Wildlife Photography across the Water: Review of the Year Part 11

Tuesday 5 January 2010

Review of the Year Part 11 - November

Full archive for November can be found here covering all 36 posts but some of my favourites were as follows.

Dave started the month off Bob Dylan style - well almost and then went off to see the New York skyline, before getting lost in technology, at least a couple of times.

I started my BTO winter counts for a couple of tetrads that I am monitoring as part of the Bird Atlas 2007-2011 work, and then went off to find some local fungi with these two reports.

I also got some hands on time with the Canon 7D and reviewed back to back with the 1Dmk111 on an ISO test

This post and the one I did in December on AF testing have seen a huge number of views, so clearly it is something that some of you are interested in.

I was very cynical about the Canon marketing speak, based on my own experiences of ownership of the 1Dmk111 and use of the 50D, when comparing to the claims made for them. I said I would let the testing tell the story for the 7D and remain sceptical until I had hands on time. Well it is good, and a significant upgrade over the 40D, and a more massive leap compared to the 50D for image quality/ISO noise.

Dave picked up on AF systems here, and I will cover it a bit more in the review for December.

Anyway, there were lots of other good posts as well as these, so check them out.

Stat porn for November

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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.