Wildlife Photography across the Water: Long Tailed Tits

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Long Tailed Tits

These delightful little birds have generally eluded me photographically for a long time. They are regulars in my garden, but have never really obliged for me. Maybe I need more of Dave's patience.

Anyway, getting home from work tonight, I put the kettle on and walked into the garden for the usual look around. I could hear the little 'check-check' calls and could see quite few. So I went back into the house, stuck the 500 + 1.4 on the 7D and went outside and sat down on the log pile still in my bright white work shirt.

I was taking it as an opportunist chance rather than a planned shoot.

Well I got a few images that I am pleased to share with you in lovely evening light.

I had a little chuckle to myself as I was processing these images of this bird in my apple tree, thinking what sort of comments would I have got had I still posted on photo forums.

Too cluttered, crop is wrong, distracting bits of apple tree - blah blah

Well that was the environment folks, so that's what you get. I am not cropping out the environment it was in :-)

Anyway, it was a pleasant little interlude before I cooked the supper

Martin

2 comments:

robbieb8 September 2010 at 19:49
Lovely pics Martin, they would cause a stir if they turned up here. I agree about the backgrounds also.

Robbie
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mark wood8 September 2010 at 20:19
Martin like your bold stance and I agree I think I know the sort of replies ;-)
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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.