Wednesday 24 November 2010

More From The Feeders Yesterday

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Tuesday 23 November 2010

A day at the Feeding Station

Long Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)

I spent today building up stock images of our more common bird species on mu feeders. The arrival of a flock of about 30 Long Tailed Tits was a real bonus and I managed some really nice images. Bird feeder photography is so interesting, you just never know what will turn up next. The image above was taken with the Nikon D3s and the Nikkor 600mm F4 Shooting in some gloomy conditions at 1,000iso at F4.0

Thursday 18 November 2010

Yorkshire Dales Video

Baga Beach

Given the really bad spell of weather we seem to be having, it was nice to look at some images from slightly warmer part of the world. These two images have just been prepared for a travel client.... seems they are being used in some some well known guide book!!

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Goa Beach

Friday 12 November 2010

A Change Of Pace

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This week we spent a couple of days in the Yorkshire Dales looking at suitable locations for our landscape courses next year. It was great have a change of pace and swap the 600mm lens for the wide angles.

The area produced some really interesting and contrasting images ranging from dramatic B&W moody landscapes to beautiful soft evening panoramas.

We have two great venues for the courses next year, more details to follow very soon. In the meantime here are a few images from our visit to this amazing area and our take on the dramatic landscape of the Yorkshire Dales.

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Sunday 7 November 2010

More Waxwings.

I had a few hours spare today, so decided to try and catch up with a few more of the Waxwings which are currently invading the UK. There has been a flock of 30+ birds at one location in the Ribble Valley for a few days now and they proved easy to track down.

The Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) is one of those birds that you can't resist photographing no matter how many images you have on file, there will always be room for a few more.

Still not able to get the best lighting conditions today as I was pressed for time, but non the less I was pleased with the images from today.

For the photographers these were all taken on the Nikon D3s with the 600mm F4 VR Nikkor.

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Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

Wednesday 3 November 2010

Storm Clouds Over Havana

Another image just processed ready for a client.Really please to have sold to this image to a major publisher. I remember the day well, a freezing cold and very windy day in Cuba. Hope you enjoy the image.

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Tuesday 2 November 2010

Latest Images

Most of the last few days has been spent doing paperwork,post production and dealing with image requests.A lot of my shooting plans this week have been hit by bad weather, but at least the editing is all finished.

I have just finished a few images ready for clients, so thought I would share them with the blog readers.

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