west Spain. And a few iPhone shots too. Mostly unedited, just cropped, a lot of the shots were unusable due to being blurred and/or the horrible flaring caused by the filter I bought for the occasion (£10 second hand, I guess I got what I paid for). I whipped the filter off just before totality thankfully!

Ok, it was 9 days ago & I know it’s last week’s chip wrappers, but I promised you my best eclipse shot on my return to d...
22/08/2026

Ok, it was 9 days ago & I know it’s last week’s chip wrappers, but I promised you my best eclipse shot on my return to dry land & here it is.
Where was I? Aboard the P&O Ventura several miles off the coast of north-west Spain. Quite possibly the trickiest set of photographs I’ve ever taken as I was zoomed in at 339mm on a ship & the image was constantly moving. This was the moment the sun reappeared creating the “diamond ring” effect.
God bless the captain for not staying in El Ferrol as originally planned, it was shrouded in sea fog come the moment! Spectacular, and then some, expect a few more…

There you go folks, I think I managed to get what I came for! These are phone shots of the back of the camera, you’ll ha...
12/08/2026

There you go folks, I think I managed to get what I came for! These are phone shots of the back of the camera, you’ll have to wait for the proper ones when I’m back on dry land. Very tricky to photograph perched on top of an electrical cupboard aboard a moving ship, but hey, it was spectacular! 👌

Good luck to everyone hoping to watch tonight’s eclipse, I’m currently in north west Spain praying the clouds clear! 🙏🤞H...
12/08/2026

Good luck to everyone hoping to watch tonight’s eclipse, I’m currently in north west Spain praying the clouds clear! 🙏🤞

Here’s some I made earlier in March 2015…

Come on down to The Holts Arms - The Foot’s 305th birthday market, sun’s shining & we’re ready as we’ll ever be!
02/08/2026

Come on down to The Holts Arms - The Foot’s 305th birthday market, sun’s shining & we’re ready as we’ll ever be!

Best of the rest of the wander around Blackleyhurst, Billinge a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to those who pointed out the...
01/08/2026

Best of the rest of the wander around Blackleyhurst, Billinge a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to those who pointed out the blue crop was linseed, looked glorious for a few weeks.
And don't forget Faye & I will be at The Holts Arms - The Foot's 305th birthday bash tomorrow (Sunday 2nd August) selling prints & paintings, etc from 1:00 pm :-)

Another one from my morning wander around the fields of Blackleyhurst, Billinge a couple of weeks ago. My main reason fo...
29/07/2026

Another one from my morning wander around the fields of Blackleyhurst, Billinge a couple of weeks ago. My main reason for heading out was the blue flower crop that was blooming at the time, no idea what's growing but it looked good at the time...

Save the date on your calendars, NEXT SUNDAY, 2nd August, Faye & I will be at The Holts Arms - The Foot summer market c...
26/07/2026

Save the date on your calendars, NEXT SUNDAY, 2nd August, Faye & I will be at The Holts Arms - The Foot summer market celebrating their 305th birthday. I’ll be selling prints, etc & Faye has done some more paintings 😊

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