Bempton Cliffs 30th May 2014

Took the K3, DA*300 and 1.4x to Bempton Cliffs.

Here's a small selection. The 1st pic and the last 2 pics were with the 300 only. The remainder also had the 1.4x attached.

Grateful for any C&C


Tree Sparrow by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Preening Kittiwake by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Preening Kittiwake 2 by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Fulmar by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Gannet 1 by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Gannet 2 by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Gannet 3 by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Gannet 4 by Alan Wennington, on Flickr


Gannet 5 by Alan Wennington, on Flickr

Very nice set Alan. Particularly like Gannet 2 and the sparrow.

I was there about a week ago and all shots were wrecked due to plagues of black flies everywhere. All my images look as if the sensor is covered in dust!

I actually set off for a repeat visit yesterday morning but due to a traffic snarl up - diverted to Saltburn/ Sandsend/ Whitby instead.

I do tend to go up there at least once a month so if you fancy a meet at some point - let me know.

Carl

Great set love the gannet shots, very active

Great set of images.I am really tempted to go for the DA* 300
Peter

Hi Alan
I like the fulmar and the last gannet shot
I am going to flamborough and bempton next weekend for four days
And a sea bird cruise from brid hope the weather's kind

Full of interest . Really like the last Gannet shot - unusual to see the feet like that

Nice shots. Making me wonder about getting the 1.4x tele again after deciding the 1.7x was good enough...

Seems like a good day. Tree Sparrow, Gannet's 1 & 5 are good. The Fulmar I really like. But are you sure that Preening Kittiwake is not deceased!!!!!

Farne Islands to follow

Great pictures, full of life and interest. I'm really tempted to get a camera

Thanks guys, much appreciated.

For what its worth, taking a second look ....
the sparrow doesn't look quite right, although I'm very impressed with the detail. Problem was shooting against the sky.

LOL at Barrie and the kittiwake.

I've got mountains of out of focus fulmars. The flight path is quite predictable, but they're so damned fast.

Of the gannets, I like gannet 2 best. This was in difficult light with the birds being in bright sunlight with the background in deep shadow. Difficult to judge the point of take off, and trying to also get the eye in focus on both birds.

Carl, pity we didn't get the chance to meet up again. I didn't know I was going until after 8pm the night before. Maybe next year - I'll just go once a year

nice shots sir

Impressive lack of CA on the sparrow mind.

3 is a lovely image, the last is good, takes a while for a non gannet expert to work out those are feet.

Thanks Mike, and Doc