Being just a Sparrow isn't really a benefit when it comes to
raise awareness for a species. Tree Sparrows were take for granted way to long.
Still numerous in certain places we overlooked that the species was and is in
trouble. In our modern landscape there simply was no room and suitable habitat
left for the species, meanwhile things look a little brighter for their future.
They are on a comeback in many areas. This encounter with a family of Tree
Sparrows was one of memorable days out in the field. As it was late evening the
ISO was up to 800 sometimes even 1600, fill flash was needed to balance the
light on the birds with the often much brighter background.
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Puffins
A sunny day,
Farne-islands and Puffins....sounds like the perfect combination to make
very bird-photographer happy. Well if
only the islands could be visited with the first light, the reality is that the
light is more often than not brutally harsh and Puffins as all the other mostly
black and white colored seabirds don't really photograph well in harsh light.
But enough complained we had about 40 minutes of reasonable light before the
boat brought as back to the mainland.
Luckily this also was the time when some Puffins thought it is about
time to feed the young. The 40 minutes
would have been even better when the wind would have not blown the birds
towards us, wind blowing towards the sun
is ideal as it slows the flying birds down and they usually land and start
against the wind. Nonetheless a great
day out and some images which wills stay on the hard-drive. All pictures taken with the old 400mm/5.6 L
Canon lens- Camera body used either 5 DMK III or 7D.
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