Category Archives: Landscape

Night Sky

December 15, 2014 by Words | 2 Comments

A couple of shots taken last night when the skies were beautifully clear. First a waning moon…Click on the image to get the uncropped version.

moon

We have one moon. Jupiter has four, three of which are visible in this shot, also from last night. The lower moon is actually two very close together,hence the slight increase in brightness. The shot was taken hand-held, ISO 16000, f/5.6 and 1/60s.

Jupiter and its moons

Jupiter and its moons

Just a few other shots, taken before Sunday descended into rain.

A herring gull…

Herring gull

A blue tit…

Blue tit

And our local petrol station photographed from about a mile away. 😉

Petrol station

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens.

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Oystercatchers and Fulmars at Rottingdean

December 11, 2014 by Words | Comments Off

I had to pop down to Rottingdean today. It was high tide, and very windy.

Sea crashing against the Undercliff Walk at Rottingdean

Sea crashing against the Undercliff Walk at Rottingdean

Down on one of the few more sheltered parts of the beach, a small group of oystercatchers were lazily grazing among the pebbles.

Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher

High above, the fulmars were patrolling the cliffs.

Fulmar

Fulmar

Fulmar

Fulmar

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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Two Starlings and a Half Moon

November 30, 2014 by Words | 3 Comments

I didn’t venture beyond the garden today. A small flock of starlings is making use of the trees at the rear of the garden and providing plenty of opportunities to practise photographing them in flight. Lots of erratic movement, which the 7D Mark II auto-focus copes with extremely well.

Starling

Starling coming in to land on the tree

Starling

Starling flying overhead

I did see a fox out there this evening, the one with the stumpy brush. No photos, but I did take a few shots of the moon which is waxing gibbous (great phrase) at 57% right now.

Moon

Waxing Gibbous

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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