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...

Having been working on some careful exercises over the last few weeks I rashly decided to test them out in my photography by lying on the ground to get a slugs perspective of the wild flowers. In addition to getting myself very wet I also got some nice wild flower pictures from the new viewpoint.. I think the slug was...

Approximately 1 year ago I took my first "wildlife" picture using the amazing Lumix FZ82 bridge camera. It was of a lapwing which landed nearby when I was trying to compose a landscape shot. Last Sunday I took another lapwing picture at the same site, using my new Canon r6 Mk2 with a Sigma 150-600 contemporary lens. Whilst the...

On the first anniversary of getting into nature photography with the outstanding Lumix FZ-82 bridge camera I am now the proud owner of a new Canon r6 mark 2 full frame camera body. Although I had not come close to hitting the limits of its excellent predecessor, my crop sensor Canon r10 body, the recent drop in r6...

Although I have continued to publish in Instagram I have been quiet on the blog for the last few months. This gave me the time to upgrade the hosting software to a service that has more optimisation for photographers.