I’ve not been about for a while and this trend may continue for a while yet, but I took a little time out this evening to post something. I am trying to catch up with what everyone has been up to. I’ve missed so much!
A bit of this and that from the last few weeks:-
Swifts nesting in the roof above my bedroom. I have been trying to capture the male coming in to feed the female, who I can only assume is sitting eggs, but he's too quick for me, even though he stuggles to get in. Very difficult to take the shot with the bright sky in the background when all you have is a small face peering at you from the darkness. Any advice would be greatly appreciated to improve on quality!
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.A Herring Gull with a problem, at Par... Fishing twine protruding from the head and I suspect that is attached to a hook, which must be lodged in the throat.
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.Moorhen at Par (with six chicks altogether).
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Lovely shots : )
ReplyDeleteStunning collection Angie,love your Swift shots.The herring Gull looks doomed,what a pity.
ReplyDeleteThe Robin is my favourite,great shot.
John.
Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI saw a lot of them last weekend in a little village near Teruel (Spain). Some times they can´t fly due to nthe ticks, specially in summer.
Hi Angie Good to see you back with a great set of images, on the swift shots try playing around with the exposure compensation, try -2/3 of a stop as the image is overexposed then try adjusting the brightness and contrast in your imaging software this should help.
ReplyDeleteLove the photos of the moorhen with its chicks.
ReplyDeleteLovely selection Angie. I'd go along with Monty's suggestion..exposure compensation should do the trick. FAB.
ReplyDeleteThe swift photos are fascinating ... and I know your frustration over having something so close and visible but unable to get the photo you want. Also enjoyed the gull with the unruly plume, and the moorhens feeding chicks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments everyone. I shall have a go with that Monty thank you. It really is difficult when they are peering at you from the darkness and then the bright sky is behind. The sky was blue, believe it or not and the side of the house is white! Must use the tripod for the next session too.
ReplyDeletebeautiful capture; congratulations
ReplyDeleteLove your photos, I shall follow your blog in the future!
ReplyDeleteThe one with the chicks are great.
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