August

Welcome to our August

Blog/Diary

 

03/08/2014

RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Bempton, Yorkshire, UK.

 

 

 Gannets

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07/08/2014

RSPB Old Moor, Barnsley, Yorkshire, UK.

 

 Dragonfly

 

 Honey Bee

 

 Holly Blue

 

Gatekeeper

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The Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK.

 

Lion

more shots from this visit HERE

 

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17/08/2014

RSPB Old Moor

 

 

Kingfisher

 

 



July

Welcome to our July

Blog / Diary

 

07/07/2014

First off I did an interview for Craig Dingle at

Beyond Here Photographing the Journey.

 

We also had a good few hours at RSPB Old Moor

 

Here's what looks like a laughing Dragonfly

You can see more of what we saw on this visit,

HERE 

including shield bugs, caterpillars, speckled bush cricket

 and a first for me at

RSPB Old Moor a Kingfisher.

 

15/07/2014

My RSPB Giving Nature a Home 2015 Calendar came.

One of my Starling pictures was chosen for the

Month of March.

20/07/2014

A trip to Clumber Park, Worksop, UK.

Jackie Spent a few Hours taking some shots of different butterflies

she saw.

 

 Meadow Brown

 

 Gatekeeper

 

Skipper

 

 Small Tortoiseshell

 

Comma

 

 Small White

 

Mint Moth

 

Cinnabar Caterpillar

23/07/2014
Potteric Carr

I think a Horsefly on Jackies Head, Brave Woman.

 Dragonfly

and another Dragonfly

 

Thanks for looking.

June

What i've been up to so

far in June.

01/06/2014

First a couple of hours at RSPB Old Moor to try out

my new Sigma 105mm Macro lens.

I think this is a Birch Shield Bug

taken at Old Moor

More pics on this day Here

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05/06/2014
Happy to get a 4 page magazine feature in this months
Digital Photographer Magazine issue 149

See more from this feature Here

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15/06/2014
A visit to RSPB Leighton Moss

Swans.
Read and see more Here

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18/06/2014
A visit to South Lakes Wild Animal Park.
Brilliant!

Arctic Wolf
More pics Here

May

What I've been up to in May.

Cheers Al.

03/05/2014
First a flying shot of a Tufted Duck

Taken at RSPB Old Moor.

12/05/2014
Just got this Sigma 105mm Macro to try,
hopefully i'll get some pics with this soon.

18/05/2014
Here are some shots from my second ever
 visit to RSPB Bempton Cliffs
and this time the sun made an appearence.

Gannet

Puffin

More info and shots from this trip HERE...

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

Thanks for Looking.

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

Thanks for Looking.

October Photo Highlights

Well October was wet and mild and i really didn't get out much at all.

The first outing was to Studley Rodger near Fountains Abbey,Ripon,North Yorkshire.

 Sika Deer Stag

 Fallow Deer

Red Deer Stag

Next an after lunch walk round RSPB Old Moor,Rotherham,South Yorkshire.

Didn't get much,a couple of Dragonflies.

Saved the best for last a trip to Wentworth Castle Parkland,Barsnley,South Yorkshire

Was there about 3hrs in the afternoon.

 Fallow Deer one of my favourites from the afternoon

a heavy crop due to the distance.

Fallow again,the light and the grass made the shots in my opinion.

Some Red Deer now.

This was the biggest stag i saw on the day and i didn't see any competition

for him at all,shame really.

Again thanks for looking,much appreciated.