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Headed down to Derbyshire to try for water voles for the second time this year and, after not having much luck last time, it was nice to score with these adorable cretaures and capture them on film. The Nikon D4 at 1600ISO had no problems in getting me the images and I have to say…
The hedgerows are full of birdsong at the moment in this very mild spell we’re having. Migrants are arriving daily and the residents have all taken up song, like this dapper yellowhammer belting out his ‘little bit of bread and no cheese’ chorus. Shot from the car in harsh light so only a record shot,…
I took the brand new D4 for its first outing to see what it was capable of and, as always when I test a new camera body, I went along to Gigrin Farm in Wales to photograph red kites because I know that these magnificent birds will be a) plentiful and b) very fast and…
Today we ventured over the borders and into Derbyshire for a scout of the narrow guage canals in search of water voles but our luck wasn’t in! We did see one of these chubby little mammals at one site but drew a blank on all the other regular haunts we know of. Maybe numbers are…
Decided to down tools on the commercial photography edits today and head to one of my favourite little spots where red grouse congregate at the side of the road. The weather was glorious as I left home but by the time I got to my destination on the hills an hour later, the wether had closed…
