Wildlife Photography across the Water: California day 2-Get a wide on

Wednesday 4 August 2010

California day 2-Get a wide on

I left our accommodation with 2 plans, Plan A was to hire a Kayak and shoot the Sea Otters if the weather was good and Plan B was to shoot the Ground Squirrels if the weather wasn't so good-Plan B it was as when we got to Monterey the dreary foggy conditions hadn't changed, there are a couple of excellent places for the ground squirrels along 17 mile drive where i had shot these funny little creatures before, My agency has done well with these images so i wanted to add some more to the list, I like to shoot with a wide angle lens whenever possible and these guys are used to humans and let you approach very closely as long as you are slow and take your time, I decided to dust off the 14-24 and see if it would be possible to get 'that' close-well it was and at one point i had a squirrel holding the lens hood and peering into the lens-very funny especially for all the Japanese tourists that looked on in amazement at the foolish English guy crawling along on his belly, I like to use a wide angle as it also shows habitat, in this case the beach and ocean, just a shame that there wasn't a better sky, Just before we got to 17 mile drive i noticed some Black tailed deer in somebodies garden, They were all bucks and a couple of the young ones were play fighting so i started the day off shooting those

The Deer image at the top was taken with the D3s/600 combo, Apart from the bottom Squirrel image which was the D300/200-400 combo all images were taken with the D3s and 14-24
Considering the weather its not been a bad start and can only (hopefully) get better

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.