Female Chaffinch in flight
Take one territorial Chaffinch, a cottage in the Scottish Highlands and some persistence…the result is this little bird, in a big pose that’s normally over in the blink of an eye.
Sea Eagles to be reintroduced to England?
Just a quick one, but as a keen wildlife photographer this story jumped out at me today…a plan to try and re-introduce Sea Eagles to Norfolk in England. It would be excellent to see this go ahead, having seen Sea Eagles in Scotland on both the Isle of Mull and the Isle of Skye, it [...]
D3x announcement Dec 1st?
I’m sure many of you will have heard by now that there is an announcement due from Nikon on 1st December, and ‘those in the know’ think it’s going to be the D3x. I’ll be away in Florida at the time but looking forward to seeing what the 1st brings…
Gitzo GM3551 monopod
My monopod was in major need of upgrading so, when I had another trip to Florida just a week away, I decided to take the plunge and go with a nice new carbon fibre Gitzo 3551 to take along – as I was taking my 200-400 this time, my main monopod lens! I’ve never had [...]
Selective sharpening
Another of my quick processing techniques, sharpening for web sized images. Whenever you re-size an image for the web you’ll find it looks a tad soft (if you think your images don’t, apply some sharpening and see how they suddenly seem to pop from the screen more than before), it’s easy to get back that [...]
A brief mention in The L.A. Times blog
Bit of a random one this! Last week I got an email from a friend with a link to my Spring Lamb photo having been posted on Digg.com (it crops up in the most random of places, even a year on!). I headed over to check it out and sure enough there it was, and, [...]
