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Mute Swan, Pennington Flash
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Mute Swans, Goosander, Grey Heron, Clewes Park, Salford
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Whooper Swans, Martin Mere
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Whooper Swans, Martin Mere
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Smew (captive bird), Martin Mere
Canon 20D Sigma 300 F2.8 |
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Mallard, Pennington Flash
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Mallard, Heaton Park
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Northern Pintail, Martin Mere
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Goosanders, Clewes Park, Salford
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Goosanders, Clewes Park, Salford
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Red Grouse in the rain, High Peak
Canon 40D Sigma 300 f2.8 plus 2X converter |
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Great Northern Diver, Hollingowrth Lake, December 2009
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Great Northern Diver, Hollingowrth Lake, December 2009
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Great Northern Diver, Hollingowrth Lake, December 2009
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Northern Gannets, Great Saltee
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 lens
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Northern Gannets, Great Saltee Island
I just loved spending a day with gannets. This shot was taken with the bog standard Canon 18-55mm lens
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Northern Gannet in flight, Great Saltee
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 lens |
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Northern Gannets, Great Saltee
Another shot taken with the bog standard 18-55mm lens
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Northern Gannets, Great Saltee
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 lens |
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Northern Gannets, Great Saltee
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 lens |
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Shag, Great Saltee Island
Canon 20D Sigma f4.5 500 lens
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Juvenile Shag, South Slobs
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 lens, tripod
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Shag, Great Saltee
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5
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Grey Heron, River Irwell
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Grey Heron, Pennington Flash
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Peregrine Falcon
Another artwork image.
Canon 40D Canon 100-400 lens |
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Peregrine Falcon
Taken from the Manchester Town Hall clock tower.
The original of this shot had a very bland background. Since our peregrines hunt at night using the ambient light from the city, I thought it would be an idea to do something a little surrealistic to represent the bird as night time hunter. I thought some might see it as a bit silly but when seeing the bird fly over the Big Wheel and lit up, a chill went down my spine. Maybe it wasn't daft after all. I entered the digital artwork to the digital artwork category in the International Wild Bird Photographer of the Year competition. It bombed. My consolation was that Chris Packham liked it. The image has been used on TV and requested by several conservation organisations.
Canon 20D Canon 100-400 lens and hours playing around in photoshop |
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Bolton Peregrine
I do like black and white photographic images. I changed this image from colour to black and white and darkened the corners for effect. Not quite a ' Neil Brandt' image but the best I can do! Check out Neil's work who manages spectacular shots of African wildlife using wide angle lenses.
Canon 40D Sigma 500 f4.5 plus 2X converter , tripod , cable release |
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Bolton Peregrine
This is the bird which was taken into care and subsequently released.
Canon 40D Sigma 500 f4.5 lens plus 2X converter, Tripod cable release |
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Peregrine Falcon (male), Manchester
Canon 40D Sigma 500 f4.5 lens, tripod
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Peregrine with prey, Manchester City Centre, May 2009
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Moorhen, Heaton Park
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Dotterel, Axletree Edge, 28.04.09
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Dotterel, Axletree Edge, 28.04.09
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Little Ringed Plover, Elton Reservoir, 26.04.09
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Sanderling, North Norfolk
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Sanderling, North Norfolk
Having travelled to Norfolk to do little stints I was not able to resist doing the sanderlings when the light was fading but at its best and the waves providing a superb background
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Sanderling, North Norfolk
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5
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Sanderling, North Norfolk
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Sanderling, North Norfolk
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Sanderling, Donna Nook
This is one of my favourite images. |
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Sanderling, Dona Nook
Another one of my favourite birds to photograph. Donna Nook can get pretty cold and windy in the middle of winter but getting close to sanderlings and Atlantic grey seals is an experience I wouldn't miss. My day ended with a fantastic sunset.
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Little Stint, North Norfolk
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 lens
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Little Stint, North Norfolk
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 lens |
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Little Stint, North Norfolk
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 lens |
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Little Stint, North Norfolk
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 lens |
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Dunlin, North Norfolk
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Black-tailed Godwits, Marshside
Canon 20D Sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Redshank at dusk
Several years ago I went to Faihaven Lythm to photograph the red throated diver and Slavonian grebe. When the light had gone I popped over the hill to the sea shore to enjoy the sunset and photograph any waders that might be there.
Canon 20D Sigma f4.5 500mm lens, tripod |
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Black-headed Gull, River Irwell, 26.12.08
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Black-headed Gulls, Clewes Park, Salford
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Black-headed Gulls, Heaton Park
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Razorbill portrait, Great Saltee Island
In 2006 myself and Annette Cutts were invited over by Clive Timmons (photographer) to do gannets and other sea birds on the Great Saltee Island in County Wexford Ireland. As many of you probably know I don't go out of Manchester much and I jumped at this opportunity. Great Saltee is a fabulous place and Clive was a fabulous host. I was blessed with light and managed some half decent shots. Some of the images I took there will be published shortly in a book by Eric Dempsey |
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Calling Razorbill, Great Saltee Island
Canon 20D sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Razorbill, Great Saltee Island
Canon 20D sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Razorbill, Great Saltee Island
Canon 20D sigma 500 f4.5 |
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Puffin, Great Saltee Island
Canon 20D Sigma 500f4.5 lens
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Puffin, Great Saltee Island
There is a 400ft drop beneath this puffin. The ledge I was on was equally precarious! |
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Puffin, Great Saltee Island
Canon 20D Sigma 500f4.5 lens |
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Puffin, Great Saltee Island
Canon 20D Sigma 500f4.5 lens |
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Puffin, Great Saltee Island
Canon 20D Sigma 500f4.5 lens |
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Woodpigeon, Pennington Flash
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Sand Martins, Elton Reservoir, 03.05.09
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Waxwing, Gigg Lane, Bury, 01.03.09
full frame shot using a Canon 40D with Sigma 300 f2.8 lens with 2x converter, corners darkened in Photoshop |
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Rock Pipit feeding young, County Wexford
Canon 20D Sigma f4.5 500 lens, tripod
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Pied Wagtail, Manchester City Centre, 28.08.10
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Grey Wagtail, Manchester City Centre
A pair of grey wagtails nested close to the Black Redstarts nest. This bird perched very briefly on the fine architecture. I took a shot with the bird dead centre of the frame and another recomposing in-camera for a better composition. I will propbably enter this image into the IWP competition.
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Robin, Pennington Flash
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Robin, Pennington Flash
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Spotted Flycatcher, Maynooth College, Ireland
Spotted flycatcher is one of my favourite birds. I have plenty of shots of them in usual habitat. On this occasion I went for something a little different. I placed myself at the end of a bicycle rail and hoped the bird would accept me if I kept very still. After an hour or so, it did.
Canon 20D Sigma f4.5 500mm lens, tripod |
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Spotted Flycatcher (pair), Maynooth College, Ireland
Canon 20D Sigma f4.5 500mm lens, tripod |
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Spotted Flycatcher, Maynooth College, Ireland
Canon 20D Sigma f4.5 500mm lens, tripod |
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Treecreeper
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Nuthatch
300 lens, ISO 200, f3.5 manual exposure 1/250 sec, full frame
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Nuthatch, Heaton Park
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Jackdaw in flight, Great Orme
Canon 20D canon 100-400 zoom taken at 100mm |
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