Wildlife Photography across the Water: Lizards and Filters

Friday, 30 September 2011

Lizards and Filters

The house nightmare continues as the house in the last blog fell through last night and all for $2k on a $400k house, Very silly business sense by the selling agent, Some people do not seem to understand the housing market at the moment, I am not overly concerned as although it was a beautiful house there is a tonne on the market and last night we saw a couple of house reduced by $100k on what they were purchased 4 years ago-ouch, So we have a busy weekend planned looking at houses,
Yesterday i was sittting on the couch surfing the net on my laptop with the backdoor open, Something caught my eye and it was a very small green lizard (anole) running along the top of the balcony railing, It hoped onto the bird feeder pole and run up, I grabbed the D7000 and Sigma 150 macro and managed a few shots, The light was pretty harsh but it was nice to hear a shutter going off

I finally unwrapped the ND filters (2+3 stop) from Singh Ray and took a snap to show the difference along with the Lee 10 stop big stopper

The 10 stop one comes in handy for welding as well-lol, The Singh Ray filters come in very nice individual leatherette cases, They sent a free cleaning cloth and fluid which i have to say is the best i have ever used, Spray and wipe and the fluid instantly dries and although i got my fingers all over them they were clean in one swip-excellent stuff
Now i am going to put the kettle on and watch the free Singh Ray DVD-Highly recommended company

Dave

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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.