Wildlife Photography across the Water: Night Time Project

Thursday 1 April 2010

Night Time Project

My night-time creature project took a new turn the other night with a new species-Raccoon, It was not at our friends garden but in my own, I have been putting in the hours in my garden hide and have more than 400 opossum images on file-Good images as well, i have been busy planting tulips and hyacinths in my garden to make for some colourful shots, The opossums have been getting harder to shoot but i have stayed and waited and watched, Last night after the opossum left i waited for an hour or more mainly listening to the noises in the woodland next to my garden, Some deer came and went and then i could hear some crunching next to the hide, I looked out of a small opening in the hide and could see a raccoon silhouette, It was feeding on the corn i had put out for the deer, Soon it made its way into the garden and into the flowers where there was a small amount of dog food, I managed a few images before some deer came and after the next flash took off followed by the raccoon up the nearest tree, I manual focused as the camera hunted in the dim light and took a shot-the raccoon went up the tree for a few minutes then descended down the back of the tree and was gone, I am glad to say that all the animals that i have seen here in my garden be it deer, fox,opossum or raccoon have been in great condition-The project continues

Theres always a bloody twig isnt there

Not something i normally do but as i dont have many raccoon images i decided to remove it, This image was nearly 3 stops under exposed as it was just out of flash range but came up ok in PS

Dave

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Bio's

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.