tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671690518674969902024-03-14T00:22:33.228-07:00Mark Mowbray PhotographyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-57801743099026417832016-04-21T15:08:00.000-07:002016-04-21T15:08:00.041-07:00USAF F22's over NorthumberlandThe last couple of nights has produced some spectacular displays in our skies from the USAF F22's.<br />
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Here's a few pics of these fabulous aircraft.<br />
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I've been away from blogger for two years now but have decided to try and bring my blog back to life again in 2016.</div>
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I moved away from wildlife photography to concentrate on aviation because to be honest I was fed up with inconsiderate arseholes with dogs and so called "photographers" who cared more about their ego's and getting the images than they did for the wildlife and the environment. Too many times I witnessed trespassing and unlawful damage caused to farmland and private property by so called wildlife photographers and birdes.</div>
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Having recently upgraded to a 7Dmkii and a canon 600mm f4 lens I decided to go get back out looking for wildlife. </div>
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Here's a taster of my latest images. </div>
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Its been a busy summer for me and I've not been able to update my blog for a while. I've mainly been doing aviation photography this summer this summer but I've also managed my yearly trip to the Farne Islands with Serenity tours.</div>
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As always Andrew did his best to get us close to the action and as a result I managed some very nice images. I particularly wanted to do some flight shots with my new 70-200 mk2 lens just to see if the faster focusing made life easier than the 100-400.</div>
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I wasn't too sure what to expect this year on the islands after such a hard time at the beginning of the season with the loss of so many birds along our coast but I must say I ended up pleasantly surprised at the large numbers of birds that had made it through the storms.</div>
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Here's a few of my images from my trip on the Serenity II with Andrew.</div>
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Many thanks to Andrew for another great tip out, looking forward to my next outing soon.</div>
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I've been fortunate enough to have a couple of pleasure flights recently with Northumbria Helicopters based at Newcastle airport.</div>
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If anyone fancies a trip out in a helicopter these are definately the guys to book with.</div>
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Here's a few of the sights you'll see from the air.</div>
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Its been a long learning curve to find the best settings and techniques for aircraft but i'm getting there.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-22806136348265015772012-12-19T14:27:00.001-08:002012-12-19T14:27:09.561-08:00A change of subject.Having had several failed attempts at wildlife photography outings in our "wildlife rich" Northumberland caused mainly by ignorant people with dogs which are allowed to roam freely and charge at every bird on the Northumberland coast I have decided to no longer waste my life trying to record our wildlife.<br />
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Instead I have turned to motorsports and aviation, an area which arseholes with dogs cannot spoil for me.<br />
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The final straw for me was my recent visit to Low Newton where I stumbled upon the biggest flock of sanderling i've seen for many years. Once settled on the beach my pal and I got into position to photograph them only to have three seperate groups of arseholes come onto the beach and DELIBERATELY send their dogs at us into the water spooking every bird within 50m or so. Obviously its difficult for arseholes to realise that two guys with 400mm lenses on cameras which are pointing at birds are actually trying to photograph the birds. One female actually encouraged the dogs to go at the sanderling flock because she was upset when we asked her to keep her dogs away from the tiny corner of the beach we were using.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-4815912116497329172012-08-05T11:51:00.002-07:002012-08-05T11:51:23.662-07:00Tenerife 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We recently visited Puerto de la Cruz, Northern Tenerife and visited Loro Parque a couple of times due to its close location to our hotel, 4 euros away in a taxi.</div>
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I managed plenty of images and would like to share a few with you all. Some are from Loro Parque, some from our hotel gardens and others just from all over Puerto de la Cruz. The Northern Tenerife Lizard was everywhere, quite amazing just how common these stunning lizards are.</div>
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from a photography point today was terrible without any photos worth keeping but from a birding point today was canny. Plenty of swallows about today fighting the strong winds along with martins and the odd swift. We came across a fence with over a dozen moles hanging dead on the barbed wire, no idea why game keepers seem fit to do this especially on a public road?</div>
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I managed a few minutes with the waxwings at Asda Blyth yesterday, they were very tame allowing me to within a couple of meters at times.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPoVaemh36c/TwIAIoNFLRI/AAAAAAAAAgY/Wa-4B2xGgi4/s1600/ring2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPoVaemh36c/TwIAIoNFLRI/AAAAAAAAAgY/Wa-4B2xGgi4/s320/ring2.jpg" width="296" /></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-42892659220535318452012-01-01T10:22:00.000-08:002012-01-01T10:22:08.195-08:00Happy New YearAs many of you might have noticed I haven't posted since last May mainly due to having no time to get out and about due to moving house and settling into a new job with a new company.<br />
