Camera: D7100
Lens: 150-500 f5/6.3
Aperture: f/11
Shutter: 1/500
ISO: 720
I love this photo of the swans caught feeding, it feels very candid and familiar.
Wildlife
Angry goose with gosling
Camera: D7100
Lens: 150-500 f5/6.3
Aperture: f/11
Shutter: 1/800
ISO: 1250
I’m not entirely sure what would happen if this goose had ever got anywhere near me but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have liked it. This goose spent its entire time looking angry until the boat moved off.
Wild bluebell
Camera: OM-D E-M5
Lens: 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3
Aperture: f/9
Shutter: 1/200
ISO: 200
Wild bluebell with a hoverfly or some form of insect which pretends to be a bee. Such a striking set of colours. I’ve also tried cropping it down but I don’t think it is as striking.
Heron on a branch
Camera: D7100
Lens: 150-500 f/5-6.3
Aperture: f/14
Shutter: 1/400
ISO: 2000
I always find herons to tuck themselves away behind reeds and get on with their business of catching fish but this one was willing to sit at let me photograph him.
Vulture landing
Camera: D5300
Lens: 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Aperture: f/8
Shutter: 1/160
ISO: 3200
This was a shot taken at a bird display when we were at a zoo. Quite an impressive wingspan and pure chance that I caught it like this feeling like it barely fits in the frame.
Pheasant in dappled light
Camera: D7100
Lens: 150-500mm f/5-6.3
Aperture: f/7.1
Shutter: 1/800
ISO: 1400
The dappled light on this photo was what drew me to it out of the several sharper photos I got of a pheasant outside of my house. The neighbours probably thing I’m insane now they’ve seen me chasing down the bank with a camera and super-zoom.
Banham Zoo – red wolf
Camera: D5300
Lens: 150-500 f/5-6.3
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/800
ISO: 560
This is an animal I know next to nothing about but I was struck by the beauty of the light play. On one side the light showing the beauty of the animal itself and the dark side (pun intended) completely in shadow and a reminder that these are not the tame animals that live in our homes.
Lions of Brookfield and Woburn
I also like lions.
The majesty of the slightly open jaw, the alertness of the ears. This is why I like photographing big cats.
Camera: D5300
Lens: 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal length: 300mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter: 1/500
ISO: 320
A male lion yawning, the teeth. A split second insight into why they’re apex predators.
Camera: D7000
Lens: 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal length: 300mm
Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter: 1/250
ISO: 400
Of course there are always cubs. Everyone loves cubs. Miniature giants, adorable but at least partially so because they are smaller versions of the fearsome adults.
Camera: D7000
Lens: 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal length: 300mm
Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter: 1/400
ISO: 640
Wolf
I have actually had this as a desktop background at work for quite a while, the bokeh around the wolf is quite nice while keeping a feeling of motion and the softness of the fur.
Camera: D5300
Lens: 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G
Aperture: f/8
Shutter: 1/500
ISO: 800
Tiger at Brookfield Zoo
I like tigers.
Camera: D5300
Lens: 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal length: 300mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter: 1/500
ISO: 360
Camera: D5300
Lens: 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal length: 300mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter: 1/500
ISO: 450
Camera: D5300
Lens: 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal length: 300mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter: 1/500
ISO: 800
Positive Aperture 