Little Grebe with the Catch of the Day

Picture of a Little Grebe after catching a fish.

Taken from behind the Reedbed Screen at RSPB Old Moor,Barnsley,UK.

Original Raw file was Cropped for composition and saved to jpeg using Canon's DPP.

Adobe Photoshop for fine tuning levels/contrast/saturation and sharpening.

Camera: Canon 7D.

Lens: Canon 100-400mm

Photographer: Alan Hinchliffe

 Manual Mode

Aperture: f5.6

ISO 400

Shutter: 1/800

Focal Length: 400mm

Manual Mode

Aperture: f5.6

ISO 400

Shutter: 1/800

Focal Length: 400mm

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Shots from Chester Zoo 09/03/2014

Best of my shots from a day out at Chester Zoo.

Elephant

Meerkats

Kits

Cheetah

Serval

Red Panda

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Yorkshire Wildlife Park 07/03/2014

Some shots from an afternoon at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

Zebu

A wild Kestrel that hangs around the South American Viva

usually catching big worms to eat.

Tschuna the female Amur Tiger
with blood on her whiskers from a recent feed.

Wood Pigeon after some food in the Lemur Woods.

Rigtail Lemurs enjoying a bit of sunshine.

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RSPB Old Moor 01/03/2014

Spent the morning at my local RSPB Old Moor reserve,one of the best i've been to so far,

i also loved it at RSPB Bempton Cliffs.

Here are some shots from the Morning Walk.

Address: Old Moor Ln, Barnsley, S73 0YF

Tufted Duck

Great Tit

Coot

Reed Bunting

Lapwing

Mallard

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Shots From The Shed 26/02/2014

Started taking more bird shots from the shed in the garden.

These were taken in about 2 hours spent in the shed.

The Bokeh in the background is created by the sun shinning on the

leaves on the hedgerow.

Common Starlings

Robin

Great Tit

Goldfinch

House Sparrow

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Yorkshire Sculpture Park 16/02/2014

Had a day out at The Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Car parks £7.50 all day parking and it was pretty full even for a cold February morning.
No Entry Fee and you really do need all day,it's a big place with lots of things to see.
Personally i went for the walk and to see what wildlife was around and this is what i got shots of.

Tufted Duck

There were 2 islands with nesting Grey Herons on the lower lake and a small hide on the upper lake.
Lots of Grey Herons.

 
View up the Lower Lake from Head Bridge

Canada Goose

and a Goosander doing a flyby

There were also some Highland coo's or cows however you prefer to say it,
that you can get close to.

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