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Anyway hopefully i'm back and should be posting regular blog posts once again.<br />
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Here's my first of the year with a poor image of a nice young Whopper at the QEII today<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T5T-mU0S018/TwCkR4thoAI/AAAAAAAAAew/d9Fx8ZX0mZQ/s1600/IMG_8902_pp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T5T-mU0S018/TwCkR4thoAI/AAAAAAAAAew/d9Fx8ZX0mZQ/s320/IMG_8902_pp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-86266647079052361012011-05-22T13:55:00.000-07:002011-05-22T13:55:25.463-07:0022nd May 2011 - Spoonbills, Warblers, Grey wagtail, Wind and Rain.<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NcMN9FHoQlk/Tdl0Q4JGXnI/AAAAAAAAAcU/hQblKowHPEE/s1600/pp-6434-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NcMN9FHoQlk/Tdl0Q4JGXnI/AAAAAAAAAcU/hQblKowHPEE/s320/pp-6434-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided to have a drive to Druridge to see if the 4 Spoonbills were still about as I've never managed to hook up with any Spoonbills before. When I arrived at the Budge screen nothing was to be seen on the water apart from a couple of ducks and a heron so I headed on towards the other two hides.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the hide which over looks the wetlands I found Rick Thornton watching 4 Spoonbills! so I sat down had a bit chat with Rick as i'd not seen him for many years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The weather wasn't good with the sun in our face which obviously doesn't help!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See below some record shots of these amazing birds.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the spoonbills I headed off to Ingram where the wind was even stronger but the birds were not as far away. Several warblers were in the gorse, along with a few linnets and dozens of swallows flying along the river.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the river I spotted a Grey Wagtail which was very tame unfortunately it was on the opposite bank so I couldn't get very close in for my pics.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were chaffinch every where a some were so tame they were landing on the wing mirrors of my car waiting to be fed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J1R2mg9CagM/Tdl3r1RxwCI/AAAAAAAAAdg/a-M4XTv2F30/s1600/pp-6587-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J1R2mg9CagM/Tdl3r1RxwCI/AAAAAAAAAdg/a-M4XTv2F30/s320/pp-6587-2.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">All in all I had a really enjoyable days birding even if the weather wasn't too kind. The only negative was the lack of Adders in the valley as that was the main subject of todays outing for me. I uppose you can't always get everything you want.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next month i'll make sure |I choose a hot, calm, sunny day to visit Ingram for the snakes :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-25446752506812289562011-05-15T00:27:00.000-07:002011-05-15T00:27:42.996-07:00Hauxley<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've not been out for weeks so thought i'd update the blog with a couple of pics from Hauxley Reserve from A few days ago.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not much else happening at the minute due to moving house but i'll be back to normal service soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking forward to seeing if my spot fly returns this year to its breeding site from last year. Hopefully i'll get some cracking images again if it does!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and here's some of my son enjoying his day out watching the birds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GeDxT1h2pLc/Tc-AH3S4IaI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/yJrONa8_H1Y/s1600/james4b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GeDxT1h2pLc/Tc-AH3S4IaI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/yJrONa8_H1Y/s320/james4b.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-70819130367061489512011-05-03T14:44:00.000-07:002011-05-03T14:48:02.849-07:00May day, May day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our first day out in a while began at QEII park with this gorgeous Whooper swan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we quickly headed up to Cresswell to see the Avocets which have now built a nest on the sand bar, the most northerly nesting in the UK as far as I know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If anyone knows any better please feel free to educate me :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the avocets I found this Gropper in the dunes near the car park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From Cresswell we headed to Druridge with nothing much of interest.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then onto Hauxley where I found this large colony of sand martins nesting in the edges of the dunes. Hundreds of the little buggers too! Incredibly difficult to photograph so here's a few of my better rubbish images.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">after Druridge we headed out on the RSPB cruise from Amble with very little of interest except a few puffins, terns and seals.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopefully my next outing wont be too long away this time round, I'm planning a trip to see if the spot fly's have returned to the neting site which I found last year so will hopefully have some more images to share soon.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-36965005613432396082011-03-24T15:09:00.000-07:002011-03-24T15:10:52.693-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Headed over to see the Waxwings at Ashington with Keith this morning but as is the norm now for us light was not very kind which was a shame as the birds played very well indeed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we were taking our images a second group of birds flew in from the south making the group larger than I expected to find.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I managed to count 60 birds before getting bored and giving up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The image below shows part of the flock.