Wildlife Photography across the Water: Not a good start

Saturday, 21 January 2012

Not a good start

We were late getting in last night due to the torrential rain in San Francisco, Add 30mph cross winds and zero visability and you can imagine the approach and landing, We got the the hotel at 12.30am and it was pissing down so it was valet parking and off to bed, This morning we were up earlish and went to get the car only to find the sat nav missing which was actually mine, After some discussion and heavy words with everybody around me we found that 3 went missing yet all the cars were valet parked and locked, Strangely about 30 mins later i had a call from the police stating that they had apprehended a German guy who had been seen looking into car windows and his pockets were full of-you guessed it-sat navs and 30 mins after the call we were reunited-well done San Jose police force. We have the weekend sight seeing with an English friend who moved to San Jose 2 days ago so i am writing this in the Hard Rock cafe in fisherman's wharf over looking Alcatraz and tomorrow we are off to Monterey so should get some images, The weather report looks mainly wet for the week and its very windy so i will have to make the most of whatever opportunities that i get-fingers crossed, I did notice a lot of wildfowl on the lakes driving up to San Fran so lets hope

Ta Ta for now

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.