Wildlife Photography across the Water: Review of the Year Part 7

Thursday 31 December 2009

Review of the Year Part 7 - July

So on into the second half of the year as part of the Year Review series.

All blogs can be seen here for July, but here are a few that might whet your appetite to revisit or see for the first time for any of our newer readers.

Dave did a review of his Nikon 200-400VRf4 - a great lens and one that many Canon users would like to have. But as usual Canon only have marketeers rather than ears that listen to photographers - so we will continue to wait in vain.

July was a great month for macro work in the UK as all the various bugs, butterflies and damsels came out to play.

Dave took a trip to South Carolina and sent in two reports here and here.

I finally found the way to unlock 1024 x 768 pixel res on my Samsung netbook, which meant I could use some other software to herlp processing and screen calibration.

On Tips and techniques, we covered wireless off camera flash here and here, I did a bit on Hightlight Tone Priority and Dave looked at AF assist points.

John Bulpitt was our first Guest Photographer and sent us a fascinating article on storing images on the move, along with some great images.

Finally, the story here about a persistent pair of Great Crested Grebes was one of my favourite stories of the year.

Stat porn for July

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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.