The new year is just around the corner, so here's a review of our favourite pictures taken in 2024.

1. Our first picture shows a full moon rising over the radar domes on Titterstone Clee in February.

At first the moon was obscured by clouds, but after a 15-minute wait it finally appeared in the sky and I was able to get my shot.

2. What a morning - I stood on Caer Caradoc, near Church Stretton, in March and watched as a sea of mist swirled across Apedale and the lower slopes of Willstone Hill.

In the distance is Wenlock Edge, which runs for 18 miles from Craven Arms to Ironbridge. Ethereal Shropshire!

3. Here’s a very different view of Shrewsbury, with Caer Caradoc in the distance.

Evening sun highlights the walls of the castle, seen on the left above the railway station and Morris building.

In the centre is Castle Gates House, with the Parade directly behind it and the library seen on the right.

Caradoc is about 10 miles from Shrewsbury as the crow flies, but this picture was taken on a very long lens which makes it look much closer. 

4. What a night - this is the northern lights above Manstone Rock on the Stiperstones, photographed in May.

I got this shot at 11.35pm and eventually made my way back down the hill at 2am.

Then it was time to head home and download my pictures before finally getting to bed at 8am.

5. I’ve photographed Ludlow Castle from Whitcliffe Common on more times than I can remember, so it’s always good to try something different.

I was standing in Halton Lane for this view of what is one of the finest medieval ruins in England.

As I waited for the sun to come out, these curious spectators ambled into view to make the shot.

6. It looks like a watercolour painting, but this is dawn at Clun Castle.

I had got up at 3.30am on what was a surprisingly chilly summer morning hoping to photograph the castle surrounded by mist - and that’s exactly what I got.

It takes an hour to drive to Clun, so it was a relief it all worked out in the end. When things don’t go to plan, the journey back home always seems a lot longer!

7. This is harvest moonrise over St Eata's Church at Atcham, with the slopes of the Wrekin in the background.

I wasn’t going to miss the chance of photographing the second supermoon of the year, so it was just a case of deciding where to go.

After scouring a map I headed for Atcham, waited patiently for the moon to move into position, and finally got my shot.

This picture was taken using my Nikon Z8 at 600mm.

8. This was a magical morning in November with the Long Mynd rising out of the mist above Jonathan’s Hollow, near All Stretton.

The trees emerging in the distance are on Plush Hill, which is the site of an ancient burial mound known as a bowl barrow.

I stood and watched as the mist rolled across the landscape - a wonderful start to the day.

9. I had thought that the aurora event earlier in the year couldn’t be equalled - or even surpassed - but I was wrong.

This is the Northern Lights dancing over the mining remains on the summit of Brown Clee in October.

I was up there for seven hours as I watched the spectacular display into the early hours of the morning.

It was a very cold night, and as I started to pack up I noticed that frost had begun to form on my camera bag.

Then it was a long walk back down the hill, accompanied only by the sound of my footsteps and the occasional call of a tawny owl.

10. Here's a magical, misty morning on Titterstone Clee as sunrise casts a delicate pink glow across the landscape.

This was my view last month not far from Cleehill village, looking out towards Worcestershire.

The trees in the foreground are near the village of Hints, while Coreley, Milson and Neen Sollars lie beneath the blanket of mist beyond.

My alarm went off at 5.45am for this shot, far more civilised than the 3am starts of a few months ago.