Black & White Kites

I have been with out internet for a few days so I have had time to hunt the hard drive for something to edit. I found these red kite images which where all over exposed so converted to b&w and I really like the effect.
I have 2 weeks off, which will hopefully involve taking lots of images so stay tuned....

pagham sunset

It was a perfect sunset at Pagham last night, not a cloud obstructing the sun. Was pretty amazing to watch and it was also rather cold. A few knot put on a show but the image I have in my head involves thousands, hopefully I will make a visit to Snettisham later this year.

knots

I went down to Pagham Harbour this evening, it started off very bad as I had taken no images and was heading back when I saw some knot circling in the distance. A few more arrived before they were flying around me as the sun set. Amazing experience, hopefully I will have another go tomorrow.

turnstones

1/400s f/5.6 ISO400 400mm

1/500s f/5.6 ISO800 400mm

1/640s f/5.6 ISO400 400mm

1/640s f/6.3 ISO400 400mm

1/500s f/5.6 ISO800 400mm

I have tried to capture a series that tells a story, as well as trying to be completely different. I have ignored the rule of thirds on a few as well as trying to capture the birds in flight. I have a lot of oof images, so much so that I am considering an upgrade as my 40D really struggles with anything that moves fast.

Lambourn Hills

1/500s f/5.6 ISO200 400mm

Sorry for the lack of images, I have been very busy recently.

Here is an image taken this weekend on a farm in the Lambourn Hills that I am being allowed to photograph on. It has a healthy population of Barn Owls, so the plan is to capture some images of them hunting. Hopefully expect some more images.

starlings.

1/50s f/5.6 ISO1600 400mm

1/15s f/3.5 ISO100 28mm

1/20s f/2.0 ISO1600 28mm

1/60s f/2.2 ISO800 28mm

Managed these this evening in Chichester, they were circling around for about an hour. Quite a few sprawks and peregrines having a go at catching them. I want to try and get a bird of prey in the shot as well but it may take some work...

climping.

1/100s f/6.3 ISO400 28mm

So I take a week off and it just rains. But this morning it was forecasted to be sunny so I was up well before dawn and went to my local beach, Climping. The tide was very low, as you can see in the above image so there was a bit of a trek before I found some birds.
When I eventually found some I was greeted with an amazing sunrise, I decided to shoot into the sun to try and show it off. A sanderling posed nicely in front of the light reflecting off the sea.

1/500s f/10.0 ISO200 400mm

1/1000s f/6.3 ISO200 400mm

1/1000s f/7.1 ISO200 400mm

1/800s f/7.1 ISO200 400mm