Wildlife Photography across the Water: Frustration

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Frustration

One thing i can say about trying to shoot the hummingbirds is that its bloody frustrating, But at the end of the day if you get some kind of a result its very satisfying, I set up the other day with 2 flashguns in front of the set up, one slightly high and one below where i expect the bird to be, Then 2 flashguns on the back, it took ages to get the back guns sorted so that there wasn't any dark areas, there was a breeze and the background kept moving, i also tried to put some blooms from a petunia in front of the feeder pipe and filled one bloom with sugar water but the breeze kept moving the flowers around and blowing the sugar water out,after about an hour i managed to get 1 image and as it was 90 degrees i gave up and went and had some liquid refreshment, the breeze had moved the flower head towards me so the bird was pretty much back on but i was quite pleased and can now move onwards, I have a couple of new light stands coming so that will make life easier setting up multiple flashguns, if it was too easy there wouldn't be a challenge and everybody would do it so that's good enough for me

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.