Lack of Blogs...

I must apologise for the lack of blogs in recent time but I have been working on my university dissertation and other projects that have to be handed in and it's taking a lot of effort, I will gradually keep uploading picture when I get the time but hopefully after April (when I finish my final year) I will be able to get back on course and keep regularly updating this site, until that time, please feel free to check out my Flickr page, as it is a lot quicker to upload to I keep this updated more regularly

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeharrisonsnaturephotography/

Thank you to all those that keep looking at this page, you're views mean a lot to me,

here are just a few recent pics that I have taken, I hope that you like them, all these shots were taken in one afternoon at Preston Docks...


















I hope that you like them all,

Thanks again Lee Harrison

Springs around the corner...

With the though of Spring just around the corner, I got think back to last spring and some of my favourite moments... I hope you like this shot...



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Time Lapse 7... Self Completing Jigsaw...

I decided to sit down last night and do a jigsaw it the other half with watching a film, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to make another time lapse video and for an opportunistic video I'm very happy with the way it came out... I hope that you like it to....



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Car Trails...

Another shot from last night’s session, I hope that you like it...



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Light leading the way...

I decided to have another night out last night, doing a bit more night photography, this is my first attempt at photographing car trails, so I'm quite please with the results, I would of like to be above the road but I had to make to with a road side shot.... I hope that you all like it...



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A New Love...

I must apologise for all the gull picture that I have posted up recently but I've had so much fun photographing them, I keep going back... I hope that you like them and I'm not boring you....



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Little Change...

Over my last few photography sessions, I have been concentrating on the Black Headed Gulls as they are the most abundant and easy to snap, so this time when I went down decided to concentrate on a few of the others feeding down there...



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Time Lapse 5, Salt and Pepper Playing Together...

Sat down at the table last night wondering what the next animation I could do was and started to play with our salt and pepper shakers so I decided to have a play around with them and see what happened, I also put some music to the video for the first time hope that you like it... I hope that you like it...



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with another day of sun I decided to go down to the docks and take a few more shots, I'm realy enjoying photographing gulls at the moment...



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Bit to bright for Britain...

Went out last week to see the Ring-necked Parakeets that had taken up residence in Lytham cemetery, it was a bit foggy but I have never seen these birds before and was quite strange to see them in the wild but equally wonderful... 8 were present today but there have been up to 11....



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A close call...

While out in southport this weekend, I saw this perched Kestrel, slowly making my way towards , it got spooked and flew straight in front of an on coming car... it was very close, I am very happy with this picture and I would go as far to say it is my fav. that I have taken upto date, although I am lucky that the bird flew towards me, they usually fly off in the opposite direction and out of sight... I hope that you like it...



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Time Lapse 4..Melting Candle

I'm really getting into the time lapse stuff, very fun to play around with, so when I was a bit bored last night, I decided to make this... I hope that you like it...



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Another Waxwing...

As I headed out this morning, I noticed a flock of 5 Waxwings at the end of my road, very happy with this as I need it for a year tick I thought that the day was off to a good start, as we retured home at the end of the day we noticed that the flock had grown to 21 birds in the same tree comming down to feed regularly, we ran across with the camera and waited for no more that 2min before they came down to within 6 feet for us to feed and then flew off into the evening sky never to be seen again, I'm convinced that they were waiting for us...



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I had a day out with my Dad today, we had a ride to Hesketh Out Marsh, were we bumped in to a few of the local birders, we arrived about to hours before sunset and were treated to a rather beautiful sky... I hoe that you like it;



It's a great place, plenty of wildlife and a great place to watch the sunset... flipping cold though,

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Time Lapse 3... Moving clouds...

I had a walk out with the girl friend today, spent the afternoon in Avenham park with a hot chocolate and some soup so I decided to have a play around with some more time lapse, I hope that you like it...



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Big Metal Bird...

Had a ride out on the bike to Huttons Marsh today to do a bit of bird watching and photography, luckily this is directly opposite the The British Aerospace Warton grounds, so while watching the nature, you can watch the planes screaming over head.... for me heaven...



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Today I had a walk down the Ribble to Huttons Marsh to see if anything would turn up while the tide came it, there was nothing amazing but lots of birds including this very friendly Reed Bunting... I hope that you like it;



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Hero...

