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Tag Archives: photography
Bird Song
As I prepare this for publications my world is surrounded by birdsong. There are far worse background noises in the world at the moment.
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Birds, Blue Tit, garden, Great Tit, Magpie, photography, Spring, Starling
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Round, Round Round…
There was a time many years ago that I could set my watch by the RAF. 14:55 hrs every weekday, the RAF at Cottesmore* didn’t fly on weekends nor bank holidays, three tornadoes would come shouting up the Mease valley … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography
Tagged A10, Bird Photography, Blue Tit, Cold War, F15, F16, Feral Pigeon, garden, photography, RAF Cottemsore, Starling, Wood Pigeon
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France has Sunflowers….
With the Tour de France only a few weeks away I thought this images was almost appropriate. Ok so the cyclists were hardly from the Tour de France (One day perhaps?) and the yellow flowers were buttercups rather than sunflowers … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Summer
Tagged Bees, Buttercups, Everards Pasture, Meadows, photography, Red Poppies, Tour de France, Wildflowers, Yellow
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Erratum….
In my previous post I claimed that I was hand holding a 600 mm lenses and it was crazy that I could do that. Well it turns out things just got a whole more crazy as I had set the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Bees, Flowers, garden, photography, Pollination, Poppy, Summer
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Strange Old Day….
Most of the day I’ve been trying to capture the resident Wren singing and failing spectacularly! I know this sounds paranoid but I could swear they little bugger is doing it on purpose…in fact I write this I can hear … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Blue Tit, DSLR, garden, Greenfinch, photography, Sony 200x600 mm Lens, Sony A7 R Mk 3, Starling, Summer, Wildlife Photography, Woodpigeon
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There Goes the Neighbourhood….
Perhaps they’re a happy family – it’s just that they’re so loud! Or perhaps they’re a right pain in the neck with the kids tuning on the adults. Either way you know it when a family of Starlings descend on … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Bird feeder, Birds, garden, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Noise, photography, Squabble, Starling, Summer, Wren
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Last Day of Spring….
As the last day of spring draws a close to this year’s collection of crazy weather it seems I am transferring my interest to different fauna in the garden. ‘Tis the season to pollinate….
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Bees, Flowers, garden, Irises, photography, Pollination, Spring
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Busy Busy Time!…..
Last week i felt a bit becalmed – not quite sure which way to move next. Now I’m rushed off of my feet – just too much to do. Why is that? In part it is because the spring is … Continue reading
Back to the Future….
25th of August 2011 – This is when this photograph of a sparrowhawk devouring its kill was the last photograph that I would classify as a long lens wildlife shot (In this case a Canon 500mm). Shortly after this I … Continue reading
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