Wildlife Photography across the Water: Happy New Year to our readers

Sunday, 1 January 2012

Happy New Year to our readers

Just a short blog to wish all of you a very happy New Year, and hope that all your hopes and aspirations work out for you all.

Looking quickly back at the blog, as we enter our fourth year of blogging. We posted a total of 426 times in 2012, so as well as maintaining our 100% daily post record, we managed to squeeze in an extra 75 or so posts as well.

Photographically for me, it was by my usual standards quite a lean year as other life priorities got in the way.

Dave will not doubt fill you in with his thoughts, but I absolutely loved all of his posts from his Japanese trip in the early part of 2011. Fantastic subjects and fantastic images from a great photographer, and seeing those posts made me feel privileged to share this blog platform with him.

It would be good to have some feedback from our readers to see if tere are any areas that you would like us to cover, if we can, as it is always worthwhile being able to share things that are of use.

Look forward to hearing from you all.

Best wishes for 2012

Martin

6 comments:

Anonymous1 January 2012 at 16:22
Happy new year to you both.

I am currently planning a native wildflower area in my garden, I know Martin has already done this but I can't find any related early blogs on the subject. Any advice such as choice of plants and if you grew mainly from seed, or bought plant plugs would be useful along with any other tips. I did come across a site where you enter your postcode and it then lists all the wildflowers that have been recorded in that area. The list was quite astounding!

Thanks

David Schenck (Ipswich)
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WPATW1 January 2012 at 18:41
David,
Many thanks for your comments. You have raised a good point and I think will make a good future blog. I will start writing and get something up later this week for you with how I did and tell you what big errors I made so you can avoid
Martin
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Malcolm3 January 2012 at 09:23
Thanks to you guys for all the efforts you put in in maintaining the blog and for sharing you great images and advice with us.
Malcolm
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WPATW3 January 2012 at 21:38
Malcolm,

Many thanks for your comments - it is very much appreciated to get the feedback

Martin
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Wildlife Photographer5 January 2012 at 08:10
Hello friends,

This is the perfect blog for anyone who wants to know about this topic. You know, you definitely put a new spin on a subject that's been written about for years. Great stuff, just great!
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WPATW5 January 2012 at 21:35
Roberto, many thanks for your kind comments. We do appreciate it and makes it worthwhile for us. Have a great 2012.
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.