Wildlife Photography across the Water: japan.cranes.snow monkeys

Sunday, 15 January 2012

Images of the year 2011-Japan

2011 certainly was a year of ups and downs for me but without doubt the highlight of the year was my trip to Japan, I had high expectations and the trip exceeded all of the by far, What a fantastic place for the wildlife photographer, i would have really loved to have managed a return trip this year but buying a new house emptied the kitty and it was too late to sell a lung, We took thousands of images and going through them it was difficult to know what was the favorites so here is a few that bought back some great memories

White Tailed and Stellers Eagles

Japanese Snow Monkey's

Whooper Swans

Japanese Red Crowned Cranes

Blackistons Fish Owl

A fantastic trip with a good friend, It certainly (i hope) will not be my last trip to Japan and its highly recommended to anybody who has the chance-A trip of a lifetime

Dave

Sunday, 27 February 2011

Japan Travelogue-Day 15+16

I have had a lazy couple of days recouping from the time in Hokkaido, I have been busy behind the laptop sorting through the mass of images and getting a few processed for the blog and my website, I have had a sore throat as well so am being careful that it doesnt get any worse for when we go to the Japanese Alps for the snow monkeys, We are off early tomorrow leaving Tokyo station on the Bullet train which will be fun, The plan is to get to the Monkeys around lunchtime and then spend 2.5 days shooting them, Its a 1.6km walk with the gear to where the monkeys are so i am scaling down the kit somewhat, I think a wide angle, A mid telephoto and the 200-400 should cover pretty much everything along with the flash and tripod
Here are a few crane images from Hokkaido

Dave

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.