It is really annoying when you have the opportunity to get a shot you would really like, but fate gets in the way. Driving in to town this morning (shopping!) I noticed a bird in a hedge by the side of the road. A beautiful male bullfinch sitting in full view on a nice branch. I couldn't stop, even to point it out to the wife, as there was a car right behind - and I didn't have my camera with me anyway. For a while afterwards, I had the image imprinted on my mind.
At the moment my photography is restricted to the garden, partly by my equipment and partly by the fact that I have not been very lucky in stalking birds. I know I really need to get out and practise more. Perhaps in the spring, when I can take Billie, the wife, with me for walks, I will try to wander around more.
I also had a new visitor to the garden the other day - a male pheasant. He didn't come out far enough to have his photo taken, but I was very pleased to see him, nonetheless.
I have sent off for some poster sized prints of out of focus backgrounds that I want to try out and they should arrive tomorrow. Watch this space!
At the moment my photography is restricted to the garden, partly by my equipment and partly by the fact that I have not been very lucky in stalking birds. I know I really need to get out and practise more. Perhaps in the spring, when I can take Billie, the wife, with me for walks, I will try to wander around more.
I also had a new visitor to the garden the other day - a male pheasant. He didn't come out far enough to have his photo taken, but I was very pleased to see him, nonetheless.
I have sent off for some poster sized prints of out of focus backgrounds that I want to try out and they should arrive tomorrow. Watch this space!