A Secret Place

18th May - Greater Manchester

Today I'm at a location I rarely visit and very lucky to be shown the breeding site of a Willow Tit, located next to a public area I'm surprised by it's site selection and possible public disturbance.

Being a sunny day wasn't the best conditions for photography with the harsh light and with the tit being lighting fast entering it's hole I had to improvise to get a shot. Every time I tried to focus on the tit the lens would grab the background by which time the tit had gone !!....time for plan "B"

Pre-focusing on the hole with a small enough f stop for greater depth of filed I lock off the gimbal and wait. The tit to arrives I estimate I have about 1-2 seconds for a shot, not looking through the camera the tit arrives and I blast off about twenty images hoping the birds in focus, the tit leaving the hole is even quicker, time will tell when I review the images on the computer

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Willow Tit

Pennington Reflextions

It's now some seven months since my retirement from the world of the working, and I look back at some of the images I have taken at Pennington Flash over this very short period, a place that previously I hadn't visited for over 10 years. learning to use a new camera with a big 500mm lens has been quite an experience not only in terms of use but also the gym work needed to carry the kit about. 

Looking forward to the rest of the summer to see what encounters are to be had.

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Brief Outing to Pennington

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