Hayle Again 15th July

A bit tired after watching Oasis give an outstanding performance at the Eden Project, didnt get back until 01.20 am. Took a trip to Marazion but very little happpening there. So off to Hayle again very quiet but I did get some images of Whimbrel, Curlew and Gulls. Notice the change in shutter speed/ light conditions between the sky and landbase pictures, this shows the importance of shooting in Aperture Priority mode.



Black Headed Gull: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm) Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/3200 sec, IOS 400,
+0.3 stop



Herring Gull: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/4000 sec, IOS 400, +0.7 stop






Whimbrel: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/2000 sec, IOS 400, +0.7 stop




Curlew: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm) Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/1600 sec, IOS 400,
+0.7 stop

Hayle RSPB Hide 12th July

Today I ventured down to Hayle expecting the sun to disappear quickly after yesterdays persistant rain. Clouds kept coming and going but fortusously no rain! Not being on the ball today I did make a couple of mistakes due to lack of concentration and not checking the camera settings. I had changed to 100o ASA to try and get some images of swallows undercover, it turned out I was to close for the big 600mm but forgot to change it back. I realised a short time later. The last image is therefore somewhat grainy. I have attempted to remove this using noiseware and the result is included, best enlarged to appreciate the effect. If you like it the noiseware is free and available here http://www.imagenomic.com/. I didn't label any of the finches so help required here: yes looked at the guide possibly siskin, great tit, sparrow???? enlighten me. A Cormorant with some skilful fishing scared the gulls when he took his prize onto the shore. And also grabbed a couple of nice flight shots, Heron and Gull on what seemed a very quiet morning.



Cormorant and Gulls: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/640 sec, ISO 400 and +0.7 stop.

Finch?: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/230 sec, ISO 400 and +0.3 stop.

Heron: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/4000 sec, ISO 400 and +0.3 stop.

Gull: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/3200 sec, ISO 400 and +/-0 stop.

Great Tit? Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F7.1, 1/200 sec, ISO 400 and +0.7 stop.

Finch?Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/3200 sec, ISO 1000 and -0.3 stop.

Same shot but filtered using Imagenomic noiseware, best enlarged to see effect

Stiths On Sunday

Hi,

A productive day at Stithians. I started off in the main hide where a Gull was eating what looked like a rather large trout for lunch. Checked on the young Buzzard can't believe he hasn't fledged yet. The young GC grebe is a quick learner tucking into fish already. A Black Headed gull and Swallow also feature today. More images from today can be seen here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stithians_wildlife/



Buzzard: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/320 sec, ISO 400, + 0.7 stop



GC Grebe: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F6.3, 1/2000 sec, ISO 400, +/- 0 stop

Black Headed Gull: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F6.3, 1/1600 sec, ISO 400, + 0.3 stop

Gull with trout? Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/2500 sec, ISO 400, +/- 0 stop

Swallow: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/1600 sec, ISO 400, + 0.7 stop

St Gothians 4th July

A quiet 4th of July. Spent sometime at St Gothian Sands but very quiet on the whole. A couple of images worth viewing though!

Gull: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/3200 sec, ISO 400, + 0.7 stop

Sand Martin: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F6.3, 1/1000 sec, ISO 400, + 0.7 stop

Shellduck: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F9, 1/400 sec, ISO 400, + 0.7 stop

Stithians Friday 3rd July

Spent an afternoon at Stithians. I hadn't been here for a while and the water levels had dropped significantly since I last visited. Today there was a hive of activity with adult and junior birds in abundance. Here are three of the image I took today more are posted here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stithians_wildlife/



GS Woodpecker: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, f5.6,
1/800 sec, ISO 400, +/- 0 Stop







Little Grebe with Newt: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, f5.6,
1/1600 sec, ISO 400, +/- 0 Stop

Jay: Exif: Canon 40D, 100-400mm lens, Aperture Priority, f5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 100, +1 Stop