One of the shocks of buying a 150-600mm Sigma zoom lens is how the heck do you carry it when scrambling around the countryside. After nearly falling 20ft into the river Nidd at Nidd gorge, I decided that a camera harness which allows both hands to be free was an essential safety item!

Another upgrade to the website and hopefully the last for a while 😆. The main changes are behind the scenes but allow for much quicker updates and a more diverse page layout.

A big first for me, whilst sitting in a hide at the High Batts Nature Reserve, was seeing a stationary Kingfisher.

The weekend just gone was a glorious weekend in terms of weather and I used it to scout out a nature reserve that is new to me.

Taken on a grey overcast morning under tree cover I was amazed to get these "action" pictures of a white throated dipper hunting on the river Wharfe. Given that these were taken hand-held from the riverbank, using a full 600mm zoom with a f/6.3 aperture and a 12800 ISO, I am delighted that this actually worked.

Whilst walking alongside the river Wharfe at 6AM one grey and muggy morning I encountered this guy coming the other way in search of breakfast. As he was approximately 10 feet from where I had previously seen an otter swimming, and much bigger than a ferret type animal, I assumed it was a "dry" otter. However others seeing some of...

An early morning stint at the Ben Rhydding Nature Reserve provided a good learning experience with my new canon r6 mk2. Given that I am most often trying to shoot under a steel grey Yorkshire sky, and under heavy tree cover, a full frame camera was the logical next step for me.

Inspired by Duade Paton's youtube video I have been attempting to get to grips with the variable priority mode (Fv) on my Canon R6 Mk2. As you can see I have some way to go. The mode is extremely powerful and once you are used to it you will have total control of all the main variables with just two dials....

They say that "necessity is the mother of all invention". In my case accidental dumb luck is also a major factor! Whilst playing with the settings on my new Canon r6 mk2, and using the flexible priority mode (Fv) for the first time ever, I accidentally fixed the iso at 125 when shooting f6.3 @ 1/640s for a zoom of...