As I was walking back after the high tide, I saw this cracking Sea Trout/Salmon not to sure which(and I call my self a fisherman :P) struggling after getting stranded in the puddle that you see it in, luckily no gulls had got to it and it hadn't sufferance yet, so up to my ankles in mud I walked out and released it into river were it hung around for a second and then happily swam off, a great end to the day :)



Unfortunatly just after posting this picture on facebook, I found out that it was a Sea Trout and they've just finished spawing, so it was soon to die anyway but I like to think that ever moment in life is special and I might have given it a few more...

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Punk Birder...

Walking around Martin Mere, I always walk past these birds and they never fail to make me smile, so with the light perfect, I decied to take a shot, I really so love these ducks...



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Time Lapse 2... Melting Ice...

After my first attempt, I decided to have another go at the time lapse lark, unfortunatly I have misplaced my remote, so I had to press the shutter button by hand causing a number of the shots to blur but you get the idea, they'll get better I promise...



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Another Mere Sunset...

I'm not too sure what it is about this place, but it always seem to provide beautiful and very photogenic sunset, I do love Martin Mere...

More Gulls...

I am a very big fan of gulls, very photogenic and very interesting but once you get into identifying them, especially the rarer more unusual species it is a mind field of confusion and probable mistakes, so with the sun making a few appearances this week, I decided to make the most of it and go take a few more snaps...

A New Little Friend...

Since I came back from Christmas, we've had a squirrel stopping by to have a feed on our table, taking nuts and burying them near by, it never fails to make me smile when I draw back the curtains and see him/her there... not to sure were he came from, were surround my main roads but he/she come back every day :) even though I live in uni accommodation I still like to do my part ...

The Sun Still Shines...

With the sun still shining today, I went to take a few more pictures...

Ah the Sun...

With a couple of weeks of bad weather, I was happy this week to be able to get out while the sun was shining, so I tried to make the most of it and took a few picture, hope that you like them...

Swan Lake...

I took this picture down on the Docks today, not a special picture but I love these majestic birds...

Time Lapse, Panning Room...

Recently I'v really wanted to have a go at some time lapse photography but not been sure what projects to undertake so as I was sat around thinking, I thought I'd have a play around.

First attempt and a long way to go but its a start, tomorrow I'm buying a plant :)

Night 2...

Well the second night session didn't go to we'll but from the feedback, this seems to be every ones favourite...

A Night On The Dock...

Since I have moved to Preston I've wanted to got and photograph the Dock as night but never had chance to due to weather or work but with a day off tomorrow and the weather dry and calm, I headed down for a little photography session.

As this is my first ever attempt at night photography, I an quite happy with the results...

Swans on the Mere...

I Love these birds, I can't get enough of photographing them at my local WWT centre...

the Ruff Weather is Over...

now the snow has cleared more of the birds are returning including these little beauties...

Sunset over Southport...

After a crisp frost day out, we were treated to a rather special sun set...

Swans...

This isn't the best shot in the world by a very very long way but I though that it showed a good comparison between our two wintering swan species...

And Even More...

Love this bird...

Back for more...

Wanting to get better pics, I headed back up to Fairhaven to try and get some more pics. of the Red-necked Grebe...

Magic Mere

True to form Martin Mere showed off a great sunset and presented some great photo opportunities...

Bit of a Soft Spot...

as you well no an Iceland gull has been wintering on Preston Dock and I can't help but love it, after seen the Red-neck, I had a walk down to see if it was still around, as sure enough...

Red-necked Grebe...

Thanks to Andy Pryce, I had a tick to see the Red-necked Grebe at Fairhaven lake, my first tick of 2011, and hopefully not the last, cracking bird showing very well...

Snowy Moor on The Mere...

I took this shot while walking around Martin Mere, just liked the composure and the snow on its back... hope that you like it to...

Farther to Son...

I took this shot while walking around Birkacre, there was a very thick icy fog hanging around, presenting some very atmospheric pictures and before you think in this picture was taken in colour... that's how gloomy it was...

Something a Bit Different...

I took this shot to see how it would come out, never really taken many shots like this but see many other taking better shots than this so I have a long way to go...

Happy New Year...

As we didn't have any fireworks last night I thought a nice Christmasy shot would have to do to welcome in the new year...