Wildlife Photography across the Water: Florida day 1

Monday 20 December 2010

Florida day 1

We made our way down from Raleigh North Carolina in Friday to Crystal River Florida on Friday, It took an epic 11 hours, We had torrential rain through North Carolina, South Carolina and way into Georgia, We also got caught up in an accident where somebody left the road and took some trees out before landing upside down, The car was flat and had some wheels missing, It didnt look good for anybody in there, I am writing this late Sunday as i am out very early tomorrow with the manatees and will then be pretty busy in the afternoon, Today (Sunday) we went down to Fort De Soto-about 1hr 45mins south, I was there in the spring and it was amazing, Today it was very cloudy and very windy, There was next to nothing at the North beach except wind surfers and after checking out various places we decided to move to the East side, There were plenty of ospreys and Kestrel around but the sky was white and bland and i didnt think that there was much point in spending time taking shots that i already had better of,So a few snaps and away, We went right to the end of the island and luckily there were some shore birds huddled up out of the wind, I got down low using the skimmer pod and edged my way towards the birds using long grass as cover, I did manage to get some images but you know what its like, The light was low,everything was grey even the water so i grabbed some images with the D7000,600 and a 1.4x, The weather looks good Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and even though i have paid for Wednesday i may bow out and do something else as its pointless shooting manatees in bad light, Lifes too short and sometimes you just have to think-well i am here to get GOOD shots not just go through the motions

Dave

2 comments:

Dina20 December 2010 at 22:26
Beautiful pictures from Fort Desoto. Sorry about the bad weather this weekend. Should be good the rest of the week.
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Julian23 December 2010 at 11:12
No. 3 is a cracker for me.
KR
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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.