Oscar writes: I took this on the same morning as the previous two images ((Otter, Grizzly Bear) it was a pretty good morning!), and in fact just half an hour after we’d seen the bears. Driving back for lunch we saw car that was pulled over on the side of the road. This is often…
Category: THE PHOTOGRAPHS: by Tim Melling, Oscar Dewhurst, Paul Leyland, Guy Shorrock, Brian Leecey
Oscar Dewhurst – Grizzly Bear
Oscar writes: This is the mother grizzly bear that I mentioned in my last photo (grizzly bear 610 for those interested!). Having realised that we weren’t going to see them from the dirt road we’d taken we moved on down the road. It soon became apparent that we hadn’t seen the last of them though,…
The best (?) of Oscar Dewhurst’s 2015 images
Thank you to Oscar for all his images this year – and a new one will appear at 6pm today.
Oscar Dewhurst – Otter
Oscar writes: While I was in America we spent 5 days in Grand Teton National Park. On out penultimate morning, while looking out from Oxbow Bend, I spotted a mother grizzly and her two cubs swimming across the lake. I got a few photos of them with the trees behind, and they then passed into…
Oscar Dewhurst – Steller’s Jay
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Oscar writes: While hiking around Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park we came across this gorgeous Steller’s Jay feeding in some conifer trees. Fortunately it didn’t seem bothered by me trying to creep up on it, and happily carried on feeding, letting me take some photos of it. Nikon D800, Nikon 600mm f/4 AF-S…
Oscar Dewhurst – Clark’s Nutcracker
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Oscar writes: After our week in Yellowstone, we spent a few days staying near Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park. One of my favourite birds there was the Clark’s Nutcracker, and in fact I saw several in the pine trees just outside the hotel rooms. One morning I spent an hour photographing this bird…
Oscar Dewhurst – Mountain Bluebird
Oscar writes: In September I spent a week in Yellowstone National Park with my family. Mountain Bluebirds were everywhere there, so I spent a bit of time trying to photograph them one afternoon while we were at Mammoth Hot Springs. This one briefly perched on a small pine tree, and I took this as it…
Oscar Dewhurst – another Red Deer
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Oscar writes: Another one from Richmond Park a couple of weeks ago. On this morning there wasn’t really any mist, but the temperature was cool enough for this stag’s breath to be condensing, looking yellow as the sun shone through it. Nikon D800, Nikon 200-400mm f/4 VR lens
Oscar Dewhurst – Red Deer
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Oscar writes: I’m back at uni in Durham until Christmas now, so won’t really be taking any photographs until then. Luckily I still have plenty from the past year that I haven’t shown here yet! Here’s one taken a few weeks ago; I spent several early mornings in Richmond Park before I left for uni,…
Oscar Dewhurst – Little Owl
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Oscar writes: This is another taken of my local Little Owls where I spent some time earlier in the summer. This was taken early one morning after I’d spent a while looking for them without success. I then noticed one of the owlets hunting around a fallen tree trunk on the ground. I lay down…