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Stonechat in flight

I shall leave the Stonechats for a while now. If it snows I will start again, otherwise leave it until the male is in its spring plumage.

Posted bymikelane81December 10, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Stonechat in flight

Showreel

Posted bymikelane81December 7, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Showreel

Stonechats

Posted bymikelane81December 7, 2019December 7, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Stonechats

Stonechat

Stonechats find a tray of mealworms very quickly and are easy to attract. I used a hide for the first few days, but they quickly became very tame and I could just sit on a stool in the open. The male was very prone to hovering over the tray, but is was very brief andContinue reading “Stonechat”

Posted bymikelane81December 5, 2019Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Stonechat

Drone first flight

I am enjoying shooting video so much that I made my first showreel lasting 10 minutes. I even enjoyed the editing, which surprised me as I expected it to be frustrating and tedious. The next step will be a 10 minute film in slow motion, but beyond that I would like to do a shortContinue reading “Drone first flight”

Posted bymikelane81November 13, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Drone first flight

Blue tit

Spindle always makes an attractive perch for birds.

Posted bymikelane81November 11, 2019November 11, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Blue tit

Rook

I spend a lot of time shooting video these days. When I look at my collection of stills images I often wish I was shooting video when I took them. Especially the action of behaviour shots. This rook burying sweet chestnuts is a classic example of behaviour that would not show in a stills picture.Continue reading “Rook”

Posted bymikelane81November 1, 2019November 1, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Rook

Hamerkop

Hamerkops build huge nests and this bird was very busy collecting sticks from around our camp site. I started off hand holding the 300mm lens, which is very possible with 7.5 stops of image stabilizer, but there is no doubt average sharpness improved when I got the tripod out of the car and certainly compositionContinue reading “Hamerkop”

Posted bymikelane81October 24, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Hamerkop

Red kite

Taken at Gigrin Farm, Wales. The ability of the M1x to focus on birds in flight continues to impress, even when close to the ground it locks onto the bird and not the grass behind. All I have to do is get the bird in the frame.  

Posted bymikelane81September 16, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Red kite

Rabbit grooming

Rabbit grooming in slow motion. This was a cute enough picture to start with, but the slow motion video makes it look even cuter. Olympus M1x, 300mm lens. 120 fps video.

Posted bymikelane81September 14, 2019September 14, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Rabbit grooming

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