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Oystercatcher in flight

Roy C — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:49:26 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: This is obviously a two shot composite. A surreal situation I will admit but the original Oystercatcher shot was on a bland plain sky so I decided to brighten things up a bit. Just a bit of fun really.

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Lapwing Composite

Roy C — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:51:29 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Just passing away some free time on a wet day.

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Elephant Hawk-moth Larva

Roy C — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:28:25 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: This one turned up in a potted fuchsia bush in my garden. They are about three inches long.

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Colourful flyer

Roy C — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:46:11 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Only a Canada but the original BG was grey and bland so I stuck this on a new background - adds a bit of colour.

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Pollen laden Hoverfly

Roy C — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:32:45 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: I sure have noticed a difference with the new 7D AI Servo Macro mode - I am now managing to get a few in focus.

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Mating Greenbottle's

Roy C — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:21:48 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: The two are barely in focus and the flower is blown but this is the first time I have ever captured this so though I would post.

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Marmalade hoverfly

Roy C — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:08:13 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: I am guessing that this is some kind of Hoverfly - what ever it is it was posing nicely.

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Male Bullfinch

Roy C — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:47:44 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: A rare but welcome visitor to my Garden - this one is poping in every day at the moment.

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Pure Gold

Roy C — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:05:11 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Getting loads of 'Goldies' in the Garden at the moment.

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Gold in the Roses

Roy C — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:01:20 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Did not quite nail this one but I quite like it for the nice perch!

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Withypool

Roy C — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:50:26 +0100

by: Roy C

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Goldfinch close-up

Roy C — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:11:59 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Another one from the garden. Poor body angle (leaning away from me) but I quite like the perch LOL.

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Goldfinch Pair

Roy C — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:46:58 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Just a couple of Goldies on the feeders but I find them so photogenic.

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Exmoor View

Roy C — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:54:00 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Taken near Landacre bridge yesterday. This is a blend of three different exposures.

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Rose on blue

Roy C — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:14:57 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Taken on a visit to Rosemoor yesterday.

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Damselfly Orgy

Roy C — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:38:39 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Technically poor but I have never got three mating pairs in the same frame before.

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Pyramidal Orchid

Roy C — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:29:04 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Not much of a shot but an attractive orchid none the less.

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Sleepy time Joe

Roy C — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:24:45 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Just a fun shot.Looks for all the world like this one is taking a nap but it is in fact preening.

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Scorpionfly

Roy C — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:39:36 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: I thought about taking out the upper right stalk but did not bother in the end.

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Hoverfly

Roy C — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:41:46 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Some type of Hoverfly I guess.

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Empis livida (dance fly)

Roy C — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:35:46 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: I am reliably informed that this is a dance fly - Empis livida. A bit soft for my liking but there was a fair wind which probably accounted for it.

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A Devon Lane

Roy C — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:10:56 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: This is a blend of three different exposures.

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Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Roy C — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:24:37 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Got the Macro lens out for the first time this season today - makes a change from lugging around the heavy birding gear!

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Broad-bodied Chaser

Roy C — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:17:35 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Took this with my birding set-up so was quite pleased with the result.

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Roe Deer

Roy C — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:28:20 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Taken in my next door neighbours garden this afternoon - this was shot through a double glazed window.

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Birders Paradise

Roy C — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:38:38 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Just playing around in Photoshop on a wet day - it past away half an hour LOL.

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Surreal Catcher in flight

Roy C — Sun, 16 May 2010 14:44:34 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Wet today in Devon so playing around in Photoshop (beats watching the TV).

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Chaffy In the Spotlight

Roy C — Sat, 15 May 2010 21:13:08 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Just killing time messing around in Photoshop.

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Hunting Owl

Roy C — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:57:55 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Took this picture this morning but I was around 150 yards away so lacking in detail. Instead of just binning the shot I decided to have a play in PS. Just a fun shot but I quite like the effect.

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Grey Heron with eel

Roy C — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:43:57 +0000

by: Roy C

Description: This was the nearest I got to a decent bird shot Yesterday lol.

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DOF example

Roy C — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:30:31 +0000

by: Roy C

Description: This shot shows the narrow DOF when shooting with 600mm even though it was at f8.

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Orange on Black

Roy C — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:24:42 +0000

by: Roy C

Description: Just messing around in PS, I though the colour contrast looked OK.

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A bundle of colour

Roy C — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:52:13 +0000

by: Roy C

Description: I liked the feather over the top of the bill in this one. I ideally I should have stopped down to f8 but the light was not that great.

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A lot of layers

Roy C — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:48:22 +0000

by: Roy C

Description: completely mis-focussed this one but I quite like the layers and colours of the feathers.

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Blackbird on modified background

Roy C — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:22:57 +0000

by: Roy C

Description: The original shot had a blown out white background so I have added a bit of colour in the way of a new background. This was taken with a 17-40 lens.

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Fieldfare

Roy C — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:55:16 +0000

by: Roy C

Description: I have both Fieldfare and Redwing in my garden at the moment - both first for me. The BG for this shot was completely white so I added a bit of colour.

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Do you like my hairdo?

Roy C — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:26:47 +0000

by: Roy C

Description: This one made me laugh.

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Christmas Robin

Roy C — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:07:55 +0000

by: Roy C

Description: A merry Christmas to all WPF members.

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Rook with 7D

Roy C — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:14:03 +0000

by: Roy C

Description: One of my first shots with the 7D - I like the detail this camera captures, especially seeing this was taken with a 2x tc attached.

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A Red head up close

Roy C — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:53:07 +0000

by: Roy C

Description: One of several shots I got today of a Red-crested pochard - a new species for me.

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Not such a bad looker

Roy C — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:50:06 +0000

by: Roy C

Description: An introduced species from N America, the Canada Goose is now regarded by many as being a nuisance in area's where they occur in large numbers. Still a nice looking bird IMO. I took this shot with a 2x tc attached and hand held.

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Blue skies

Roy C — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:27:05 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Brilliant sky today so done it bit of birds in flight, thought this tight crop works for this gull shot.

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Looks Painful

Roy C — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:20:56 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Another Rugby effort from today. I found this type of photography so much different from birding, it took a while to sort out the best metering method and right f stop.

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Jumping High

Roy C — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:16:58 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: My first ever attempt at sports photography. It was really a excuse to try the 300/2.8 at 300mm instead of my usual bird shots with converters.

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Blue on Yellow

Roy C — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:43:21 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: This is a re-work of an old shot. As newer processing skills become available I find it can pay to re-visit old shots.

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Probing Brimstone

Roy C — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:28:41 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: I like the way the Proboscis (tongue) is at right angles.

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Kestrel Close-up

Roy C — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:36:41 +0100

by: Roy C

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Butterfly portrait

Roy C — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:49:31 +0100

by: Roy C

Description: Not sure what it is but is a very attractive butterfly.

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