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Saturday 23 July 2022

Problems


 Sorry folks, having a bit of trouble with your comments. They are appearing in my e-mails but not on my blog. At the moment I am unable to reply to them.  No doubt I shall get it fixed soon.

Monday 18 July 2022

Fox Haven

The foxes are treating my garden like a real haven. Not a night goes by without several visiting more than once. They start at about dusk and carry on until well after dawn.
Some make themselves at home sitting down and enjoying a meal.
It has taken me some time to get the I/R camera to produce decent shots but I now think I have mastered it.
I am approaching my 85th birthday and walking my local woodlands with my camera gear is not an easy task so I have settled to what visits me and my dining table.
I am working for the day that they will eat out of my hand, I succeded a couple of years ago with hedgehogs. Foxes will be more difficult but one I find seems quite confident when I am around.

 

Sunday 3 July 2022

The foxes do me proud

Every evening the foxes call for their refreshment. They are so regular that you can set your watch by them.
Nearly always there is two or three together. They are happy to share.
Allways alert for the unwelcome guest.
This one has spotted me at my bedroom window, not that it will bother him.
He will often sit and pose for the camera. I am hoping that one day they will be bold enough to accept me much closer.
 

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.