Wildlife Photography across the Water: New addition to the family

Tuesday 4 May 2010

New addition to the family

Yes you read it right, Soon there will be the pitter patter of a tiny shutter in our home, My wife has decided that she wants a Dslr and as Nikon have some sales going on we have ordered a D5000 with a 18-55VR with bag and DVD and a 70-300 VR2 for $1089 which is something of a bargain, Now i am sure that the 70-300 will be living in my kit bag as its Nikon's little jewel, Highly respected by those who own them as being a very sharp lens, Its nearly as good as the $2400 70-200F2.8 VR2 that i purchased around Xmas and i was in two minds whether to get the 70-300 as its normally around the $600 mark but now Nikon are offering deals where if you buy certain bodies or kits you get another $200 off of the 70-300 so its a steal, The D5000 has 12MP on a cropped sensor,is small and light weight and has 720P video so fits the bill for her needs, it should arrive wednesday/thursday and i will put it through its paces and report back,It will be interesting to see how it compares to its bigger brothers when used for wildlife photography, I purchased the kit from Hunts who are well respected on this side of the pond and makes a change from the BH and Adorama where i normally shop, I was going to be away this week up into the Smokey Mountains for some landscape photography but i have been asked to exhibit 3 of my images in the CNPA (Carolina Nature Photographers Association) exhibition and they need the images printed and framed this week so i delayed the trip to get this sorted, I will give details of the exhibition that will run for a month next time for those that are in the area

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.