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. Share
Sea Eagles to be reintroduced to England?
November 22, 2008 Leave a Comment
D3x announcement Dec 1st?
November 21, 2008 Leave a Comment
Gitzo GM3551 monopod
November 20, 2008 12 Comments
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
November 18, 2008 5 Comments
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
November 14, 2008 2 Comments
Guide to Grey Seals at Donna Nook
November 5, 2008 1 Comment
Picture the scene, it’s 6:45 a.m. and we’ve just arrived at Donna Nook, on the east coast of the UK. I have been up since 2:30 a.m. and I’ve been driving since 3:15 a.m. to cover the 200 miles needed before sunrise. We’re now about to walk a mile or so out to the sand banks with [...]
The end of the Deer Rut
November 3, 2008 3 Comments
The deer rut is always a bit of a hit and miss affair, you can never really predict where the fights will be, if at all. And so this year I spent as much time as I could trying to be in the right place at the right time, although wrong place at the wrong [...]
