Why i chose the Canon 7D

Why I chose the Canon 7D

I Mainly shoot Wildlife and Nature so this was the best I could afford that suited my needs. Upgraded from a canon 350D. Below are some of the reasons why I chose it.

Tufted Duck in Flight captured using high burst rate
and a great auto focus system on the 7D

 

1. It's very robust magnesium alloy body resilient to dust, moisture and shocks.

 

2. Excellent choice of lenses available, my canon 100-400mm goes nicely with it.

 

3. High burst rate around 8 frames a second.

 

4. 100% viewfinder so you capture what you can see.

 

5. 19 focus points to choose from and a great continuous auto focus system.

Live View great for using on
Landscape shots

 

6. Spot metering.

 

7. Live view shooting which I like when taking landscape shots because the mirror is in lock up when using live view and it's better for judging exposure when shooting in manual.

 

8. Great customisation especially the customisable buttons.

 

Thanks for looking.

 



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...

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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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.

Thanks for Looking.

April's Shots and News.

First off finally got some sales on the website,8 full size big cat images.

The sales from these were shared between: 

ALTA(Amur Leopard,Tiger Alliance) Paypal £20 donated.

Hull and East Riding Ferret Rescue Paypal £10 donated and

WWF Paypal £5 donated.

Thanks again to Lasma at Picanova who purchased the images.

And now some Pictures taken in April.

First off a couple of shots from Old Moor RSPB at Brampton,South Yorkshire,UK.

Coot

Reed Bunting

Next up some shots from the Yorkshire Wildlife Park,Doncaster,South Yorkshire,UK

Vlad the Amur Tiger

Goldcrest taken near the Wallabies

Next,Clumber Park,Worksop,UK.

Chaffinch

Coal-Tit

Great -Tit

Tufted Duck

And finally  Shots from the Shed

Blue-Tit

Common Starling

 The one above got photo of the day on the Official BBC Springwatch Flickr Group
which i'm very pleased about,some great photo's in that group.

My Graden Birdwatch in April was done on the 24/04/13 at 10.30-11.30
and here is the list of the birds i saw.
Blackbird
Blue-tit
Chaffinch
Collared Dove
Common Starling
Dunnock
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Robin
Song Thrush
Woodpigeon

The,the,the thats all folks,thanks for looking.
Cheers Al.