Birds Of Prey Photography Course
#1
Posted 19 July 2008 - 10:46 PM
just a quick post to say that I'm in the process of booking myself a place on the following course:
http://www.goingdigital.co.uk/photographyc...birdsofprey.htm
It's basically the same as I did last year and I really enjoyed it, although I was a little disappointed with the results, so I thought it would be good to see what a year down the line has done for me in comparison.
I think Ben F is interested in also booking a place so if anyone else would like to come along then have a look at the link and get yourself there
It is mid week though (the tuesday after the August bank holiday) so it would mean getting time off work (unless you are a teacher and are otherwise just lazing around )
#2
Posted 20 July 2008 - 08:17 AM
Should be fun, especially if a group of us from here can make it - thanks for the details, Paul
It means I shall have at least one day in the summer that I get up early - and I am doing it voluntarily
Someone stole my Thunder...
#3
Posted 20 July 2008 - 07:57 PM
I stole BenF's Thunder ...
Pat
#4
Posted 20 July 2008 - 08:13 PM
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Nancy & Vix
#5
Posted 20 July 2008 - 08:14 PM
I stole BenF's Thunder ...
Pat
#7 Guest_Tiggr_*
Posted 20 July 2008 - 08:56 PM
Now Im not a twitcher, but raptors are something else.
#8
Posted 20 July 2008 - 09:01 PM
mind you the other teacher (who was on the trip I was on last week) and I spotted nearly 100 different species of bird between us
these included short-eared owl, merlin, kestrel, buzzard, white tailed eagle and golden eagle
ps you could come on this one as well, Matt!
Someone stole my Thunder...
#10
Posted 20 July 2008 - 09:03 PM
I thought you just got blonde, brunette, and red-head
Seriously, that must class you for twitcher-hood
DJ
Showing his age be damned, Pumasparky's sig is *mint*
Everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon
#11 Guest_Tiggr_*
Posted 20 July 2008 - 09:04 PM
Got enough on my plate at the mo with non feathered birds to photograph
Got more work coming up than I've got time for
#12
Posted 20 July 2008 - 09:09 PM
not really - those were over 4 days
anyway, a twitcher would go a long way out of their way to go and see a single bird they haven't seen before - I will happily make it a day out when I go birdwatching but I am not obsessive about it
Someone stole my Thunder...
#13
Posted 20 July 2008 - 10:09 PM
I'm definitely not a twitcher, but I enjoyed shooting the birds last year and most of the things learnt trying to snap the flying birds can be applied to the bike racing pictures, at least from a moving target point of view anyway
I wouldn't be too sure Yvonne. They are very good at giving you advice for the basics and the type of settings to use in the classroom session at the start and they are on hand to offer plenty of further advice throughout the day. They normally ask you to take your camera manual with you on the day too so if you are stuck with any of the settings and how to do certain things with the camera, they can help with that too.
#14
Posted 21 July 2008 - 06:24 PM
You don't say
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Nancy & Vix
#16
Posted 21 July 2008 - 07:57 PM
Sadly I meant the feathered variety lol
#18
Posted 21 July 2008 - 08:57 PM
It is illegal to shoot birds of prey, Paul
I stole BenF's Thunder ...
Pat
#19
Posted 21 July 2008 - 11:27 PM
They aren't great amd the quality isn't there to zoom right intot he originals, but I think these smaller versions work relatively well
This post has been edited by mort666: 21 July 2008 - 11:28 PM