Sand Martins and a CRAP END to what was a good day!

What was a good start to the day with some great shots of razor bill mating and other head shots, me and a Friend headed off to do sand martin shown . Unfortunately came to a tragic end for me with a CD jamming in my MAC and also a corrupted card losing the razors mating leaving me Really annoyed .

Bempton cliffs

Yesterday my 7D arrived and off to the coast i went, to find a fantastic day ahead. Gannets collecting grass on the cliff tops provided me a opportunity to put the camera through its paces. A

After much debate regards the sharpness of this camera I can honestly say this camera delivered. I was a bit concerned not taking my D1 MKII so if this camera did not perform I was missing some great shots.

the camera locked on and stayed locked and they are super sharp.

Also i have been photographing Fox cubs and hedgehogs photos to follow soon

A day at potterick carr

This shot i love, shows the bird inflight dragging its feet across the ice. A good day but only a few good shots to show.

Yesterday my image and story of the back-headed gull went national hitting some of the UK's biggest papers, which included the SUN, DAILY MAIL. Today I spent all day photographing Pike, a hard fish to find let alone photography

Polecat

Sorry for the lack of posts but with work picking up and wildlife to photograph its hard to get time for myself let along the blog. But here we are, i have been photographing Polecat today, with thanks to two new found friends. The weather was a bit mixed with rain, cloud then sunshine but with this gave me a diverse range of lighting that work well.

Merry Christmas

Happy Christmas and good New Year All.

My new book.. Wildlife Photography, Through My Eyes, will be launching soon in 2010. Please come back to order your signed copy.

WINNER OF THE WILDLIFEEXTRA UK WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY COMP 2009

I am thrilled to say i won the best image in the contest and the best bird photo. I have won a fantastic bronze hare, and paramo pull on vent and a 500 pounds donation to a charity of my choice. I have decided to give the 500 pounds the Wildlife Aid in Leatherhead surrey who look after sick and injured British wildlife for all there hard work.

Regards the kingfisher, unfortunately was not successful for the first go, but will be returning in the next few days to have another go. so please come back.

Well tomorrow is my first go at kingfisher diving. Its been feeding now for a week so another supply of fish in the morning should help me on my way getting the shots i need. In the mean time i have been short listed for the wildlife extra uk wildlife photography comp with the image you see below. Please visit http://www.wildlifeextra.com/ for the judges comments

Kingfisher Catchup

Just started to look through my new batch of kingfisher shots and found these two little stunners. I have started a feeding station for the kingfisher so please come back to see if i get it diving. Also some older work will be on shortly.

A day Photographing Goshawks

Weather can be a killer making great photographgs in to poor ones. In this case the weather although dull helped keep the tones natural and real. I love the raw feel to the images taken in a dark wood in the peaks. Taken at a high ISO to capture this stunning bird also provides a grainy

finish which i feel helps set off the images.