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Wednesday 24 February 2016

More shorties

 Beautiful evening, the sun was shining and the rain had stopped so I though I would nip down the road and see if the shortie was about. I waited for an hour before it appeared and another fifteen minutes before it came anywhere near me, but I think it was worth the wait.
I do love the way it looks at me, I think it likes its photo taken. The sun set behind the hill a few minutes later and although it remained hunting, photography was impossible.

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Mike Attwood - Photographer

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Evacuated during the second world war to a village in Yorkshire where I lived in the home of a good photographer for more than five years who taught me the basics and a great deal about nature. Well past retirement age I have been a wildlife photographer for more than 30 years. Red Kites have been my speciality for much of this period. I did spend several years snapping wheelchair athletes and organizing the British Road Race Championship. In the year 2000 I was awarded a distinction by the Royal Photographic Society for my portfolio on wheelchair athletes. Most of my pics are digital, using Sony cameras and Sigma lenses. I used to spend many weeks each year with friends in Wales which is close to the Elan Valleys where I got many of my raptor pics. I now get these pictures more closely to home, specially red kites and peregrines. I support my pension by selling my pics, cards, coasters, fridge magnets and key rings etc. at craft fairs, something I wish I had done much earlier in life. I give illustrated talks to clubs and societies on wildlife and other branches of photography that I have been involved in.