Black-Headed Gulls Miscellany

We didn't visit any bird reserves etc while we were on the Isle of Wight as Sarah didn't bring a long lens but there were plenty of Black-headed Gulls to practise on in all kinds of light and weather conditions!

Early Morning Colwell Bay

 There was an impressive mackeral sky early Friday morning forerunning the later gales. I tried some panoramas including a 19-image 360 degree one to try and give a feel of the dominance of that sky. I also converted this in Photoshop to a Tiny Planet

Storm on Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight

Friday was very windy with gusts up to 50mph and near horizontal rain - not pleasant for being out but well worth time spent in a shelter on Freshwater Bay photographing the spray and waves. These were taken with shutterspeeds  from1/3200th to 1/8th second, all handheld, some with deliberate camera movement added. 

Brighstone Woods, Isle of Wight

 Brighstone is the Isle of White's largest wooded area and includes a large number of tree species including Beech and Sycamore. We found lots of fungi under the trees including the Red cracking Boletus, Puffballs, Olive shaggy Parasols - 2 stages, Blushers, Rooting Shanks and Burgundydrop Bonnet.

Dawn on Colwell Bay, Isle of Wight

Beautiful dawn on Friday morning with mist over the water and interesting sky reflected in the low tide sands.