I’m not a birder or a twitcher or anything, but I like birds, and have taken a passing interest in them ever since getting drawn into the expensive habit of feeding wild birds. My favourites are the raptors and I can thoroughly recommend a day out doing the falconry experience at one of the various bird of prey centres around the country. Birds make good targets for the camera and they certainly help to hone the skills. A big lens helps!
Arthur’s Seat Pheasants
Went up Arthur’s Seat in search of the otter on Dunsapie Loch. He was a no-show. However, a couple of male pheasants showed-up. They were just wandering about, scratching in the grass for food. I had my camera all set with the big lens plus x1.4 extender (140-560 mm), ready for long-distance otter shots. I…
Birds from the cycle path
While many of the birds in the photos of this album have been photographed in other locations – The Botanic Gardens, Figgate Park, etc, all of them have been seen (or, in the case of the tawny owl, heard) on and around the cycle path between Newhaven and Warriston/Goldenacre, and along the Water of Leith…
Kingfisher, 20 December 2019
The resident kingfisher at the Botanics was active and giving the sticklebacks a good doing! The dull conditions and it being the shortest day made a monkey of things like shutter speeds and ISO levels, especially shooting with the 100-400 mm lens with the x1.4 TC on. A 560 mm lens gives a decent length,…