My last post about the Long-tailed Duck, that unexpected visitor to our local park, led me to recall one of my earliest visits to the park pond with a decent DSLR camera.
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Making my Day Unique
Nature Spot – linked to Friendly Friday
So, just yesterday, my good friend Donald (not that one, another one) said “Why don’t we go to the pond at the park and take some bird photos?…… socially distanced, of course”. It may not sound a truly attractive suggestion but in the middle of lock-down when we’re not supposed to go out of our local area, it seemed a good idea just to get out the house.
Continue reading “Making my Day Unique”Focus on Nature
Generally, a nature shot focusses on a particular subject, perhaps a bird, an insect, or a flower. To get a good image, it’s best that the subject in sharp focus, and often the use of automatic camera focussing is essential.
But even if it is a sharp image, there are some other strategies to help ensure the viewer will not simply glimpse at it and move on to the next image, but instead to linger and examine the image more closely.
More ImagesThose True Eyes
I find it hard to believe those eyes are real. This image, I admit, is taken of a captive bird – a trained bird – one which probably could no longer survive if it were freed into nature. It’s looked after and fed well.
Continue reading “Those True Eyes”A Quiet Place
It’s a place we often go to chill out and look at the sea. It’s over at the rocks behind Troon harbour – that’s Troon, best known for its championship golf course. We pass the harbour and stop in the small car park, looking out over the waves towards the Isle of Arran.
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Nature Spot
70-300mm zoom @ 300mm; f6.3; 1/4000sec; ISO3600
Little Waterfalls
Photography in Nature
Photographing Wildflowers
Nature Flower Photography
Recently there have been a few shots that led me to think more about the different ways to photograph a wild flower. I thought perhaps by making some note of these ways I might remember them for the future, and so improve the images I produce.
Continue reading “Photographing Wildflowers”Green-veined White
Nature Spot
Another imageCoal Tit Capers
I’ve managed to get images of most of the common small birds around, but the Coal Tit was particularly problematic. Trouble is they are so fidgety; they move so fast; don’t stay still for a second. I’ve had several shots of them disappearing off the side of the frame, or a clear shot of their rear end as they turn so quickly.
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