Wildlife Photography across the Water: An Early Birthday

Monday 10 May 2010

An Early Birthday

Lately i have shot on land and below water but its been a long time since i shot 'on' the water and as its coming up to my birthday (in a couple of weeks) i went and bought a Kayak, Something i haven't shot from for a couple of years when i shot sea otters in California, Now when i said i bought it i should say that my wife bought it for me as an early present, along with the car rack,garage holder,dry sacks,paddle and life jackets-so who's a lucky boy then, We have a lot of lakes around my area and i watch the herons and ospreys nesting out of trees in the lake far away from the waters edge-well now i will be able to reach them, I said before that i was going away this week but have just found out that the roads to Clingmans Dome are stll shut for repair so this is now put on hold for a month or so, Now that leaves me free this week to get some processing done and give the kayak its maiden voyage, I think the D300 and 70-300VR that i recently purchased will be a great combo for this purpose

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.