One of the joys for me yesterday was dropping off Mrs O at Skipton to peruse the yarns and other paraphernalia at YarnDale whilst I took off to drive up to Buttertubs and back via Askrigg. Plenty of 120 was shot but those latent images are still to be developed. I had the D3S with […]
Gatherings – a perfect storm.
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 […]
Edgelands – transitioning
I made a recce to Cattawade in the middle of the day today. It was raining cats and dogs and I ‘d prudently packed the D3S as I don’t much like the Bronica or the Toyos getting drenched. I was curious to see the lay of the land as this season draws to a close […]