Wildlife Photography across the Water: Just back from Scotland

Monday 31 May 2010

Just back from Scotland

Regular readers will know that I like to make at least one trip per year to Scotland to photograph the wonderful wildlife that can be found there. After five trips to Mull in previous years, I thought it was time for something different. Having seen many great images from the Outer Hebrides over a few years, Jac and I sat down and made plans over the Christmas holiday period for this years trip.

We ended up on North Uist, part of the Western Isles in Outer Hebrides. Having just got back yesterday, and had no regular internet access, I will file all my trip reports in the coming posts. Suffice to say that there is a lot of material, so I expect to be posting a day report for each of thae days we were away, with additional material covering the journies there and back, as we fitted in some exciting opportunities on those and had some great sights during the travelling. I will also set out the planning and logistics for those who might contemplate a similar trip.

As in all good productions, I will also do a post on the outakes and mistakes that were made too.

Suffice to say, that we are now both pretty tired after the drive back from the Highlands last night. We drove a total of 1775 miles over the ten days and managed to see 124 bird species and numerous mammals as well. This is significantly more than in previous years to Mull so it has been a good result.

So I am off to sort out all the gear and clothes, and then get on with sorting and processing a lot of images.

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.