Nature
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Photographing insects in the garden
Yesterday I wandered into the realm of photographing insects. This is something I am not totally new to, having dabbled a bit with damselflies and butterflies in the good old days of film, but it’s at least 20 years since I dabbled and even then I was no expert. However, because of my previous experience, I was already aware of the theory and practice of “macro” photography, which I learned at the time. “Macro” really means subjects that are life size or greater at the film/sensor plane, but the term is often loosely used to refer to close up photography of small subjects and I will use it in this…
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Baby Birds
After the excitement of long tailed tits nesting in the garden, we’ve also had a family of coal tits hatch out this week and last week’s baby great tits are now feeding themselves…and this week a couple of juvenile blue tits appeared at the feeder. What a treat it has been.
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Birds again!
Last night we had a talk at Oldham PS, from David Wilkinson of Bury PS . I was admiring a photograph of a wren that he showed and wished I could see one in the garden…then, would you believe it…this lunchtime, what should appear on my bird perch….a little wren!…didn’t stay more than a few seconds but I managed to get a few quick shots from the living room window as I had already set the camera up on the tripod. Maybe I’ll manage to get his tail totally in focus next time, but I’m pleased with my first attempt! Another visit from a coal tit completed my hour or…
