Wildlife Photography across the Water: Review of the Year - Part 2

Thursday 30 December 2010

Review of the Year - Part 2 - February

We bought you a total of 48 posts in February. As many as any other month, so not bad for the shortest month of the year. We were clearly in chatty mood this month

Dave started the month off bringing us Deer and Beaver in this post, while later in the month, I popped across to the Forset of Dean looking for Hawfinch, but found Crossbills instead, along with a beautiful little Mandarin Duck.

Looking back through the month, we were clearly in techie gizmo mode judging by the number of posts on the subjects with plenty on the Nikon D3S and the Canon 1Dmk4 as a result of their previous recent launches.

Meanwhile, I wrote a couple of articles based on hands on ownership with the 7D on general handling and also the AF system. I have been very happy with it this year as it has proved to be a significant upgrade from the 1Dmk3 on many levels. I know lots of people have poo poo'ed it, but generally they are people who have never picked one up. I was very sceptical when it was announced as the claims being made on paper were the same that Canon made for the 50D. But having lived with mine for 9 months now, and Jacqui had one a good few months before me, I can definitely say it has been a great camera.

Here is a Sparrowhawk that called by in the garden shot with the 7D

To see all of our posts from February, here are the archives.

A total of 908 visitors dropped by for a total of 2525 visits from 43 countries.

Back next time with March

Martin

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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.