Mark writes: a great image of a Bittern at Minsmere – they will be booming there today, no doubt. Oscar has sent me the details (camera, lens etc) for his images but at the moment I can’t read them – rather oddly. When we accomplish this piece of communication then I’ll add them. I haven’t…
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Oscar Dewhurst – Little Egret
Oscar writes: While in France last summer I spent a day at a nature reserve on the Somme Estuary. From one of the hides this Little Egret was fishing. It took a few attempts to get the right timing with the end, but eventually I got there. Nikon D300s, Nikon 600mm f4 AFS-II Mark…
Oscar Dewhurst – Siskin at WWT Wetland Centre, Barnes
Mark writes: this photo reminds me of walks alongside the River Chew in north Somerset, as a teenage boy, where I saw my first ever Siskins and Redpolls. They were usually in Alder trees – just like this one. I’ve seen a Redpoll already this year – but, rather surprisingly, not a Siskin. I’m quite…
Oscar Dewhurst – Bearded Tit in Hyde Park
Mark writes: I heard Bearded Tits at Cley last Sunday but I didn’t see them. And even if I had I wouldn’t have seen them as well as this. Oscar photographed this female in Hyde Park in February 2013. There were two of them there – both had been ringed in 2012 at Rye…
Oscar Dewhurst – Waxwing
Oscar writes: Last winter there was an invasion of Waxwings all over the UK. I had never seen them before, so when some were reported not far from me I was straight over to see them. When I arrived I was greeted by the sight of up to 80 birds perched on top of…
Oscar Dewhurst – Mandarin Duck
Oscar writes: One early morning in March a couple of years ago I was at Hyde Park with the hope of photographing Great-crested Grebes performing their elaborate courtship. I arrived about half an hour before dawn and was waiting by the side of the water. As the sun came up on the other side…
Oscar Dewhurst – Ring-necked Parakeet
Oscar writes: this was taken in May 2011, during my GCSEs. I spend most of the Spring revising so barely had any time for photography, but whenever the weather was good I would do my work outside at our garden table, with my camera beside me in case anything turned up. One evening I…
Oscar Dewhurst – Stonechat
Oscar writes: One October morning, just after dawn, while I was out photographing the deer rut, I came across a pair of Stonechats in a patch of bracken. This provided too much of a distraction, and I didn’t get another deer photograph that morning! I love the frost on the bracken, and the colours…
Oscar Dewhurst – Cormorant
Oscar writes: This Cormorant was taken in London last week. The reason for the dark colour of the water is that the water is under a bridge, and the reflection of the bridge’s underside is very dark. Because the cormorant was in the sun I had to underexpose, resulting in a completely black background….
Oscar Dewhurst – Jay
Oscar writes: In my local park last Autumn there were large numbers of Jays caching food. I wanted to photograph one with Autumn colours, so put some acorns down on the yellow leaves and lay down to wait. Before long I had 3 species of corvid in front of me: Magpies, Crows and this lovely…