Toby Houlton

Delighted to share that my image "Dance of the Gnats" won the @ScotNaturePhoto competition this year. Love that it's an unusual subject and the image makes you wonder just what you are looking at! Check the SNPA X feed to see all winners and runners up.

Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2025 Winners’ Exhibition at The Tolbooth, Lanark | What's On Lanarkshire whatsonlanarkshire.co.uk/event/175108-s…

@MaliHalls That's a great photo Mali !

Bob the builder. #BirdTwitter #Nature #Photography #wildlife #birds #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #NaturePhotography #birdphotography #WildlifePhotography #Nikon

Here Are 31 Breathtaking Images That Won The Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2025 boredpanda.com/2025-winners-s… via @boredpanda?utm_source=share

@lizrose52 @adyG65 @BirdGuides @BirdWatchingMag @RSPBScotland @TarbatNess99 @ScotWildlife Thanks Liz. Always plenty of lovely wildlife to see up here!

@TobyHPhotos @adyG65 @BirdGuides @BirdWatchingMag @RSPBScotland @TarbatNess99 @ScotWildlife Great to see your pics well done - it was a good move!!!

Lucky to see the #KingEider at #LochFleet this Sunday. Distant and among the most birds ever seen there rafting and feeding. Patience paid off. Thanks to @adyG65 for the reminder through twitter to go. @BirdGuides @BirdWatchingMag @RSPBScotland @TarbatNess99 @ScotWildlife

@ScotNaturePhoto Thank you! Means a lot that my image was chosen as the winner, and lovely to be able to share it with so many people.

Congratulations to @TobyHPhotos, winner of the @ScotNaturePhoto #Scottish #Wildlife Behaviour category & Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2025 with Dance of the Gnats. scottishnaturephotographyawards.com/2025_winners/2… #SNPOTY2025

@MaliHalls Nice one Mali. Glad to hear you are better again.

Great Northern Diver. Taken yesterday at RSPB Dungeness...It was great to get out again after 4 weeks of being shut indoors. #BirdTwitter #Nature #Photography #wildlife #birds #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #NaturePhotography #birdphotography #WildlifePhotography #Nikon

@MaliHalls Really well. I also just treated myself to an 800mm 6.3. Some trade offs but its lighter than my 500, very quiet and really sharp. Really pleased I went mirrorless. Can't remember if I said before I went but I retired early. Couldn't stay there any more

@TobyHPhotos Thanks mate...How you getting on with that Mirrorless job?

Kingfisher. #BirdTwitter #Nature #Photography #wildlife #birds #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #NaturePhotography #birdphotography #WildlifePhotography #Nikon

Hi @BWPAwards , is there any news on this year's judging please? Still working on shortlist? Thanks

@BWPAwards Any news on when shortlisted images will be requested for this year's comp please?

@MaliHalls Looks rather smart!

Our place for the weekend

@JackPerksPhoto You won't be disappointed but be prepared for alot of files! Loving my z8, best upgrade I made.

I've finally caved and gone mirror less after selling most of my old gear and a kidney or two I bought the Nikon Z8 which I'm very much looking forward to playing with especially this animal eye detection thing.

@MaliHalls Excellent shot Mali!

Dipper. Taken this morning on Exmoor. #BirdTwitter #Nature #Photography #wildlife #birds #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #NaturePhotography #birdphotography #WildlifePhotography #Nikon

sussexexpress.co.uk/news/hastings-… Grateful to be featured in the @Sussex_World this week! If you're curious about The Night Swimmer and its dark dive into the creative mind, have a read. #Hastings #Sussex #IndieAuthor #LiteraryFiction #amwriting #books

@MaliHalls @RSPBLakenheath Very nice Mali!

Bittern. @RSPBLakenheath this morning. #BirdsOfTwitter #BirdTwitter #Nature #Photography #wildlife #birds #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #NaturePhotography #birdphotography #WildlifePhotography #Nikon

@JackPerksPhoto Depends what it's for Jack. I'd always want perfect in camera but with wildlife that's a challenge. Competitions always state their limits so for camera club comps removal of sticks etc is fine. For nationals it's a big no no. AI added subjects that change image. No thanks!

With AI and all the advances of editing images I do wonder what people consider ok these days. I've always gone for a minimal approach to my editing and occasionally might take the odd branch away to improve a image where is the line for people?

@highland_andy Hope it went well. What percentage choice of location is given to which wildlife you get in the new garden 😉

When you’re packing up the house in preparation for a move, and realise all the ‘good’ stuff has been boxed up! Cheers everyone. 🥂🍸 #EasierToDrinkItToPackIt 🤔😂

@highland_andy Surely AI will do it all for us....pffff 😆

So, I’m trying to catch up this evening with a bit of processing. How on earth do you choose from literally thousands of images? The curse of modern mirrorless cameras and thirty frames per second! 🤦🏻📷🙄😂