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This is the first time I have ever photographed a Jackdaw and luckily for me I spotted this one sitting on a mud bank just relaxing and not bothered by me at all. So I slowly got in position low down at roughly his eye level and grabbed a couple o shots. It was a shady spot so it was good that he stayed still because I had to shot at a slower shutter speed than I would usually, but the results are sharp all the same. Read Full Story

I couldn't miss this opportunity to capture such a beautiful insect as it landed so close to me. I had my 100-400mm lens on the camera so had to back away a bit because I couldn't focus as close as I was, and fortunately he stayed put for several minutes just enjoying the sunshine! Read Full Story

Recently, I have been concentrating on two areas of my photography, British wildlife (mostly birds and wildfowl) and landscape, therefore most of the time I spend taking photographs is spent outdoors. In the cold snaps of weather we keep having it can be very easy just to stay indoors but with many opportunities when the sun does break through or we have one of those crisp, cold, clear days, it's worth venturing out either at sunset or sundown for some great winter landscapes. I have never... Read Full Story

It's that time of year again, Valentines Day, it's fast approaching and even though we know it a lot of us leave it until the last minute to buy a special gift for that special someone. So this year why not get in early and surprise your lover with a romantic photographic print with a custom message (optional), available here - Valentines Day Prints . Order by Monday 8th Feb to make sure you get it in time! (UK only) Read Full Story

This was one of those rare occasions when I was in the right place at the right time with my camera and 100-400mm lens, poised and ready to snap away. I had been watching Greenfinches, lot of them, all battling it out to get to a seed feeder, but two or three Goldfinches attracted my attention and I turned my lens towards them. At first I got a couple of photographs of one of them perched on a branch in some snow, and then, unlike the Greenfinches, the goldfinches tend to be a bit more polite... Read Full Story

I'm sure those of you that live in th UK are well aware that we are having a very cold and snowy winter, and here in Brighton it's no different. These are a few shots I took looking down towards the centre of Brighton, doesn't everything look so much more beautiful like this? Read Full Story

The snow arrived here in the UK yesterday and since this means our birds have to work even harder to find food it was a great opportunity for me to photograph some in my garden. I put some extra feed out and waited, and soon enough down they came, and with the snow and the sunlight it made for very interesting bird photography. Here are some of my favourite shots including a Dunnock, male Chaffinch and Starling. I was finding that each shot needed to be overexposed by about 1 or 2 stops... Read Full Story

Well for those of you living in the UK you'll have noticed that the weather hasn't exactly been in the photographers favour lately, so any bird photography has been minimal for me in the last few weeks.  So, whilst I hold out for some dry weather on a day I am able to get out there with my camera, here are a few images of a cheeky Blue Tit that visited my garden about three weeks ago and was a most cooperative little bird and stayed around for a few minutes, enough for me to photograph him... Read Full Story

I have not had much experience photographing birds in flight so this is something I thought I would have a go at when the next opportunity arose. I was visiting the WWT centre at Arundel when I noticed loads of pigeons swooping back and forth from the roof of the visitors centre as seed was thrown for the various wildfowl in the ponds/lakes. So I turned my camera on the pigeons and waited for them to make another pass, which the soon did, and I tried this several times with a mixture of... Read Full Story

Over the last few weeks I have photographed a fair few birds near my home and here are a selection of the best. At the top we have one of Britain's smallest birds, a Wren, then a colourful Greenfinch, the hugely popular Robin and at the bottom is a male Chaffinch. Read Full Story