Friday 2 April 2010

Red Kite

[Nikkor 70-300mm, 1/1250sec, F/5.6, 300mm, ISO800, tripod, cropped]

Took this photo near Stokenchurch, Bucks. Red Kites can be seen in good numbers in this local area.

Saturday 16 January 2010

Female Stonechat - Lake Hula



[Nikkor 70-300mm, 1/500sec, F/5.6, 300mm, ISO200, handheld, cropped]

Visited Lake Hula (Northen Israel) after the day in the Negev. Shortly after entering the reserve a male and female stonechat showed up. The Female after alighting on this post flew down and picked up a juicy bug returning to the post for it's photo!

Friday 15 January 2010

Little Green Bee-eater - Negev Desert



[Nikkor 70-300mm, 1/640s, F/6.3, 300mm, ISO-320, handheld, cropped]

During a hike in the Negev Desert in Jan 2010 I watched this Little Green Bee-eater flying around catching butterflies and managed to grab some reasonable handheld photos of the action.

Wednesday 28 October 2009

Morecambe Bay Sunset



[Nikkor 18-105mm, 1/160s, F6.3, 18mm, ISO-500, handheld]