Wildlife Photography across the Water: Cameras,Delays and the Garden

Sunday, 26 February 2012

Cameras,Delays and the Garden

Like Martin my cameras have remained in their bags this week, Its been a strange week weather wise with the start of the week cold and with snow then hot and in the high 70,s and now its pretty chilly out there although its blue skies and cloudless, In the middle we had very strong winds and even a day with tornado warnings,
The D7000 has gone to new good home and have to admit i will miss it, Its been a long time since i was down to one body although being the D3s i wont complain,
Seems that there is some turmoil in Japan as Canons long awaited 1DX which was announced 5 months ago has been delayed for at least 2 months, Nikon's D4 has been put back 1 month and rumors have it that the D800 may also be delayed a month, Canon are saying its firmware and Nikon's could be shutter, Either way it may be prudent to hold back on the purchase until things get sorted,
Canons big guns should be shipping in May all being well and the 200-400 is rumored to be properly announced soon although the again rumored price of $11000 will have lots of flack if proved correct and i agree it would be a ridiculous price,
My garden has been a hive of activity with fox every night and normally 2 together, Deer every night and the number of up to 12 my garden if full of foot prints and the best of the week was watching 2 opossums eating together right by our window so its time to get the camera and flashguns back out,
The wildlife photographer of the year closed this week so good luck to everybody who entered, I stuck a couple in at the last minute so fingers crossed, I keep meaning to enter more competitions but end the year with just 1 or 2

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.