A PRACTICE WITH THE NEW CAMERA. 
IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME!!!!!


BARN OWL UPDATE.

I am out in my hide most evenings monitoring the birds and keeping a log of developments, we have to do this to keep a Schedule 1 licence from the BTO plus I enjoy the challenge of trying to get some images of the Male as he leaves the large box.

I am finding the new camera astounding in its reproduction in particular with distance shots, but I have more work to do with the using of high ISO and of course all the buttons are in different places so whilst working in the dark in the hide I am fumbling around, where is the ISO button etc.?? 

I have included some images from the Owls but as you can see I have got to get used to the camera, not so bad in day light but in the dark still struggling I'm afraid.

We had the cameras on in the small box yesterday and the first Owlet has hatched so I'm hoping that as we get more young hopefully the male will come out earlier to get more food and make my life considerably easier.

Having had the cameras on again this morning {7th of August} we are up to two Owlets hatched so lets  hope we carry on like this.

Male Barn Owl, leaving the large box.

All these images are taken in almost dark conditions with an ISO between 79,600 and 102,400 hence the poor quality which I hope to improve with practice. This is something I have never had the ability to try previously.

If he would come out of the box half an hour earlier it would really help. 

 Male arriving back at the smaller box with food for the female,  amazed I managed to get an image at all, it was a really dark evening.

Awful quality I'm afraid but we had a considerable amount of interference, but you can make out the 5 remaining eggs with the adult female to the right and the two fluffy areas to the top of the eggs are the Owlets.

A VISIT TO EYEBROOK.

I decided to have a visit to Eyebrook Reservoir for a practice with the camera, which turned out a  successful visit.  

Spitfire DBE
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I had not been at the Reservoir long when I heard a familiar  sound, a Spitfire. This was flying by at a reasonable altitude obviously on route somewhere.

Still trying to find out as to why the aircraft is called  "Elizabeth".??

 This Spitfire was given the call sign DBE as recognition to Lucy, Lady Houston DBE, the DBE standing for Dame of the Commonwealth and the British Empire. She was awarded this for her pioneering work with the RAF and in particular her investment of £100,000.00 in 1931 to Supermarine in the development of the Supermarine S6 that eventually won the Schneider Trophy in 1931. Winston Churchill said she was "implacable in her hatred, and insatiable in her kindness".

Supermarine S6 that won the Trophy.

This aircraft with the floats removed then became the Spitfire . Lady Lucy became known as the mother of the Spitfire.

 Common Tern.

These were purely practice shots to see the definition the camera would give over a reasonable distance, these birds were in the region of 140 to 150 metres away.

Banded Demoiselle, Bridge over the Eye Brook.

I had a quick visit to the area where the Otters had been seen and saw this Demoiselle land on a tree downs stream, I had to adjust the setting of the lens to 10 metre to infinity so it was in excess of 10 metres away from me, I class  this as not bad for the distance.


Thank you for your visit, I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I did in the getting of the images even if I am still having to learn a considerable amount about this camera.

Sorry if the blogg appears a bit rushed but I have had my wife in hospital earlier in the week.