Weekend Walk

This weekend I thought I would try something different and just go for a walk.

Armed with my long lens and macro lens I just took photos of thing that interest me.

The first shot is a Little Grebe which I saw a Mere Sands Wood reserve, it kept diving whenever I went to take a photo, I managed to get this one, but it was further away than I would have liked.

Photo taken with Nikon D70 + Sigma 170-500mm @ 500mm

Now for something different, I am taking more of an interest in insects and bugs and enjoying the challenges of photographing them, I have recently bought a Collins book for id's but if I get them wrong please let me know as this is quite new to me.

The next shot is a female Scorpion Fly, the males tail turns over much like a scorpion, these are common throughout the UK, but the first one I have seen.

Photo taken with Nikon D70 + Nikkor 28-100mm with x4 macro adaptor

The next couple of shots are the highlight of my photographic weekend and something I have never seen before it is a female Broad Bodied Chaser and was stunning in the sunlight, there where two females around, but no male. The male is similar but blue.

It's mad to think that until I looked at these things properly I would have just thought dragonfly, fly, butterfly.... but is definitely something I am quickly getting into.

Photo taken with Nikon D70 + Nikkor 28-100mm with x4 macro adaptor

I will be posting some butterfly pics this week too (nightmare to photograph) and I have made a moth trap which if it works I will post some pics from that too.

Hope you like the shots from my walk.

Mike :)

Flash birds

This post is about 7 days later than I would have liked to have posted it, but unfortunately I have been struck down by some sort of flu bug, which as wiped me off my feet and I haven't even done Septembers pic of the month.

So I apologies for not leaving any comments lately I just haven't been up to it.

So anyway now I'm feeling a bit better here are a few pics from Pennington Flash, this time showing the birds they have there.

1.) Chaffinch, 2.) Little Grebe, 3.) Bluetit.


Now I am sure I will get the ID wrong here, but the following bird is either a Marsh Tit or a Willow Tit, but according to my book and the bird not having a glossy head I will go for Willow Tit, a first for me so I was quite happy to snap it, even though they are possibly the quickest birds I have tried to catch.

Hope you liked the shots.

I have also been working for a while now on a new gallery site as my previous sites subscription was up, then I thought well blogger is free so I will see what I can do with that so here it is GALLERY you can also visit via the drop down menus above.

Hope you liked the pics and my new gallery.

Mike.