As it is nearly all over Cornwall, Gorse is prominent around the reservoir and I looked lovely as the sun was setting. Therefore I decided to set up by the Gorse and wait in hope for something to land. Luckily this Robin did! After just over half an hour waiting, this robin sat very close to me and sang away. After I had fired off a few shots that I knew were sharp and properly exposed, I started to film - which if you've ever tried it, is fairly difficult on a monopod! I used a fence to lean the top of the monopod onto and then supported the bottom with my foot. This worked fairly well and here's a short piece of footage of the Robin cleaning its beak and then eating a midge that was flying past.
I went on a walk yesterday evening through College Reservoir. It has been a while since I last visited the lake and so I wanted to see if anything much had changed, since it is my habitat project and I now have two weeks to document the changes that we have seen since Spring started. Although I wasn't expecting to get many photographs, I still lugged around any equipment that could come in handy! The main camera that I had over my shoulder was my Nikon D7100 and thanks to 'Rosie Dutton Photography' (follow the link to find her Facebook page), a 600mm F/4 - this was mounted on my Manfrotto 680B monopod. Once we reached the end of the path around the lake, the other carried on walking over to Argal Reservoir but I decided to stay back and try to get some images of the wildlife I had just spotted. There was actually quite a lot around; rabbits were emerging into the fields, I saw my first Swallows of the year soaring over the fields surrounding the lake, a couple of Buzzards and a whole collection of small song birds - including the Robin above, but I will come to that in a minute.
Once I had got this shot, the sun went behind some trees and so I ran over to Argal (which has less tree cover) to get any photographs in the last of the evening light. There is a bridge across the dam at Argal and at the end of the day Pied Wagtail sit on the walls of this dam. I walked past them and then turned back to get them in the best light. I used an aperture of F/4 as this one was running around, so I needed a quick shutter speed to freeze the motion. Some movement has been maintained in the legs and so overall I am really happy with how this turned out.
Just shows that we need to get out and explore more! And always have a camera by your side, it helps if you have a 600mm attached too :P
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Just shows that we need to get out and explore more! And always have a camera by your side, it helps if you have a 600mm attached too :P
Any likes, shares and comments are much appreciated!
