Ratty

Anyone seen Moley?

At Charnwood Water

1/500 @ f6.3, ISO 1600, 400mm

Mallard chick

A bundle of fluff at Watermead Park.

1/1000 @ f6.3, ISO 800, 400mm

The Nutty Tit

Great Tits love a nut

1/1328 @ f7.1, iso 400, 400mm

All Shook Up

Heron having a good shake

1/400 @ 7.1, iso 800,  285 mm

My latest Book release 13 Dec 2014

I'm still having trouble finding wildlife to photograph, I cant believe that a couple of years ago I was taking over a hundred pictures nearly every day. Yet today I haven't taken the camera out of its case for two weeks. there's nothing but a few mallards and coots, swans and canada geese.

I don't like being inactive though so here is my latest book, it is a sequel to "Excalibur's last battle."
and is available on Amazon as paperback or ebook, under my pen name "John Gwynant"

Where has all the wildlife gone - 10 November 2014

There seems to be a dearth of wildlife at the moment, it's not been very lively all year. Part of that is my restricted ability to get around the wildlife parks and I suspect the neglect of the parks is a contributory factor, but they cant be everything. Only three years ago the parks were packed, everywhere you looked there were birds, squirrels etc.  Now I go out and only managed one Heron.

However I did get a chance to try out my new Semi Recumbent Trike for carrying my equipment on a photo trip. I can't walk far and cannot ride a conventional bike since my back started with its problem. Mission cycles make a variety of different pedal powered vehicles and this suits me perfectly, although I had to get used to using different muscle groups, unlike a conventional riding position your weight is not over the pedals so has no effect on your pedalling. I have changed the position of the handlebars since taking the picture, so my arms weren't so stretched out. Easy rider position is very comfortable.

1/250 @ 7.1, iso 800, 100mm

1/400 @ 5.6, iso1600, 250mm

1/400 @ 5.6, iso1600, 250mm



All taken on Canon EOS7d, EF100 - 400mm L series zoom

Watermead and Swthland - 1 August 2012

I think all the birds have migrated already and who could blame them. This rain is too much.

Sveral visits to various places and I haven't got much of interest, sometimes I don't see anything to take the camera out of its bag for.

At Watermead we saw a bit of a show by the Red Eyed Damselflies.

Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L lens
1/3200 @ 6.3, iso 800, 400mm

And two of them had a romantic interlude, interesting how different the colours are.

Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L lens
1/2000 @ 6.3, iso 800, 400mm

 A day later at Swithland Woods, I didn't see a single bird. It was a dry warmish day and I put some feed mix out in in the usual place, but only this squirrel responded. He was nearly at the feeding station when a dog and owner came past and he ran for cover.

Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L lens
1/200 @ 6.3, iso 1600, 400mm

Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L lens
1/40 @ 6.3, iso 1600, 180mm

Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L lens
1/640 @ 6.3, iso 1600, 210mm