Peek-a-boo, rhino style. I see you now, but will I see you in a decade? Rhinos are back in the news, for the usual bad reasons. Poaching has gone crazy again and the worry is that at the current rate, in a few years' time, more animals will [...]
Male urban peregrine falcon - a shot like this taken at 1200mm (600mm + 2x converter) simply can't be taken without a tripod. Nikon D800E, 600mm f/4 lens, 1/400sec , f/11, ISO 1600, Manfrotto 055CXPRO4 carbon fibre tripod with Wimberley Head Tripod? Monopod? Gorillapod? Baffled? Read on! Whether [...]
Pelargoniums aren't the first place you'd think of if you were trying to locate the nest of a pair of grey wagtails. Thankfully, this pair in Northumberland don't think like this and have successfully raised a brood of chicks this year. It certainly makes nice photographs! Nice floral arrangement [...]
July 2014 cover - my green-breasted mango hummer! Did you know that hummingbirds can fly sideways, backwards and even upside down? And that they effectively go into hibernation every night to save energy? Hummingbirds are among the most colourful species in the wild kingdom, yet far from easy [...]
[iq-testimonials-page id='4'] Long-billed hermit hummingbird. No, it's not a seahorse Parts 1 and 2 were about getting some images out into the world after my recent photography trip to Costa Rica. Of course there are lots more images here too, but I think it's [...]
The adventure continues! Here are some more images from my recent trip to Costa Rica. Here also are parts 1 and 3. Red-eyed tree frog silhouette Mantled howler monkey Keel-billed toucan in flight Rainforest and palm trees on rocky Pacific shore [...]
It's an uplifting experience to be heralded into the office by two duelling robins, each belting out a bright song from a nearby tree, with me receiving a glorious stereo mix in the middle. It's not robins I have in mind this morning though. I've spent a good part [...]
I haven't yet had a chance to blog this year's eight Farne Islands trips or my close-up swallows project from the summer, but now I'm freshly back from France (I actually saw a real, live hen harrier!) it's time to get out your wide angle lenses for the animals. September's [...]
We at Hawk's Head Photography had a bit of an away day last week. Well, two away days to be precise. Alan, Trai and I hooked up with our friend David Lloyd in Yorkshire for some kestrel and gannet photography as well as a few ales and a chin-wag. Here are some of [...]
