Wildlife Photography across the Water: Take off Run

Thursday, 3 March 2011

Take off Run - Slimbridge trip report Part 2

I have taken a couple of recent day trips to WWT Slimbridge, as I previously reported here when I shared images of the Lesser Scaup with you.

This sequence of images was from early morning on the first visit back last month, and while the subject matter is nothing remarkable in that it is the very common Mute Swan, I just liked the light on these images.

Taken with the 7D, 500 + 1.4 at ISO1600, in mode C3

In future parts I will bring you Whoopers (but without the lovely snow that Dave recently shared with us) as well as Bewicks, with an interesting view of the tracking devices used, as well as some different Geese species.

On a sad note as far as Mute Swans are concerned, they are having a tough time here on the River Avon in Stratford with the recent death numbers up into double figures, and no traceable cause at this time, and a horrible story of over thirty now found shot in Somerset

Martin

3 comments:

Kah-Wai Lin4 March 2011 at 16:01
Very nice blog and pictures! I was trying to shot the bird taking off but no luck, will try again this weekend. I will keep my eye on your blog from time to time.

Check out my new birding blog:
http://kwbirding.blogspot.com/
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Julian4 March 2011 at 20:49
A***holes - I hope those responsible are caught and are publicly humiliated by the Press for this mindless and cowardly destruction.

To end on a positive note - final image is very nice!
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WPATW5 March 2011 at 12:23
Thanks for the comments - and your other one about links too Julian

Martin
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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.