Swans Awake at Welney WWT

We were very fortunate to have a beautiful sunrise for our early visit to Welney Wildfowl Trust reserve at Welney. We arrived just as the sky was lightening with a beautiful pink glow. As the sun came up the colours changed from pink to orange to blue. It was wonderful to see and hear the Bewick Swans as these are so much shyer than the larger noisier Whooper Swans (the two in the foreground of the second image)

Stanwick Lakes Away from the Water

Stanwick Lakes offered some excellent opportunities for close encounters with the wildlife, perhaps because the park is very popular with walkers, cyclists and families and the birds etc have become accustomed to people. Blackbirds, Magpies and Muntjac foraged happily in good range and even the Buzzard was not as wary as usual.

Along the River Nene

A few birds from a walk along the River Nene, starting with a Kestrel that perched up in front of me. Good to see a flock of Goosanders.

Madingley Hall and American Cemetery

A very enjoyable meet up with other CCC Members on Saturday at Madingley Hall. As there were wonderful clouds, contrasty monochrome worked well. Some of us then visited the American Cemetery where I decided to experiment with exposure blending to simulate long exposure technique (30 images with 1 second exposures were stacked together to give the equivalent of a 30-sec exposure)

Star Trail Project

Last night was very clear so I had another go at star trails - this time in the back garden. This is 100 exposures 30seconds each. The first image is a composite of the night sky (image 2) plus the processed star trail (second image with Plough constellation marked). 

Spring Arrives at Anglesey Abbey

The Snowdrops are at their peak at Anglesey Abbey along with Aconites, Spring cyclamen and Witch Hazel, all looking great in the sunshine. Second photo shows how close the side angle attachment allows me to get with my X100V compact.