Wildlife Photography across the Water: Coming and Going

Sunday 3 October 2010

Coming and Going

Well the Fall is here and the summer is gone, The lower temperatures have made the hummingbirds migrate-when i say lower temperatures i did get slightly burnt today, The disappearance of the hummingbirds coincided with the reappearance of the opossum, Now i know that opossums do not migrate but i haven't seen one for months and considering we had about 6 around every night i have no idea what they have been doing or where they have been eating, We have now had one visit our garden for the last few nights and i am very pleased to have them return as i find them very endearing and extremely photogenic, I want to shoot them in snow and hopefully this winter it will happen, The bird feeders are starting to get busy and the squirrels have returned, the did a disappearing act last summer and again this summer, I wasn't sure of the local hawks had taken them but back they are and today i watched them taking sunflower seeds from the feeders and bury them in the garden ready for the winter, The winter is always a great time for wildlife photography as food gets harder to find, Its a good time to get the bird feeders filled and kept filled and start a baiting programme for fox etc, As soon as the first frosts come the ground will get very hard and foxes will find digging for worms very difficult , Get your hide up and in place and get some nice perches set up, As always the more effort you put in now the more results you will get over the winter period

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.