April 2009

BIPP Submission

by NickL on April 30, 2009 · 0 comments

Just popped my initial submission for BIPP membership in the post. Now a nervous wait to see what happens next! I chose the images above, as the bulk of my professional work to date has been in concert photography. The first step is to get in touch with my mentor, who will help me put [...]

Mute Swan

by NickL on April 29, 2009 · 0 comments

[image title="Mute Swan (Cygnus Olor)" size="medium" id="2809" align="center" ] Nikon D300, ISO 200, f8, 1/250th sec, Sigma 50-500mm @ 195mm

Rabbit

by NickL on April 28, 2009 · 3 comments

Nikon D300, ISO 200, f6.3, 1/200th sec, Sigma 50-500mm @ 500mm end

Great Bustards

by NickL on April 27, 2009 · 2 comments

Yesterday Richard Peters and I took a trip down to visit the Great Bustard Project in Wiltshire, armed with cameras and big lenses. We had been warned that our chances of seeing any Bustards this time round were limited and therefore we didn’t have high expectations. However this didn’t dampen our enthusiasm in the slightest, [...]

Artists Open Houses

by NickL on April 25, 2009 · 5 comments

How on earth do I cover an event like www.aoh.org.uk? It’s going to be really big and I need to spend my time wisely since I only have one day to play with. 200 venues in total around the Brighton area. Sounds like a lot of fun though and all I can do, is do [...]

Red Kites sighting, Monk Sherborne

by NickL on April 24, 2009 · 2 comments

I have in the past hour spotted 2 red kites hovering very low over a field near Monk Sherborne, Hampshire. In fact only 8 foot of the ground and about that distance away from myself. Such a great sighting, I stopped to watch them until another driver came up behind me. Luckily I was only [...]

Red Kites in Hampshire update

by NickL on April 23, 2009 · 0 comments

A little while back I wrote a post or two about the way in which the Red Kite has spread well beyond it’s Chiltern Hills stronghold. If you ever drive along the M40, you will no doubt spot these large birds of prey circling high above the motorway. Take a little detour off the main [...]