SLIMBRIDGE & MARTIN MERE
29th October and 4th November 2013
November has been a busy month, and I have had some computer problems, so I don't have much to show here.
A quick visit to Slimbridge gave nice views of a group of cranes from the Great Crane Project foraging in the Rushy Pen.
I was also pleased to get a nice shot of a shoveler drake feeding in the sun directly in front of the Martin Smith hide. I always think that the shoveler is most colourful of British ducks.
My day at Martin Mere was rather frustrating, when the light was good there weren't too many birds around; when the birds arrived the light went off. In addition I too a lot of blurred shots: I have decided to give up on my bean bag, resting my long lens directly on the hide's window frame gives much better results.
The only photo I really liked was this one of two whooper swans, shot from a lower angle than usual against a bright blue sky. I had to clone out a wing from the bottom left hand corner.
