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I wasn't expecting this...
Usual walk down to the paper shop so I took my K1 + 150-450mm in the hope of catching the kingfisher again, but an egret was there instead. But better still as the mud was frozen I walked back along the river path and spotted this chap sunning himself on the opposite bank at 10.00 in the morning; he...
Posted by RobL on 12/02/2021 - 15:40
I wasn't expecting this...
Usual walk down to the paper shop so I took my K1 + 150-450mm in the hope of catching the kingfisher again, but an egret was there instead. But better still as the mud was frozen I walked back along the river path and spotted this chap sunning himself on the opposite bank at 10.00 in the morning; he...
Posted by Mike-P on 13/02/2021 - 10:04
Two from Lake Ballard. WA
Antony Gormley statues at Lake Ballard near Menzies, WA. -29.448951, 120.604420 It's a long drive to Kalgoorlie then head North on the Goldfields Highway to Menzies. Turn left onto a dirt road - Menzies Sandstone Road, (not on any satnav map) and start counting clicks until you decide where to...
Posted by K10D on 12/02/2021 - 20:10
Two from Lake Ballard. WA
Interesting! What's the back story to the sculpture? That mud - looks that trick horrible stuff that's a nightmare to shake off
Posted by cardiffgareth on 16/02/2021 - 14:27
Re-edited seascapes
Re-edited these images as I had a customer order for them and looking at the "originals" I put out there back in the day and wasn't happy with them so re-edited, sent to customer for approval and shipped out. All Pentax K1 and either Tokina 20-35mm or Irix 15mm 1. by , on Flickr 2. ...
Posted by cardiffgareth on 16/02/2021 - 14:28
Fence posts
Thank you all for your comments. The patterns were what attracted me, snake and gryffin head foremost! I had fun taking the photos but I knew I'd have to rely heavily on pp to coax a bit of life into them - it was a very drab day indeed (and we were headed home early the next morning, so no going ba...
Posted by Sry on 18/02/2021 - 18:51
Edinburgh today
Had to make an essential journey to Edinburgh today. A requirement to show "proof of life" at a consular department. Whilst up there, I took a few grab shots. The consular area of Edinburgh St Mary's Cathedral at the end of Melville Street Heading back South, I stopped at ...
Posted by K10D on 19/02/2021 - 22:38
Granville
Lovely set, and back to your typical style Serge 8) - I love the depth of black you achieve whilst holding onto a superb tonal range, it's the type of processing I try to do but rarely achieve with this level of success. If I was pushed for a favourite then the curiosity of no.6 tips it for me ;)
Posted by LennyBloke on 26/02/2021 - 14:28
Don't see these over the back garden every day...
Whilst tidying the back garden this morning without my glasses on I spotted what I though was a small murder of crows circling overhead, but something about their movement seemed rather more like birds of prey, so I ran into the house and grabbed the K1 MkII which had the A*300/2.8 and 1.7x AF Adapt...
Posted by LennyBloke on 27/02/2021 - 12:30
Don't see these over the back garden every day...
They are Buzzards John, well captured
Posted by Chrism8 on 27/02/2021 - 12:41
Don't see these over the back garden every day...
Nice. The only birds of prey I've seen round here were a sparrowhawk dismembering a pigeon in our carpark and a red kite circling over the health centre. That second one was a bit worrying... :wink:
Posted by Aitch53 on 27/02/2021 - 16:09
Don't see these over the back garden every day...
Nice shots John, number 2 is a cracker, I also like the bottom half of number 3 with the two birds flying side by side . Buzzards really suffered from pesticides in the 60's and were virtually wiped out. However in recent years numbers have increased greatly and they are now quite a common sight so...
Posted by PRYorkshire on 27/02/2021 - 16:56
Don't see these over the back garden every day...
Great light in those birds' wings LennyB. And I like the compositions (or crops) too. The term 'murder of crows' got me searching, and I came up with this: https://www.countrylife.co.uk/nature/collective-nouns-for-birds-68344 What a conspiracy of collective nouns!
Posted by Sry on 28/02/2021 - 21:11
Don't see these over the back garden every day...
Great shots. Great to see them, we have quite a few about here some days, we even get one sitting in a tree above the nearby road. Its unusual but if there are good thermals about they can gather in quite large groups going higher and higher until yo cant see them. Hopefully you will see more as the...
Posted by davidrobinson on 01/03/2021 - 10:36
Don't see these over the back garden every day...
Thanks for all the comments - it was a real pleasure to witness these Buzzards (cheers Chris) circling overhead, I've seen single and pairs before but never a Wake of Buzzards like this (Hey Serge - we've both learnt something ;) ) I've seen a Sparrowhawk attacking a bird in the garden too St...
Posted by LennyBloke on 01/03/2021 - 21:28
Don't see these over the back garden every day...
Thanks for all the comments - it was a real pleasure to witness these Buzzards (cheers Chris) circling overhead, I've seen single and pairs before but never a Wake of Buzzards like this (Hey Serge - we've both learnt something ;) ) It was quite disturbing to see the government have started to a...
Posted by davidrobinson on 01/03/2021 - 21:58
Don't see these over the back garden every day...
"but it was quite disturbing to see the government have started to allow certain pesticides (for emergency use!) to assist with Sugar Beet growing - this particular one (thiamethoxam) is know to have been responsible for the decline in bee populations" :!: Fortunately, sugar beet never gets to the f...
Posted by drofmit on 01/03/2021 - 22:05
Don't see these over the back garden every day...
Super photos. We have a lot of red kites around here, but not many buzzards. We had a Sparrowhawk that used to visit our garden a few years back. It had a different idea as to what the bird feeders are for...
Posted by womble on 01/03/2021 - 22:44
Don't see these over the back garden every day...
I presume they are juvenile buzzards as they're normally a solitary bird. We get a load of them up here and when the farmer ploughs a certain field and the worms come up, we've counted over 30 in a single field all feeding! Started seeing Red Kites also as they're slowly coming back to this region 8...
Posted by cardiffgareth on 08/03/2021 - 11:47
Don't see these over the back garden every day...
Super pictures of one of the nicest things to watch in our skies. I think they they beat kites for watching especially when there is a mated pair and they start playing and tumbling 'out of control' as one 'attacks' the other.
Posted by davidwozhere on 08/03/2021 - 22:34
