Hen Harriers at Wicken Fen

The forecast was for a clear sky sunrise so Miles and I went to Wicken to view the dawn and see what was about - quite a lot!! We managed one Bittern (not photographed!), one Barn Owl  and a Heron before the sun came up. Then a succession of  2 or 3 female Hen Harriers plus 1 or 2 Male Hen Harriers entertained us along with Marsh Harriers and a large flock of Fieldfares. All rather distant but great to see these birds.

38-23 Win for CRUFC on a Very Windy Saturday

Not an easy match to play in and certainly not to photograph with very strong winds and very little light. I was using 4000 ISO in the second half - not recommended with a Canon 7dii. The visitors, Redingensians, who are a lot below Cambridge in the League, put on a very good display and kept the result open until the last 15 minutes. 

Some Creative Shots from Shortgrove Estate

Some double exposure images done in camera plus a shadow of a tap dripping and a high key flowerpot.

Welney Wildfowl Trust on a Grey Day

The light levels remained very low during our morning visit to Welney so it was high ISO and try a few different tricks such as multiple exposure in the Canon using the Brighter blend mode.

More From Shortgrove

A few Infrared images converted to monochrome - it was a very sunny clear morning so difficult conditions not to burn out the highlights inappropriately. I especially like the sunlit background behind the stark shadow trees in the first image.

Shortgrove Estate Newport

Sixteen members of Cambridge CC spent a very enjoyable day photographing the grounds and old greenhouses at Shortgrove Private Estate Newton.   Thank you Sylvie for organising this. First a few infrared images using the hastily made raw conversion profile - a slightly different colour combination to my usual one but I think it works OK for the subject.