Rain Rain Rain

When will the lousy weather change? I could kill for some sun. The only photography i've managed this week passed is a trip to Slimbridge WWT. Lots of birds to see and photo from the hides. The Robbie Garnett hide proved to be the best which was fortunate given my bad back. Here are a few of the pics i managed to get. You will see the light wasnt great all of the time. Both are flight shots, the one on the left is a lapwing taking off seen from the Holden Tower, the second a Tufted Duck from the Robbie G hide.

Still, the bad weather does give me time to sort out a few things. Starting this Blog for instance and deleting a lot of the shots taken where the light wasn't right or the subject wasn't cooperating. Thank god for digital photography.

A few more shots from Slimbridge WWT. The photos of the Pochard are quite good given the poor light and the Curlew was quite a distance away for even my 50-500 Sigma Lens with a 1.4x converter.

It shows just what can be achieved even in poor light. Slimbridge is a bit of a challenge for me. I'm used to being only feet away from birds and this is a bit more than that. The action shots are also a challenge because timing is of such importance.

I'm going to keep working at it, one of my intentions when starting this blog was to document my progress as well as showing the wildlife that I've been privileged to see. When i look at other websites and blogs i am amazed by the quality of the content of some of them but i guess everyone has to start somewhere.