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The birds were doing the usual waxwing routine resting up high and swooping in for a quick feed before returning to the tree tops to rest for a while. It was easy to tell when the birds were coming to feed as they became very vocal just prior to take off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">after a spell with the waxwings we decided to head to Amble for some well deserved chips, after eating we had a wander around the rocks where I spotted several Purple Sandpipers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">also large numbers of Eiders on the sea</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AkOXB6TiCLw/TYvAib1uyvI/AAAAAAAAAbE/WpwO-7hgSg4/s1600/pp_female_eider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" r6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AkOXB6TiCLw/TYvAib1uyvI/AAAAAAAAAbE/WpwO-7hgSg4/s320/pp_female_eider.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and Keith spotted two stunning Med Gulls in the small bay with the sandy beach unfortunately dog walkers helped keep the birds out of reach for any good images with my 100-400mm lens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-49796959280593966672011-03-21T12:52:00.000-07:002011-03-21T12:52:27.578-07:00Buzzards, Grouse and a couple of odd balls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No the odd balls ain't Keith and myself before you ask!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We headed off into the hills on Sunday to try and locate some Adders to photograph unfortunately the wind was blowing a hooly and the Adders were no where to be seen. So we decided to have a wander into the hill tops to find some grouse with loads of reds and a few blacks wandering about we had some great fun trying to get close enough for some images but we both failed this time around.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did eventually end up with some good birds but not very good photos just record shots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Highlights of the day for me were the White Pheasant and a large flock of yellowhammers along with a canada x greylag hybrid goose and one of my favourite flowers the snowdrop which were all over the place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lU9E__rvd84/TYejGM_Hg3I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/qkULl3ybsu8/s1600/snowdrops_pp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" r6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lU9E__rvd84/TYejGM_Hg3I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/qkULl3ybsu8/s320/snowdrops_pp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-33921235442619011342011-03-07T15:12:00.000-08:002011-03-08T00:25:29.938-08:00St Mary's<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spent a couple of hours at St Marys Island today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Had a good time with the waders - nearly got wet with the rising tide not watching what I was doing too busy looking through the lens!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a few pictures from today but i'll leave the ID's to you lot as my wader knowledge is very poor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think - Bartailed Godwit, Knot & Turnstone</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bartailed Godwit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BiGiLO0PrNk/TXVlKMXqLqI/AAAAAAAAAZI/0fR4MNybgqo/s1600/bartailed1_pp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" q6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BiGiLO0PrNk/TXVlKMXqLqI/AAAAAAAAAZI/0fR4MNybgqo/s320/bartailed1_pp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dunlin</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n7SfYUhHTsY/TXVlLZtwNQI/AAAAAAAAAZM/jti1XCj4WHg/s1600/knot1_pp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" q6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n7SfYUhHTsY/TXVlLZtwNQI/AAAAAAAAAZM/jti1XCj4WHg/s320/knot1_pp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Knot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_gjek8_wyjU/TXVlMzkqmuI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/DhVj9ljEFzU/s1600/knot3_pp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" q6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_gjek8_wyjU/TXVlMzkqmuI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/DhVj9ljEFzU/s320/knot3_pp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Knot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VR9EaPktEGg/TXVlOk7J-TI/AAAAAAAAAZU/gbUVSB-iFaw/s1600/knot4_pp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" q6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VR9EaPktEGg/TXVlOk7J-TI/AAAAAAAAAZU/gbUVSB-iFaw/s320/knot4_pp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Turnstone</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-s0fd2QgjAd8/TXVlP1eA6hI/AAAAAAAAAZY/vzs7uOQDZEM/s1600/turnstone2_pp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" q6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-s0fd2QgjAd8/TXVlP1eA6hI/AAAAAAAAAZY/vzs7uOQDZEM/s320/turnstone2_pp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would appreciate ID help with the bird on this next image though, I thought Dunlin but........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(confirmed as Dunlin - thanks to K Reeder & A Tilmouth.).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zHDKrnVwBjc/TXVlQvhvXpI/AAAAAAAAAZc/uI8GDhSgHRA/s1600/unknown_pp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" q6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zHDKrnVwBjc/TXVlQvhvXpI/AAAAAAAAAZc/uI8GDhSgHRA/s320/unknown_pp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-39131415397172016022011-03-06T14:53:00.000-08:002011-03-06T14:56:47.038-08:00Eiders, Seals & Octopus!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had an unusual day at Blyth quayside today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Called in with Nicola, James & Amy so James could feed the gulls, Its one of his favourite things to do :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we arrived I spotted someone with a 7D and 100-400, It was Keith so drove over next to him for a chat. After chatting we fed the birds while Keith took advantage of our bread and photographed a few gulls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Eiders were looking very nice today in the sunshine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we fed the birds Keith shouted over to tell us about a seal coming into the river from down stream so we watched as it came up and started feeding happily just a few meters out from the quay side. I didn't have my long lens with me so we popped back home to get it and when we got back it was still feeding away in front of us.