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 – Goldfinch
Reading The Unofficial Countryside and Edgelands there was a constant undercurrent of the wildlife observed . Something I did an awful lot of during my pre-degree photography era was wildlife photography. I am no bird watcher or twitcher, I just like to photograph what I see. Last night whilst re-visiting some of my Edgelands sites […]