One of my favourite swan images.

This closeup portrait of a cygnet swan from my collection of swan images includes some subtle brown tones.

This unusual composition will convey a sense of calm in any location, and its gentle colouring should blend well with many themes of decor.

To purchase this image of a cygnet swan click here.

My name is Dave Hodges, I would like to thank Loxly Gallery for the opportunity to display some of my images, mostly they are photographs taken with Fuji digital SLR cameras, a few however have been modified or digitally enhanced to achieve a particular artistic effect.

My photographic interests are wide and varied, I will in fact take pictures of almost anything if I have a camera to hand. Most of my photography is of the landscape variety and often includes images of ancient stone circles, historic cathedrals or churches or just an image that has caught my eye whilst out walking throughout the UK. Being located in central England it allows me to visit locations as diverse as the rugged coastline of Cornwall, the valleys and ancient rock formations of the Peak district in Derbyshire or to the often bleak landscape of the North Yorkshire moors. In addition to these more accessible locations I also like to explore Wales and Scotland when time and the weather permits.

Recently I have began to broaden my photographic interests and have taken on the challenge of motor sports and aircraft photography and hope, in time, to display some of these images in addition to my more usual material. During inclement weather, if I am not able to capture the drama that nature provides us with I can often be found to be concentrating my efforts on making close-up or macro images of plants and flowers.

When visiting Loxly Galleries please drop in and check out for updates and new images on my page.

All of my images listed in the ‘Art Category’ are ‘Digitally Painted’ or have a digitally painted effect applied to them.

The images when viewed on screen at the Loxly Gallery do not always show the desired effect at the available viewable resolution. In order to give a clearer picture, I am including samples from four of my images here to display the effect at a close up resolution of 100%.

The digital painting effects are obtained using a mixture several software packages and various image manipulation techniques together with tools such as a graphics tablets and scanners. All finished images are developed from original photographs taken by myself.