I took this photo on a 3-day trip to Kangeroo Island off the South coast of Australia in February 2006. The beach was covered in breeding pairs of sea lions and I felt very priviledged to be sharing the sunset with them.
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400) - Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 200 mm - ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 7/10 EV
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)
Taken at St Dunstans Farm near Heathfield, Sussex. Summer 2007. It was the first time I had seen one of these stunning moths and am slightly irritated with myself for not getting the aperature quite right for both wings.
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV
Snorkelling in Golden Sands, The karpaz. Northern Cyprus.
We snorkelled first and then went for a beer at Hassan's Turtle Beach, which is located in the northern part of Cyprus, in the Karpaz Peninsula adjacent to Golden Sands beach, the island’s best beach where Hassan Korkmaz, a former Marine Biologist, runs a restaurant and camping accommodation facility. For the last 15 years, Hassan has committed to turning this area into a Natural Sanctuary in order to protect the local wildlife, especially nesting sea turtles and wild donkeys.
Camera: Pentax Optio W60
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200) - Aperture: f/4.2
Focal Length: 5 mm - ISO Speed: 50
Camera: Pentax Optio W60
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200) - Aperture: f/4.2
Focal Length: 5 mm - ISO Speed: 50
Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)
I took this picture after a long dawn shoot in the Pantanal in Brazil (2007) I took it with my first digital SLR, the Pentax *ist DS.
I was heading back along a dusty track to the van to go get some breakfast when our tutor pointed out a couple of these birds flitting around the grass verge ahead of me and ordered me down on my stomach with my bean bag! I'm so glad he did, this image won me first prize at the Kent and Sussex Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition 2009.
Camera - Pentax *ist DS
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640) - Aperture: f/6.7
Focal Length: 500 mm - ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 3/10 EV
I was heading back along a dusty track to the van to go get some breakfast when our tutor pointed out a couple of these birds flitting around the grass verge ahead of me and ordered me down on my stomach with my bean bag! I'm so glad he did, this image won me first prize at the Kent and Sussex Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition 2009.
Camera - Pentax *ist DS
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640) - Aperture: f/6.7
Focal Length: 500 mm - ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 3/10 EV
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Flamingos at Sunset at Cabo de Gata
Great Flamingos flying over Las Salinas (salt marshes) at Cabo de Gata in Southern Spain where we wildcamped in the campervan, 2009.
We also saw a wild fox that night and wandered down to a bird hide on the marshes a little further inland. Beautiful spot.
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320) - Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 250 mm - ISO Speed: 100
We also saw a wild fox that night and wandered down to a bird hide on the marshes a little further inland. Beautiful spot.
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320) - Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 250 mm - ISO Speed: 100
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
I was looking down on the River Arno in Florence, Italy (August 2009) and this heron was perched on a small mound of earth in the shallows of the water's edge. A well-aimed stone plopping into the water a few metres away caused it to take off upstream allowing me to grab a shot from this fortunate angle.
Camera: Pentax K10D - Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/6.2 - Focal Length: 170 mm
ISO Speed: 100 - Exposure Bias: -1.3 EV
Camera: Pentax K10D - Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/6.2 - Focal Length: 170 mm
ISO Speed: 100 - Exposure Bias: -1.3 EV
Lesser Kiskadee (Pitangus lictor)
I really do adore this photo. The Lesser Kiskadee lit up by the morning sun of the Pantanal in Brazil (2007). He is perched a foot or so above the waterlogged plains of floating hyacinths, ready to catch any of the millions of passing flies. There were a common sight in the area, but still lovely to watch at this time of day.
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/6.7
Focal Length: 500 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/6.7
Focal Length: 500 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
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