Wildlife Photography across the Water: Time for a clean and brush up

Thursday, 15 December 2011

Time for a clean and brush up

All the gear is ready for the Florida trip on Saturday, I have had both the EWA marine underwater housing and the Panasonic compact sitting in a bath full of water to test for leaks and so far all is good, The lenses have been cleaned with ROR cleaner that my friend Dave Newton put me onto and yesterday i had a delivery of sensor cleaners from BHPHOTOVIDEO so i can now clean my dirty D3s sensor, I use Visible Dust swabs along with Visible Dust solution which i find works very well at getting all the crud off, I have to say the FF sensors seem to get a lot dirtier than the cropped sensors and are a pain in the butt to get totally clean but when shooting underwater or in the sky with large areas of light clear background any spots show up so better to spend 30 mins cleaning now than hours in front of a PC later, Like anything get the preparations done now for a smooth ride ahead

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.