11 March 2010
Trip to Ainsdale sands to photograph Skylarks. They were much more obliging this time (still very difficult to get close to), and we saw them on the ground many times. These shots aren't amazing, but I'm steadily getting closer.
Skylark - 400mm, 1/4000sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, 50% Cropped.
Skylark - 400mm, 1/1000sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, 50% Cropped.
09 March 2010
Trip to Leighton Moss with the one they call Chin. We saw loads of stuff but these are the only one's I was really able to photograph. Next time I'll bring a tripod and find a good spot to wait. We saw Treecreepers, Nuthatch, Egret, Deer, Crested Grebe and loads of Lapwings.
Robin - 400mm, 1/320sec, f/5.6, ISO 640, Uncropped.
Robin - 400mm, 1/500sec, f/8, ISO 400, Uncropped.
08 March 2010
Killing three hours at Marton Mere after an especially tedious lecture. The only shots I got were from the feeding hide, all small birds. All images have been cropped 50%.
Reed Bunting - 400mm, 1/320sec, f/5.6, ISO 400
Great Tit - 400mm, 1/250sec, f/5.6, ISO 320
Long-Tailed Tit - 400mm, 1/400sec, f/5.6, ISO 320
Long-Tailed Tit - 400mm, 1/1000sec, f/5.6, ISO 320
Dunnock - 400mm, 1/100sec, f/5.6, ISO 400
07 March 2010
My first ever attempts at panoramas. Taken at the old pier at St Annes. Unfortunately my widest lens is only 50mm, on a cropped frame body, so not ideal for panos, but I had a go anyway.
05 March 2010
Here's a few shots from our trip to Ainsdale. Just some Lichens and plants, in a few months this place will be a hotspot for some very interesting Invertebrates (I'm told).
400mm, 1/400sec, f/5.6, ISO 1000, Uncropped.
105mm Macro, 1/125sec, f/7.1, ISO 320, Uncropped.
105mm Macro, 1/100sec, f/7.1, ISO 400, Uncropped.
105mm Macro, 1/50sec, f/7.1, ISO 400, Uncropped.
04 March 2010
First shoot of the new project, managed to find a Long Eared Owl! So that was the end of that day - I spent around 2 hours with it waiting for the damn light to change and looking for different angles to shoot from. The light only got worse, and this was the only angle it was possible to see it unobstructed from.
Long Eared Owl - 400mm, 1/200sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, Uncropped.
19 February 2010
Just finished preparing my Oxford Scientific Films submission - 27 shots from my previous work + 3 from Blackpool and the Fylde College. Below is an Uber-exclusive-never-before-submitted-or-even-shown-to-anyone-shot from just before I came to Blackpool. I just never got around to editing it. It forms part of my submission.
Garden Spider - 105mm (+ tubes), 1/250sec, f/13, ISO 100, Ringflash + Aux Flash, Uncropped.
10 February 2010
Back to my normal style today, 2 hours spent stalking curlews, very tough work. Got a few close ups of some Corn Buntings as well, surprisingly easy - I will try again tomorrow.
Curlew - 400mm, 1/1250sec, f/5.6, ISO 320, Slightly Cropped
Curlew in flight - 400mm, 1/800sec, f/5.6, ISO 500, Uncropped
Curlew in flight - 400mm, 1/1600sec, f/5.6, ISO 320, Heavily Cropped
Corn Buntings - 400mm, 1/2000sec, f/5.6, ISO 1000, 50% Cropped
Redshank on ice - 400mm, 1/800sec, f/5.6, ISO 500, Uncropped
09 February 2010
A different shoot today, went out with my normal mindset of trying to get as close as possible to the subjects and get some interesting portraits, but when I got home I found I had taken some much more artsy-fartsy type images... Don't know how much sense this will make to anyone not currently living inside my head, but I get a strong "Cubist Collage" impression from the first two shots, the other two, I'm not sure, something to do with planes of view and the flatness of the St Annes beach - it made sense to me a few hours ago.
Edge of the world - 400mm, 1/1600sec, f/5.6, ISO 320, Uncropped
Lone Sanderling - 400mm, 1/800sec, f/5.6, ISO 320, Uncropped
Tension - 400mm, 1/800sec, f/5.6, ISO 320, Uncropped.
Two Black-backs - 400mm, 1/2000sec, f/5.6. ISO 320, Uncropped.
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