Richard Hardwick Photography

Woolsery Show

27 July 2009 // Comments Off

I had some lieu time owed so was able to take the afternoon off and visit Woolsery Show, held at Clovelly Court. It was a really enjoyable afternoon with plenty of photo opportunities.

Canon EOS 40D, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

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Red Kites – Watlington Hill

20 July 2009 // Comments Off

On Sunday I had a go at photographing the beautiful Red Kites of the The Chilterns. The weather wasn’t kind with rain and drizzle but worst was the bland, white sky:

Canon EOS 40D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USM

Location: Multimap

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Oxford Street Photography

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I met up with some guys from the Amateur Photographer forum in Oxford for a days street photography on Saturday. Not my best efforts but enjoyable nonetheless.

Canon EOS 40D, EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

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Skomer Island

12 July 2009 // Comments Off

A group of sixteen of us from the Talk Photography forum spent the weekend on Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire coast. It’s a truly incredible place and photographing the Puffins was a real pleasure. All these photographs were taken at The Wick:

Canon EOS 40D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USM

Location: Multimap

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Emerging

7 July 2009 // Comments Off

We’ve had a lot of life in our garden pond this year. I’ve just seen a couple of dragonflies emerge, pump up their wings and dry off in the sun. This one was sat basking on the climbing roses:

Canon EOS 40D, EF 180mm f3.5L Macro USM

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Garden Birds

5 July 2009 // Comments Off

Photographing garden birds is probably what sparked my interest in wildlife photography. I’ve spent a fortune on feeders and bird food and brought hundreds of birds into the garden.

Birds attracted by the different foods:
- Niger seed: Goldfinch, Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Greenfinch, Chaffinch
- Mixed seed: Blue Tit, Great Tit, Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Collared Dove, Blackbird
- Black Sunflower seeds: Blue Tit, Great Tit, Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Greenfinch, Chaffinch
- Peanuts: Blue Tit, Great Tit, Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Great-spotted Woodpecker
- Mealworm: Robin, Blackbird
- Fat block: Robin, Great-spotted Woodpecker

I’ve attached interesting, lichen covered old branches to the top of one of the feeders to act as a perch and placed the feeder so the background is the opposite side of the valley. I shoot with the 400mm lens through a gap I’ve created in the hedge:

This is the result:

Canon EOS 40D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USM

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