Wildlife Photography across the Water: Mini Trip Report Pt 6 - RSPB Minsmere

Monday, 16 May 2011

Mini Trip Report Pt 6 - RSPB Minsmere - Grey Heron

Grey Herons are one of those common birds that I have never really spent a huge amount of time photographing. Almost prehistoric looking in appearance and flight, they are extremely graceful and wonderful to watch, but because they are relatively common I have too often overlooked them in the past.

Well in the final part from my short trip to Minsmere at the end of last month, here are a few photographs of some in different forms for you.

Just coming into land and it has swept its legs forward and out of sight

Nice to see in amongst and over the reed bed.

Martin

2 comments:

Anonymous16 May 2011 at 11:03
Hi Martin, Some nice shots of a bird that always flies the other way from me!! Out of interest I know from reading the blog that you and Dave use Capture One and I was wondering if either of you have tried there revised Media Pro and if so what are your thoughts. Particularly compared to Lightroom etc. I've downloaded the trial version and the colours definitely seem more natural/correct compared to Lightroom. Thanks
Neil Kristiansen
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WPATW19 May 2011 at 21:09
Hi Neil,

I am not familiar with Media Pro so cannot offer you any views on that. With Lightroom, I tend to agree with you. I have never had good results with LR2 or versions of Adobe Camera Raw until the version in CS5. When I trialled LR 3 that was a marked improvement over LR2. But I tend to stick with what I know and love and have been using C1 since I started shooting in RAW many years ago, and am very happy to stick with this great software, even though it adds to the workflow.

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.