Wildlife Photography across the Water: A couple from just outside the back door

Sunday, 25 September 2011

A couple from just outside the back door

Not a euphemism but from the garden in the last 24 hours.

These delightful little fungi, which are some form of Lepiota came up in the lawn overnight on Friday night/Saturday morning.

As I don't like grass as a subject matter, I chose to keep the DOF to a minimum in camera, but that means you lose sharpness across all parts of the subject. But I can live with that, and added just a little 'lens blur' in Photoshop CS5 on the base grass for effect.

I also put the moth trap out again last night, and apart from mostly Yellow Underwings, the catch was sparse. I did get two new species which come around at this time of year. These being the Barred Hook Tip - no images sadly and this Pink Barred Sallow, which I could only get to stay put on our 'dirty' breakfast table in the garden.

Finally, commiserations to our Scottish readers for an abysmal performance in New Zealand this morning (sorry we don't normally do sport on this blog do we? )

I have something planned for Tuesday this week that I hope will mean I can bring you some more images. - but you will have to wait and see.

Cheers
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.