Wildlife Photography across the Water: Weather Part 2 (& Sod's Law)

Sunday 23 January 2011

Weather Part 2 (& Sod's Law)

A few days ago Dave blogged here on the benefits of being able to pick and choose his time to photograph.

For me the opposite is true, with a full time job to fit around, I can only look out the train window to see beautiful sunrise, blues skies and sunsets between Monday and Friday. The last two weekends when I have been gagging to get out have been truly awful, with horrible dark grey light. I have a couple of local day trips that I want to get in but with the light it really just isn't worth the waste of very expensive fuel. So today will be another lost Sunday and fingers crossed for next week, and hope the fairly rare subjects I want to see will still be around.

Martin

2 comments:

Anonymous23 January 2011 at 14:43
Awful, isn't it? With the exception of a few sunny days here and there, it seems to have been the cloudiest winter ever. I also do amateur astronomy so it's doubly frustrating.
I am a temp, but I am between jobs at the moment so I have no money for the ever more expensive fuel for my car! So, even with time on one's hands, it's not always possible to get out, unless I satisfy myself with poking round the garden or immediate neighbourhood, which is not always satisfying. The endless birder/photographer's problem is that having a job = having money but no time; however not having a job = having plenty of time on your hands but no money! The issue is how to resolve both problems and have time AND money!
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Julian27 January 2011 at 20:11
Martin
I can empathise (?) with you. My weekend mornings are normally decimated with my youngest son's rugby training on Sat and a match on Sunday. However c**p the weather it can have it's "silver lining", if you lower your expectations!!. Frozen ground last weekend meant no play either day, light was poor for photos so took Rhys and binos to Newport Wetlands and caught a long sighting of the Marsh Harrier an hour before darkness. Well rewarded few hours IMHO! No chance of photos but I'm "convincing" myself to be content with whatever "outdoor time" I can get at the moment! Galling recently, when we had three days of blue sky crisp days last week coinciding with imminent work deadlines. Photography moves to the back of the queue ... again! Reminds me I must remember to fill out a ticket for this week's Euro draw.....
Rgds Julian
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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.