Wildlife Photography across the Water: Macro Dunnock

Sunday 25 April 2010

Macro Dunnock

I spent some pleasant realxation time in the garden yesterday afternoon sat by the pond, taking it easy ahead of the run today, enjoying watching the many butterflies around, including mating Peacocks and Holly Blue. I got the 7D and the 180 macro ready in case I had anything settle.

Nothing doing on the butterflies photographically, but these Dunnocks came onto the Pear tree to get to the feeder. I haven't used the macro lens for birds before, but why not. They were less than ten feet away and totally unperturbed by me, as long as I was steady and moved slowly.

I quite liked the last one with the blossom as part of the image. Very bright light today so worked the highlights down a little in the processing.

Thes birds are two of at least five that are frequenting the garden at the moment. I expect to see the young down soon

Martin

3 comments:

Bobbster25 April 2010 at 08:34
Great shots, looks like the macro lens has picked out the feather detail superbly
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WPATW25 April 2010 at 20:54
The Canon 180 is a stunning lens Bob. Slow to focus, as there is a lot of glass to move about. But beautiful IQ

Martin
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Julian11 May 2010 at 23:38
Lovely natural looking final image. Bokeh looks superb on this lens too!
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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.