quaddie

Sorry for the absence guys,I seems to have lost my posting Mojo...if anyone has any spare i would certainly find it a good home..

Still shooting,but just not posting..fingers crossed I will be filling your inboxes again very soon ..


But on the upside,now lost 44kg!! ..
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Stiil about guys,I promise I will answer your comments soon.. ..

In case any of you had noticed my reduced activity here for the past week,Dawn and I have been having a bit of a holiday ..

5 days in Cumbria,then 2 in Worcester ..so get ready for an infux of photos ..so many to post that the titles will be rather boring,I am afraid..(at least at first,suggestions are always welcomed ).

Wildlife,Landscapes,cute Lambs,Churches...a plethora of stuff to look at ..We even got up early to carch the Sumrise over Castlerigg stone circle(ok,we missed it by a bit,but its close )..

I managed to get the Moonrise and Moonset for the Blood Moon too,just a shame it was a bit hazy,but I will post them anyway so there ..

We also visited the ICPB on friday,great weather,suberb settings and beautiful birds..
www.icbp.org/index/

I now know the collective term for a group of Twitcher Photographers!
It is a Rudeness Of Photographers
If you missed my mini rant it is to be found here quaddie.deviantart.com/journal…

Dawn has COLOURFUL BIRDS as a theme in her journal in-the-picture.deviantart.com/… well worth a perusal...




Some gorgeous devs below - all deserve way more faves and all important comments...

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Brace yourselves for the rant of the day!.

Dawn and I visited a local Country Park today,it has a recreation of an Anglo-Saxon village and are running their annual Ring Quest event(what can I say,we wanted pics of Orcs and Rangers)..www.facebook.com/weststow.

Anyway as we arrived in the busy carpark(remember that bit...the BUSY car park,,) we saw a group of Bird Photographers standing by their kit over the far side,my curiosity was piqued..what had brought them all here,what could possible be lurking in the carpark?..lots of lens envy for sure,so I thought I would go find out what the news was..maybe a very rare bird had decided to brave the busy car park..

As I wandered over after getting my gear on,I had both my cameras with me and the ruckie full of our gear(obviously a fellow photographer),being careful to keep out of their line of sight..as the lenses were pointing at a small grassed area in the centre of the carpark,(with people and cars passing between the cameras and the grassy knoll)..they all assumed the position on the ground behind their respective weaponry,I stood back some 5m or so behind them,a large bank behind me ensured I was not skylining and being dressed in drab clothes(my default-setting when out shooting) I wasnt standing out from the bank behnd me.

I waited a few seconds,looking in the direction of the lenses to try and see what the excitement was about(thoughts of bagging a rare bird were beginning to form in my head) one of them rolled onto his side and said:

"Can you squat-down before you frighten it" (10 seconds ago they were ALL standing up) remember the BUSY carpark bit..

I asked quietly,"what are you shooting?".

The terse answer was "Birds!!"..

I answered"I can see that,I am not an idiot"..

The reply was"well,why did you ask then?"

At this point,a yellow car passed between them and the grassy knoll...hmmmm, I walked off,bemused at their behaviour and attitude to a fellow Wildlife photographer..

I now know the collective term for a group of Twitcher Photographers :its an Rudeness Of Photographers

I`ve been paparazzi-ed  

International Vulture Awareness Day falls on Sat 7th Sept this year www.vultureday.org/2013/index.…
Vultures are an ecologically vital group of birds that face a range of threats in many areas that they occur.
Populations of many species are under pressure and some species are facing extinction.
Vultures provide vital ecosystem services as they scavenge on carcasses, and are nature's most efficient clean-up service. However, the use of a drug called diclofenac in treating sick cattle has threatened their existence.
The main objective of such people engagement activity is to create mass support and awareness of the consequence of losing important keystone specie, which could lead to the spread of infectious disease, environmental pollution through groundwater contamination, as well as rabies with the increase in the number of feral dogs and big cats.

Can you spot the odd one out?

 
My better half

More Bird-plz can be found here quaddles-roost.deviantart.com/…




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