precision of the kill

wonderfully impressive day out photographing sea eagles from a small boat. here you can see the eagle about to take a fish out the water. huge birds with a piercing stare.

to give a sense of scale they have about a 3m wingspan and their talons are about the size of a human hand.. much bigger than Donald Trumps tiny girl hands that's for sure.

American eagle

this was one of my last days in america and i went to an event called birdfest in Ohio.. each year the festival coincides with the massive migration of birds north to south.

portree ram

a handsome fella if ever there was one.. standing proud up in the remote scottish highlands. evening sun coming in and I had my lovely 200mm f1.8 lens already on the camera. didn't really take much from myself other than pressing the shutter.

just look closer

i spent an afternoon in the garden looking under pots and stones for bigs and spiders to try my new macro lens.. this fella was the star of the day even if he was a bit skittish and camera shy. I think he's just considered to be a house spider, but incredible fleur de lys markings and a lovely hairy face to photograph.

this also needed a bit of a focus stacking, I think i took four images in very quick succession as a rolled the focus.

with kill

so one week up in the cairngorms I decided to tempt some birds down by getting dead rabbits from a local butcher.. I patiently sat in wait for a good few days under camouflage waiting on something to come along.. and eventually this juvenile golden eagle came along to have a look.

Tarantula

I don't recall where this was taken.. I don't believe it was lose in my house... probably somewhere in the southern states I guess.

Dog in a pot

Ahhh mr Kilo.. Nicole's gorgeous first puppy :) he was a gorgeous happy little chap.

in flight

a peregrin (I think) in flight.. love the highlight across his leading wing edge. such purpose and focus in the flight.

under the bark

a day out with Hannah, Dords and Henry.. we found this fab bug under some rotting bark and had to take a shot to see him better.

handsome fellow

I do love springers. they have such happy excitable faces.. loopy and exhausting, but still right up there on my list of future dogs to befriend.

highlands in the lowlands

after a very wet and grey wild camp with a friend, we headed home and came across these curious cows who were if anything too inquisitive.. shot on a 35mm lens and the little baby kept getting too close for me to focus :)

why do you keep pointing that thing at me??

The gorgeous and very stubborn Isla, part of my brothers family :)

my nieces weren't in the modelling mood this christmas so poor Isla here took the brunt of my testing out the new lens!

a day on the water

i do like ducks... on water or land they just have a very happy/contented energy about them.

also great in chinese food :)

hiding in the pines

this was an odd photo as I was up on a cliff edge looking down when I spotted this little fella. so I got a nice framing of him looking up at me rather then his underbelly. he quickly moved on and disappeared into the pines for protection.

on lookout duty

just lovely animals meercats.. makes even me feel calm and still.

also freakishly long fingernails it seems.. never noticed until i was processing the photo.. would make for good guitar players perhaps.

textures and tones

taken on an old vintage lens to maximise the swirly bokeh in the background. contrasts nicely against the clean stripes and smooth coat.

the farmer doesn't mind

on my way to work in the bristol office I would often drive through a valley simply teaming with pheasants.. but despite being stupid they are also quite skittish... so it took a while to get a photo I actually liked of one.

this was taken with a 400mm 2.8 and captures the scenes I see many mornings on my drive to and from home.

Great grey owl portrait

there is something about owls... far more interesting than most birds and seem to have a soul that really comes through in the images

watching the world

a lovely barn owl taking a bit of a rest and refuge though the day.

afternoon nap

a gorgeous bengal tiger, sadly in captivity. one day I'll take a safari/jungle adventure and see these magnificent beasts in their proper habitat.

one day I'll be...

another garden bug being pestered until it finally gives in and take a rest long enough to be photographed. this actually required 11 images to be stacked to get the focus from to back.

juvenile golden eagle

just a gorgeous bird and a stunning location.

Kestrel taking a break

daylight escape

on a cliff edge

family day out

picture of winter

an inquisitive robin keeping me company as I renovated my previous garden. despite their small stature they are one of the bravest birds and they really don't hesitate to come up and have a chat.

Fish eagle portrait

on the hunt

landing pad

germans got the sun loungers

golden portrait

mandarin duck

keeping watch on Skye

the mornings catch

Scraggly man

A very cute dog.. happy to pose and so I was able to use my 110mm @f2.5

little owl

green wings

VTOL in nature

skimming the water

amongst the daffodils

VTOL in nature 2

making a splash

morning catch

the reach around

Mason Bee

first focus stack from the GFX. this was taken with the 250mm plus both extension tubes.

mackerel for lunch

kestrel on a break