Tits and Ringers
After reviewing my bird photography portfolio during the last few quiet weeks of photo activity, I realised that I have only a single image of one of our favourite well known british birds; the Blue Tit. With a break in the weather again yesterday, I decided to pop down to a local feeding station and paid 90% of my attention to getting images of this much overlooked species. I also wanted to get some slightly different images and the one below was my favourite of the session.Whilst at the feeding station, BTO ringers had set som

Pochards and Tufties
These two species build up in numbers at a local park from this time of year. when I visited the area a couple of weeks ago, there werent any, however, there was over 10 Tufted Ducks and 5 Pochards present today. They were also joined by a female Scaup, a species which I have never photographed and that unfortunately wasnt going to change today. The Pochards and Tufted Ducks did, however, oblige and I managed to add a few shots to my portfolio of these species. The light this morning was very variable; sometimes making the water appear a vivid blue and at other times making the water appear a smoky grey. In terms of technique, I again adopted a shallow depth of field and as low a

Its been a while.....
.....since I got out with the camera...lots of excuses...blah blah blah.....the point is that I have'nt got any new material to exhibit. On that basis, I thought I would post some more butterfly images, which I never got around to showing earlier in the year.Brown Argus....Painted Ladies....

Local park bits Part 2
Here are some more images of some of our more familiar parkland species....A Mute Swan fresh from a dip in the water...Black Headed Gulls coming into land and posing for a low angle portrait...

Local park bits Part 1
I have been suffering from lack of photography fever. I have been mainly keeping this site updated with images from over the summer macro season apart from recent Ruff and Sanderling shots.On this basis, I just had to get out yesterday and take some more bird images. I chose a local park where photographing common waterbirds is easy so taking something a little different or artistic is the challenge. Another challenge when trying to achieve a low angle for photography is trying to avoid the huge amounts of bird poo along the edge of the lake! Lets say not all was avoided during the making of these images.....Mallards are constantl