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I managed a few images of it 'floating' about like a log then caught something very unusual for Blyth, it surfaced with what appears to be an octopus! or perhaps a squid?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm saying octopus! but will be happy to be corrected if i'm wrong.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Incase anyone is wondering about the tropical looking water colours these are created by the Arklow Meadow ship and the Alcan unloading facility which casts a gorgeous green and orange tint into the river on sunny days like today.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cy0NB67mGgg/TXQOQsW6_PI/AAAAAAAAAZE/7C4VH9VBW9c/s1600/arklow_pp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" l6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cy0NB67mGgg/TXQOQsW6_PI/AAAAAAAAAZE/7C4VH9VBW9c/s320/arklow_pp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-41263626732338801742011-02-28T14:28:00.000-08:002011-02-28T14:30:52.191-08:00Black and Red<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday 27th February saw us heading off into the moors in search of Grouse, to be more specific Black Grouse.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The day started well with reasonable light but as we got closer to the moors that all changed and as usual for us the light vanished and the rain appeared!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our first notable encounter were five stunning Roe deer feeding not far from the road behind a wall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My next find was a stunning Golden Plover (actually two Golden Plovers) but I only managed a distant image of one. Fabulous colours and rather good camo too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I drove along I spotted what I thought were 7 crows on a wall in the distance but when we had a better look Keith realised they were in fact Black Grouse! These were the only black grouse of the day but at least I got a record shot.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Onwards we headed into the moors and as expected we found plenty of Red Grouse at much closer distances to the car but this one was really calm and we followed him on foot for a few minutes - just enough time to get a couple of decent photos and not cause him any stress. His female waited down in a ditch for us to move off before she came back out again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All in all we had a good day especially considering the fact it rained most of the time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some day we will find some sunshine!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-68855640941040852012011-02-20T14:57:00.000-08:002011-02-20T14:57:14.032-08:00Lightroom<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I visited Lindisfarne on the 12th February with my pal Keith Reeder. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've already posted a few of my many really good (in my opinion) bird images but I also played about with the landscapes while out and about. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The below was taken with my 100-400L IS USM lens on the 50D. When I first looked at it I nearly put them all straight into the recycle bin as they lacked contrast and detail but I didn't and I decided to see if I could recover any details in Lightroom 3.3.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've posted a before and after below - What do you lot think? I'm rather happy with the results but my monitor isn't calibrated yet so it might be a bit off!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ngq9hzbdhm4/TWGa171LHbI/AAAAAAAAAYA/vpaA7YmAe8w/s1600/pp-lindisfarne1b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" j6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ngq9hzbdhm4/TWGa171LHbI/AAAAAAAAAYA/vpaA7YmAe8w/s320/pp-lindisfarne1b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-29923826346900610342011-02-18T14:11:00.000-08:002011-02-18T14:11:03.097-08:00A few more from last weekends outing<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Having spent a little time processing some images from last Saturdays outing with Keith </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've got a few more images to share with you all. These aren't the best quality but I liked them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The light was dropping off fast and give off a lovely warm glow however it doesn't really suit the images in my opinion.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11324159074038088095noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167169051867496990.post-27013478530561569502011-02-12T15:07:00.000-08:002011-02-12T15:13:54.268-08:00Godwits, Sanderling and Pale Bellied Brent Geese<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Headed out to Holy Island this morning in horrible weather but relying on the forecasters saying bright spells by midday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we arrived the weather was far from good with very little light, no where near enough for the camera so we headed off into the dunes to look for SEO's. No sign of SEO's apart from a couple of fresh owl pellets. We continued on till we got onto the sands where we found several godwits and other waders unfortunatley they were very easily spooked and just not willing to play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We continued onwards towards the Lough hide were Keith spotted the pale bellied brent geese in the field just behind the hide. (We guessed at around 500 of them.).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After covering most of the populated end of the island we decided to call it a day and headed back to our car without getting many pictures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the way back I decided to try a couple of sandy places I know of as the sun had broken through the clouds. All the images I managed are very poor due to bad exposure (my fault!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've never know godwits be so tame as they were today. Great fun to photograph.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you enjoy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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