Photographing Mistle thrush in flight

Garden Birds in Flight

Sparrowhawk

  I have done more digital manipulation on this Sparrowhawk than I normally can find time for. It has just taken off from an ugly, metal perch at a feeding station. I have cloned out the perch, which was a bit fiddly around the feet. I normally do not have the patience for such time

Beike BK45 Gimbal Tripod Head

Video is new to me, but I have just done my first sequence and posted it on U tube. It is about the Beike BK45 Gimbal tripod head.

Bewick’s swan

Bewick’s swan coming in to land at Slimbridge. Canon 1Dx. 800mm lens. 1/5000th at f8. 1600 iso. The 1Dx camera continues to impress me with its autofocus locking on to things I feel it has no right to. However this swan was an easy subject. Large, slow and heading into the wind it could almost