I was shattered on Saturday morning. The 10 hour drive home on Friday and a house like an oven sapped my strength but we had a wonderful thunderstorm in the morning and whilst out in it testing whether my new anorak was weatherproof, yes I can be a bit that way sometimes but these things […]
Zen and the art of Kingfisher photography
Some of my regular followers will have seen a spate of posts this week regarding my pursuance of Kingfishers. I deliberately did not post any information about my whereabouts but now we are home I can reveal that I was on location in Mylor Churchtown, Cornwall. In all I spent 19.5 hours driving there […]
Seven times she teased me this morning
Different tactics today. I was out before sunrise and within 10 minutes she arrived screaming in low over the water almost like the avian equivalent of a Red Arrows jet then she pulled up and turned to port then starboard and settled on the headline of a trawler behind me then quick as a flash […]
Take it as Red
I have had a difficult time with this bird today. Fickle as anything. I thought I would surprise her by getting out there some 2 hours later than normal. OK the real reason was gusting 30 knot winds. Checking out the usual haunts showed up nothing so a wander around the environs seemed to be […]
Flighty female gives me the run around
Weather conditions this morning suggested large format but no, I am on a mission. I need to get to know this female a tad better. All in all , I spent 4 hours loitering with intent this morning. I was presented with two fleeting visits early on, then I went home to ablute and breakfast […]
Never keep a lady waiting
So, this morning I had a lie in until 0600 then sauntered down to see if my lady friend would show. No sooner than I had lumbered into position, there she was all done up with full slap on and and off she went. A very empty morning after that. There’s no telling with these […]
Elusive female keeps me waiting two hours
I was up before dawn this morning to try and prove my theory of repetitive perches used by territorial Kingfishers. Yesterday I had observed a female and this morning with the tide being that much later I got in position about 2 hours before high water. Was the light dire or what? I sheltered from […]
Getting back into gear, waiting, watching, listening
It is a while since I got out before dawn with the specific intention of photographing Alcedo Atthis in not so familiar places. I used to do much of this before going to UCS to study Photography and it was this morning in a stiff Easterly breeze that I realised that the art of capturing […]
Oiling wheels
Last week was a hectic week. A thoroughly dull and wet bank Holiday saw me erecting my blow up Nova darkroom tent and cleaning and loading dark slides for 37 sheets of film – yes one odd sheet. I also serviced my Toyo 45A as I last used it in March and it is surprising […]
Zenza Bronica – Kodak Portra 400
I paid a visit to the framing gallery this week to drop off some of my ‘Pictures from an exhibition’ series for mounting. They are going into the forthcoming Freudian Sheep exhibition ‘Small World’. Whilst I was at it, I decided to get this image taken at Felixstowe in early winter 2013 as an end […]