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...