Titchwell Birds

Spring had truly arrived at Titchwell with birds in full song and migrants arriving including three very tired Dunlin who hadn't the energy to move away from us when we were down on the shore. The first images down to and including the scratching Dunlin had the 1.4 extender on the 100-400 lens. The quality is not as as without but does allow photos of distant birds for ID like the Little Stint at the end.

Starfish and Shells, Titchwell Beach

Although a few days off the spring tide, the sea went out far enough yesterday to expose lots of starfish-covered rocks. A few had got stranded on the sand but most were slowly moving on their tube feet back into the water. They feel amazingly soft compared with the dried specimens found on the shoreline. The top of the beach was covered in razor shells with other shells and marine ex-life. The posts are even more weathered than previous visits.

 

 

Sheringham Sunset

Sheringham is one of the sites along the coast where you can view the sunset over the sea so we headed there for what proved to be worth the car trip. There was a large party of school children enjoying the last light. My favourite is the fourth image - classic sunset image though perhaps needs bit cropped off right.

 

 

Cromer on a Perfect Spring Morning

We walked along the beach from East Runton to Cromer yesterday morning.After overnight rain the air was very clear with the light changing as the sun moved round. First image, a bit of in-camera fun followed by different sun and water images as the light changed, the pier from various angles (including a bendy panorama), a homage to 'White Van' and finally the Church.

 

Lens Workout at Pensthorpe Natural Park

No better place than the Wader Aviary at Pensthorpe to practise bird photography with the Fuji 100-400mm. The lighting was rather variable but generally pleased with the results. For Paul and Dinah, in particular, this is on manual focus with AE-L set to single or continuous focus (jury still out on this one) and highlight peaking on. So I use the AE-L button to focus and then, if time, touch the focus ring which enlarges the image with highlight peaking on to adjust point of focus. With the Bearded Tits relied just on the AE-L focusing and was pretty successful though the mirrorless system makes picking up moving bird difficult (?impossible?). The Ruffs are in full breeding plumage as are the Black-tailed Godwits. The Bearded Tits are always a challenge and great to photograph two endangered species Corncrake and Turtle Dove. Avocets as always a delight.