Cracking Morning on The Lizard

Well I finally managed to fit in a productive wildlife shoot, first for a while. Glorious morning on Wednesday and a good variety of birds to photograph.  So must visit again soon.

Wren

Stonechat

Chough

Fulmar

Raven

Goldfinch

RFA Argus Returns to Falmouth from Ebola Mercy Mission

RFA Argus

RFA Argus returned to Falmouth today following a successful mission to assist in the suppression of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.  The ship was deployed for about 6 months and in addition to her crew had many military personnel embarked.  Below are the images from the return in Falmouth today (7th April)

RFA Argus with two 820 Merlin Helicopters overhead

Familes waiting for RFA Argus to dock

RFA Argus gets a welcome from  the Royal Marine Band

RFA Argus with two 820 Merlin Helicopters overhead

Families wave to loved ones

RFA Argus back alongside

The Royal Marines Band march off

820 Squadron Disembark RFA Argus After Ebola Aid Mission in Sierra Leone

The 6th of April saw the return of RFA Argus and her squadron of 820 Merlins return from deployment to Sierra Leone after assisting with the ebola outbreak. The RFA Argus stayed close to Loe Bar as the  Merlins departed back to RNAS Culdrose.

Merlin MK2 of 820 Squadron

RFA Argus off Loe Bar near Helston

820 Squadron Merlin MK2

Re-united

Merlin MK2 of 820 Squadron back at RNAS Culdrose

Mach Loop Visit Jan 2015

First visit to the Mach Loop this year, well poor weather really screwed up the week photography wise. (Still can't be lucky all the time) There Mon-Fri, only managed to get images on the Monday and Friday with remainder of the week being snookered by strong winds, rain and snow. Even when I ventured out to do scenic stuff the rain would start, it was like the bad weather gods were waiting for me to step outside, lol.

On the plus side did manage to get some shots, visit a couple of new photography locations and had a good laugh with everyone up there. Red Lion pub in Dinas was as usual a welcome site with it's open log fires, hot coffee and cold beers. Looking forward to my next visit there now, likely in March/April/May

The Blwch and Exit Hill snow covered

Dinas

BAE Hawk T2

BAE Hawk T2

Tornado GR4

F-15E Strike Eagle (this was as low as they got!!!)

Tornado GR4

Wales Air Ambulance

Few From RNAS Culdrose Late 2014/Early 2015

Well playing catch up with the blog and websites, so here is a post from the last couple of months around RNAS Culdrose. Hope to clear the backlog of admin soon and get back to taking images. Hopefully soon more wildlife/nightshots and aviation stuff

Here are the images I will update with captions later:

BAE Hawk T1 of 736 Squadron

Dutch NH90 

BAE Hawk T1

Merlin MK3

Sea King Search and Rescue of 771 NAS

Sea King MK5 Search and Rescue of 771 NAS

ASAC Sea King MK7

HC125 RAF Northolt 32 (TR)Squadron

Merlin MK2

Hawk T1

Dutch NH90

Empire Test Pilots School AVRO RJ100 BAE 146

Night Photography Late December 2014

Well it's rather frustrating waiting for good conditions for night photography, but it does work out every once in a while. Only thing that wasn't perfect this time was the fact there was a little to much moonlight. Still experimenting exposure timings etc so was not to fazed by this. Here are the results from three locations.

Windmill Farm

Windmill Farm

Loe Bar

Loe Bar (practice at star trail)

Loe Bar (Lots of night fishermen out)

Wheal Prosper Mine, Rinsey

Wheel Prosper Mine, Rinsey