We have had a series of frosty mornings in Cambridgeshire. A few images from an early morning walk yesterday catching the dawn light on the vegetation.
Sunday, April 25, 2021
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Local Birds
Some of the birds from my morning walk to Harwick Wood including very confiding Wrens and Willow Warbler. Very surprised to see a fully fledged Robin youngster when the Blackcap and Nuthatch are only just beginning their breeding. Red Kite and Linnet just for the colours!!
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Insects in flight
Now we have lots of insects in the garden, I am returning to last year's project of getting insects in flight. The female Hairy Footed Flower Bee in the first image is in a perfect position with diffuse background (green bin!!) but has not extended its tongue forwards for the characteristic pose of this species distinguishing it often from the Early Bumblebee in the second image. Various shutterspeeds from 1000th upwards - the Beefly in the penultimate image was a 6,400th of a second and still not completely stopped the wing movement. The final image used flash to freeze the motion.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Flowers Using Wide-angle and Long Lenses
Because of the cold conditions last month and early this month followed by warm temperatures, all the spring species are flowering together giving wonderful displays in Cambridgeshire's woodlands - here at Hardwick Wood. I took images with both a long lens (140-560mm) and a wide angle (23mm). Generally I prefer the wide angle shots giving some environment information. The Oxlips are particularly fine this year. For many years it was thought that the oxlip was cowslip/primrose hybrid. In 1842' the botanist Henry Doubleday did some breeding tests, later confirmed by Charles Darwin, that showed it is a separate species.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Paxton Pits RPS Field Trip
On Saturday, we had our second Field trip of 2021 for the RPS Nature Group, a general natural history day at Paxton Pits. We saw a wide variety of birds and insects on a warm very bright sunny day. It was not the best conditions to get photos but certainly made the whole day very enjoyable. The Willow Warblers were singing very prominently from many perches along with Blackcaps. The bees are mining bees Andrena nitida and Andrena nigroaenea with a Blood bee (Sphecodes) that is a parasite of bees laying its egg in their brood chambers
Monday, April 19, 2021
Cambridge Camera Club Exhibition 2021
Like many UK camera clubs, our Exhibition this year is on-line. The Opening is in a week's time on Monday April 26th at 7.30pm. It is free - just register with the Eventbrite link below for the Zoom link. There will be a review of the Exhibition and a guide to how to view the Exhibition at your leisure after the event. Here are some of the images I had accepted for the Exhibition
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