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In this link you can see a slideshow of some of my favourite bird photos. 


Me, when I was 'big'! lol
I was born and brought up in England, living most of my life in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, although my family is from Reading in Berkshire.
I moved to Belgium nine years ago now and up until then I hadn't really been that interested (I never had a long enough lens) in wildlife photography. More often than not I would take photographs of motorcycles, architecture, cars and landscapes etc. However, I have always been a great lover of nature.
Since moving to Belgium I've rediscovered the great outdoors, which was made easy as I first lived in a small seaside town, which was surrounded by vast amounts of countryside, forests and wildlife conservation areas. I've moved twice since, once to a village on the edge of a small forest, close to Brugge (Bruges) and more recently to the city centre of Brugge (Bruges) where I currently reside.
I have been an avid fan of photography for as long as I can remember, most probably bolstered by the fact my father was and still is a Natural History photographer, as well as an author of five nature books .
In June 2006 I purchased new camera gear, which I mostly use for wildlife shots. It comprises of a Canon EOS 30D body, a Canon EF-S 18-55mm "cheapo standard zoom lens" (which I've had some very nice results with), a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens and a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5 - 5.6 L IS USM lens. Generally I find the 100-400mm a very good compromise lens that I chose over the EF 400mm f/5.6 L, due to the smaller size I need for travelling with my motorcycle and bicycles.
I've since added a Ricoh Caplio GX100 compact as a carry everywhere camera and use it for some macro shots, as well as holiday snaps and the like.
I handhold around 95% of my shots, although I do own both a good tripod and monopod. I just prefer the flexibility of shooting without anything hindering my movements, so I can be ready to get that special shot in an instant! Well, that's the theory LOL!
To my mind there are very many truly talented photographers on Flickr, long may it continue!
Thanks for looking and best wishes,
John Larkin
P.S. A friendly word of warning to people who think it's okay to steal other people's photographs:
Please don't use any of my photo's without my permission, they're all copyrighted by myself, so please no blogging, copying, or using them without my prior consent!
All of my images are available for sale at full size, please drop me a line if you wish to use them, please do not steal them!
Thank you for your understanding in this matter.






Yours truly on my old '02 BMW R1150GS Adventure in the Eifel region of Germany, September 2004.

These are the countries I've been fortunate enough to have visited, up until now. I love to travel and would like to visit every continent, realisticaly though, I hope to visit at least North America, New Zealand and Australia (where my sister and her family live) one day!
create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands
create your personalized map of europe


Foto John's favorite photos from other Flickr members (1,851)
Contacts (243)
Groups (50)
- Elite Bug Competition 375 photos, 160 members
- An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles 13,147 photos, 1,424 members
- Heteroptera (True Bugs) 2,801 photos, 191 members
- shield bugs and other miridae 4,488 photos, 361 members
- Poets & Writers 1,049 photos, 223 members
- Eifel und Felsenland Südeifel 1,253 photos, 61 members
- the kite crew 1,858 photos, 294 members
- Red Kites 629 photos, 118 members
- SPIDERS 40,622 photos, 7,687 members
- Canon 17-40 f/4L USM Group 94,568 photos, 6,261 members
- FLASH SIGMA EM-140 DG MACRO 178 photos, 27 members
- BRUGGE / BRUGES ! 5,668 photos, 745 members
- Canon Digital Photographers (Nature & Wildlife) 43,784 photos, 1,394 members
- Windmills 19,859 photos, 4,617 members
- Canon EOS-1D III Users 24,578 photos, 1,197 members
- Wild Bees and Wasps of Europe (NO Honey Bees PLEASE) 11,733 photos, 1,010 members
- Bees, bees, bees! 47,091 photos, 10,711 members
- BBC Springwatch (Official) 130,234 photos, 16,811 members
- European Birds and Wildlife 40,477 photos, 896 members
- Picardie 7,960 photos, 360 members
- Mushrooms & other fungi (Your Fab Fungi Fotos, FFF) 20,852 photos, 1,453 members
- The Flickr Portrait Gallery 278,864 photos, 20,814 members
- CYCLING + BELGIUM : PRO cycling / cx / MTB / trial / BMX 6,022 photos, 564 members
- CUBE Bikes 378 photos, 91 members
- Expeditions and Expedition Medicine 478 photos, 85 members
- Pont à Mousson et ses environs 198 photos, 24 members
- MOUNTAINEERING - 5,198 photos, 596 members
- BIKER LIFE ~ living and loving the lifestyle~ 83,220 photos, 6,625 members
- Motorcycle On The Road - (Only bike with landscape, no racing) 8,605 photos, 960 members
- Brussels 54,697 photos, 2,640 members
- BIKE [directory] バイク 22,163 photos, 941 members
- recumbent cycles 2,558 photos, 350 members
- Butterfly Color (Winners Displayed) 58,160 photos, 6,592 members
- Just Skippers 1,621 photos, 172 members
- Manual Focus 88,014 photos, 2,458 members
- Moth Gallery - Vote NOW for Photograph of the Month 21,315 photos, 2,229 members
- We say NO to VIDEOS on FLICKR 1,026 photos, 23,662 members
- Feathers+Beaks=Birds (P2 / C2) 99,925 photos, 6,505 members
- Ricoh GX100 24,925 photos, 1,090 members
- SeriousCompacts.com 80,915 photos, 2,607 members
- Birds Photos 808,809 photos, 38,523 members
- DSLR Canon 30D 20,232 photos, 751 members
- Molto Colnago 4,268 photos, 589 members
- Bats 3,959 photos, 1,416 members
- Mountain Bike! 42,439 photos, 4,069 members
- Mountain Bike Mania 1,235 photos, 161 members
- Mountain Bike Trail 8,479 photos, 871 members
- Only Mountain Bike / Solo Mountain Bike 6,810 photos, 904 members
- France image 216,902 photos, 8,825 members
- Aircraft 197,208 photos, 2,522 members
Testimonials (1)
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haikulinde says:
"" John, is a truly great photographer!
He provides a world of pure joy for all, with his birds, butterflies, hummingbirds, flowers and the whole nature!
You can feel, he is a fantastic lover of nature!
All his fotos are a treasure for the eyes, and artistry for the soul!
I love his breathtaking, excellent fotos and enjoy his work!
Thank you for sharing this with us, John!"
Greetings from Germany
Haikulinde"1st September, 2007
- Joined:
- November 2005
- Hometown:
- Wellingborough
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Occupation:
- Fleet repair technician











