Post Number 500- The New Nikon D4s

Ok there has been a lack of posts from me recently, due to a camera malfunction I had to await the delivery of a new unit and here it is:

I will spend the next couple of days with the manual putting in all my custom functions etc, then although it is quiet at present I will take it out for some testing (weather permitting, lol)

Near miss from forecast storm surge

Well luckily the latest storm surge that was predicted to slam into the Southwest veered South before high tide.  Anyhow instead of Porthleven I decided to look for a new area for storm pictures.  I went down to the Wheal Prosper mine at Rinsey, despite the lack of waves there is potential there should another storm hit.

Still on the weather front gales also struck the power lines and tree in my garden. The tree had to be felled for safety reasons, however it did give off a few large blue sparks when shorting the overhead cables together until I got the camera out then it stopped lol.

Ancient Forest Remains Uncovered on Penzance Beach

The ferocity of recent storms has uncovered remnants of an ancient forest on Chyandour beach at Penzance. The forest is thought to date from 4000-6000 years ago (so good evidence of sea levels rising) Remains can be seen of oak, beech and pine trees along with peat beds. Tidal movements will likely again recover the forest again in a few months with sand.

Winter Sun at Marazion (well for an hour!)

Finally a break in the weather, no wind and sunshine, a great start weather-wise to the day.  Well the good conditions lasted about an hour, lol. Did mange a few shots before it clouded over and the wind picked up. Apparently Bitterns were flying all over the place in the hour before I got there, but this also stopped as the wind picked up so only saw a couple at distance, however there are still three confirmed birds over wintering.  A Stoat has also been sighted again I saw it three days ago and again is was spotted before I turned up this morning. Well then onto the images from Saturday.

Long Tailed Ducks off-shore

Mute Swan

Grey Lag Goose

Bittern

Stonechat

Greylag in flight

Little Egret

Competition begins already for the prime nesting spots

Bob Sharples Photography Website Update

Just added seven new galleries to my website; all storm related which is a reflection of the latest weather we have all been experiencing, please follow the link here to view the galleries: http://bobsharplesphotography.co.uk/Photocart7/photocart/index.php

First Wildlife Shoot (with the camera) in a while

Just seems like we have had storm after storm, which is what I have been photographing lately. On Sunday we had the unusual site of blue skies, sunshine and no wind.  So I headed of to Marazion, plenty of birdlife around but very little in the way of action, everything just seemed to be soaking up the rays! So after a couple of hours I gave up and decided to spend the day relaxing also.  Here are the images I got, all regulars from the marsh!