HOWARD'S BIRDSPOT: June 2013

Monday, 17 June 2013

Barn Owl.17.6.13.

A disappointing session photography wise this evening. But can't complain about being able to watch this bird hunt over a huge area at the corner of four fields of scrub.

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

A Very Early Morning At Far Ings.4.6.13.

A few hours at Far Ings this morning. I started very early to avoid the atmospheric haze which quickly develops on warm days. From the top a Common Tern, then an hour following a Barn Owl and my all time passion the Marsh Harrier. Was lucky to get this bird hunting this morning where I wanted it. All things come to those who wait? Well I've done plenty of that on this species. It's pleasing to get a few decent shots with decent light. Could have done with the bird a little closer but its rare to get everything your own way in wildlife photography.

HOWARD'S BIRDSPOT

Hello and welcome to my blog. Firstly, I am not a professional photographer or a bird or wildlife expert. Most of what I have learned about photography and wildlife or birds is self taught from books or what I have learned from friends and wildlife photographers and birders. I owe a lot of my sucess to friends and photographers for their guidance. I am still learning and have many subjects I still want to photograph. I am very passionate about birding and bird photography. All of my subjects are wild birds or wildlife in the wild. I do not photograph captive birds or wildlife in a staged setting. It's just not my thing. I get no satisfaction from photographing captive sujects. That's not being disrespectful to those who do, I'm just not comfortable with it, and would rather go without pictures of rare subjects than take photos of captive ones. I do however respect the work of captive breeding programs and caring for injured birds and wildlfe. I belong to the local bird study group which records breeding birds on my local reserve. This has helped me to gain increased results in locating species to photograph from an increased knoledge of birdsong and bird behaviour. I have enjoyed increasing sucsess with my work in having work published in books and magazines including birdwatching magazine, in national newspapers and countless web features and articles. I was also the winner of the 2011 wildlifextra.com national photography competition "birds" category. leading to the publishing of the winning picture in the competitions book. The same picture is liscensced for sale by Getty Images through the Wildlfe and wetland trust, who featured my photo in a published article. My photo's have featured many times on flickr explore. I have also had pictures feature on the BBC springwatch red button site on television and have received the Springwatch photo of the day award. I've also had them used during the BBC and ITV weather forecasts and on the BBC Earth and BBC Nature websites. I also featured in a BBCTV look north feature shown on BBC 1 about my competition win and my love of photography on the Far Ings Nature Reserve. Thank you for visiting, and I hope you enjoy viewing my pictures. Please feel free to contact me with regard to using any of my images. I rarely refuse, but do like to know where my images are being used. I don't sell my images in print format due to the fact that I don't have the time at the moment as I am in full time employment. If you have any questions regarding my photography please contact me via email.

HOWARD'S BIRDSPOT

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Barn owl and Marsh Harriers 18.6.13.

Monday, 17 June 2013

Barn Owl.17.6.13.

Saturday, 8 June 2013

Pochard Brood, Black Headed Gull, Marsh Harriers. Far Ings 8.6.13.

Thursday, 6 June 2013

Barn Owl 6.6.13

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

A Very Early Morning At Far Ings.4.6.13.