Wildlife Photography across the Water: An early walk out last weekend

Friday 7 May 2010

An early walk out last weekend

As regular readers know, I carry out Timed Tetrad Bird Recording visits as part of the BTO Bird Atlas work.

The last walk was the first of the Breeding Bird surveys in my local patch. The edge of the 2km x 2km square starts a few hundred metres from my house so it is very handy.

I took the 7D, 300f4 and the 1.4EFTC over my shoulder, taking off the battery grip and tripod collar to save carrying weight on the off chance that something might present itself.

It was certainly the day of the Whitethroat - we saw about a dozen or so, along with numerous other migrant warblers.

One bird that has generally been elusive to me, photographically, has been the Yellowhammer - or at least in terms of decent quality images.

These two images are essentially grab shots, in a very cluttered environment, although to be fair, this is the sort of habitat that you will see them. So a clean bird on a stick type image is not all representative of the environment, no matter how good they look photographically.

Don't forget this weekend will be about the best if you plan to get out and get some Bluebell images in the UK, or at least through the Midlands it is.

Martin

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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.